Wide compatibility: The external CD drive for laptop is compatible with Windows XP / 7 / 8 / 10, VISTA, Mac OS 8.6 or higher, Windows 11 requires VLC media player. And serves as a perfect complement for APPLE / DELL / SONY / SAMSUNG / ASUS / ACER / HP, notebooks , Ultrabooks, PCs, desktops and other brands without an internal drive (not compatible with Windows98! ). External CD DVD drive for pc - Working with USB 3.0 High Speed interface, brings you faster data transfer speed (up to a maximum of 5Gbps)
- NOTE: TVs, tablets, and Blu-ray disk, 3D, 4K, 2K of DVD, car, smartphone, projector, PS 5, Xbox, Switch, Chrome OS are not supported
How to Play a DVD Movie on Your Laptop ?
1.Click Start button on the desk of your laptop. Search ''Windows Media Player'' to start the program. 2.Connect an external DVD drive to your laptop via a USB cable and insert the DVD disc to the external DVD drive. 3.Choose your DVD Disk and click ''Play'' button. Then you can watch DVD movie on your laptop.
Burn function
Under WINDOWS, you must first have the corresponding burning software (such as Nero Burning Rom) in the system and insert a blank burning disk. Select the corresponding burning mode. Note that please select Proof data after burning is completed. To check the correctness of the recording.On a Mac book computer, insert a blank CD and the CD icon will appear. Arrange the files that need to be burned. After sorting, right-click the file icon, select the burn to disc option, and follow the prompts to burn.
Precautions
1.When using, please plug in the data cable first to make the device work, and then plug in the power cord to provide sufficient power to the machine.
2.Before using the driver, please make sure your computer has the driver. For example: WINDOWS 11 requires VLC media player and networkor other player software.
3. The DVD drive should be connected with USB port on laptop rather than connect with USB HUB. In addition, please connect the item with USB port behind of computer host if you use a desktop.
4.Ensure CD is placed well and not scratched.
5. This drive is a red-ray portable CD/DVD burner and cannot play Blu-ray discs.
About the Apple system:
1. Apple system won't show the CD icon when the external dvd drive is first plugged in, it will show after the usb cd drive reads the disk.
2. After the Apple system reads the disc, the eject button of the external drive will become invaild. Please right-click the icon and select the corresponding option to eject the disc.
3. If you need to use an external power supply, please plug in the data cable first and then the power cord.
Tips: About DVD region codes
1. A disc purchased in one country/region may not be played on a player purchased in another country/region. DVD discs are marked with a region code (a disc without a code will play on any player in any country). 2. Therefore, if the area code of the drive is different from the local area code, please change it to a consistent local area code. (Under WINDOWS, right-click the drive icon, select Properties -- Hardware -- Find the drive model, click Properties -- DVD Region) Select the local region. When the Mac book is reading the disc, modify it according to the prompts