USB 3.0 High Speed & Supported Disc Type
As a professional manufacturer with 10 years of experience, ROOFULL specializes in producing quality, reliable external CD/DVD drives. Each drive features a 100% functional loader with USB 3.0 for high-speed performance, enhanced error correction, anti-shock protection, noise reduction, and low power consumption, ensuring a faster, smoother user experience. The maximum reading/writing speeds are up to 8x for DVDs and 24x for CDs.
Supported Disc Types: Support the reading, burning (writing/rewriting), and ripping (digitizing) of multi-types of discs including CD-ROM, CD-R, CD±RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD±R, DVD±RW, DVD±R DL, VCD, SVCD. (Blu-ray/4K Disc is NOT supported)
Max Read/Write Speeds: CD-ROM 24x, CD-R 24x, CD±RW 8x, DVD-ROM 8x, DVD±R 8x, DVD±RW 8x, DVD±R DL 4x.
Recommended Burning & Ripping Speed: While the maximum read/write speeds for CDs are 24X and 8X for DVDs, we recommend burning or ripping at 10X or lower for CDs, and 4X to 8X for DVDs. Slower speeds, such as 4X or 8X, are ideal for ensuring data integrity, especially with high-capacity or dual-layer discs. These speeds enable more precise data encoding, reducing the risk of read errors.
The drive gradually increases speed from the inner to the outer edge, starting slower and reaching peak performance as it progresses.
Plug and play means you don't need to manually install the driver, but you'll still need a media player, burning, or ripping software to play, burn, or copy your discs.
Compatibility, Incompatibility, Usage Steps, and Recommended Software
Compatibility: This USB external CD DVD player works with Windows (11, 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP) laptops or desktop PCs, Linux computers, or an Apple MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, and Mac Studio (Including M1/M2/M3/M4).
Incompatibility:Not working with Chrome OS (Chromebook), Ubuntu OS, TVs, cars, trucks, projectors, tablets, iPads, phones, PS4/5, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and cannot play Blu-ray discs.
How to Use it on Windows Computers: Prepare the media player, burning, or ripping software based on your needs (not all), and network connection (for Windows 11) > Take out the data cable (located under the drive) and plug it into your computer's USB-A or USB-C port directly or a self-powered USB hub. If needed, connect the power supply cord to a USB power adapter or bank to ensure sufficient power supply > It will install the driver automatically and you will see a DVD RW icon in Windows Explorer > For video DVDs, set the region code to number #1 to play US or CA DVDs (CDs do not have region code) > Insert your CDs or DVDs > Use the software you’ve prepared to play, burn, or rip the disc > After playback/burning is complete, you can press the button on the panel or right-click the icon to eject the disc.
Recommended Free Software for Windows: Audio CD Media Player (Windows Media Player, VideoLAN VLC Player); Video/Movie DVD Media Player (VideoLAN VLC Player, Kodi, 5KPlayer); Audio CD Burning Software (CDBurnerXP, ImgBurn); Video DVDs Burning Software (ImgBurn, BurnAware Free, CDBurnerXP); Audio CD Ripping Software (Windows Media Player, iTunes, Exact Audio Copy [EAC], Fre:ac); Video DVD Ripping Software (HandBrake, MakeMKV)
How to Set the Region Code in Windows: Right-click the "DVD-RW Drive" icon and select "Properties" > Go to the "Hardware" tab and select your CD/DVD drive > Click "Properties" at the bottom > Open the "DVD Region" tab > Choose the correct region (e.g., USA and CA is 1) and click "OK". (Note: You can only change the region code 4~5 times.)
How to Use it on Apple Mac Computers: Open Finder > Settings (or Preferences, depending on your macOS version) > Ensure "CDs, DVDs, and iOS Devices" is checked in the General Tab and Sidebar Tab if available > Prepare the media player, burning, or ripping software based on your needs (not all) > Take out the data cable (located under the drive) and plug it into your computer's USB-A or USB-C port directly or a self-powered USB hub. If needed, connect the power supply cord to a USB power adapter or bank to ensure sufficient power supply > Insert your CDs or DVDs > Your Mac will recognize the drive, read the disc and an icon will appear on the desktop > Use the software you’ve prepared to play, burn, or rip the disc > To eject a disc on Mac computers after playback/burning, right-click on the desktop icon and select "eject," or choose "File" > "Eject" from the menu.(Note: The tray cannot open via the button due to macOS limitations)
Recommended Free Software for Apple Mac: Audio CDs Media Player (Apple Music for new macOS, iTunes for old macOS, VLC Player); Video/Movie DVDs Media Player (VideoLAN VLC Player, IINA, MPV Player); Audio CDs Burning Software (Burn, Apple Music for new macOS, iTunes for old macOS); Video DVDs Burning Software (Burn, DVDStyler); Audio CD Ripping Software (Apple Music for new macOS, iTunes for old macOS, X Lossless Decoder, Fre:ac); Video DVD Ripping Software (MakeMKV, HandBrake).
Note Before Burning Discs: Before burning an audio or video disc, make sure your blank disc capacity is sufficient, use the right burning software, set the recommended burning speed (10X or lower for CDs and 4X to 8X for DVDs), and the multimedia format is compatible with the blank disc, otherwise the burned disc will not play properly. You can use software (such as HandBrake or Freemake Video Converter) to convert video files to DVD-compatible formats (e.g., MPEG-2) or audio files to CD-compatible formats (e.g., WAV or MP3).
About Data Cable & Power Supply Cord: The USB A/C data cable is built into the bottom of the external cd adapter, which connects to the computer. The cable included in the package is a charging cable because some computers do not have enough power to support the device's operation. In that case, you can connect the charging cable to a 5V charger or power bank to the supplementary power supply. Due to the limitation of the drive design, the length of the data cable is only about 10 inches/24 cm. If needed, you can consider a 1ft extension cord.
Troubleshooting Steps
[Windows OS] If your Windows computer recognizes the CD/DVD drive writer, you can see the DVD RW icon in Windows Explorer. If your Windows laptop PC cannot recognize this CD/DVD burner drive, please try the following suggestions:
1. Use the Type A and Type C cables on the back (bottom) of the optical drive to connect your computer's USB port or a self-powered USB hub. For Windows 11/10, please make sure a network connection and a media player software (Such as Windows media player for audio CDs, VLC player for audio CDs and video DVDs)
2. Try different USB: Move the data cable to different USB ports on your computer.
3. Reinstall the driver: 1. Right-click the Windows Start Button in the lower left corner of the screen, or press the Windows Logo + X key combination on the keyboard, from the list, and click to select Device Manager. 2. Click View. 3. Click Show Hidden Devices. 4. Fine this DVD/CD-ROM drive or similar name. 5. Right-click and select Uninstall. 6. Reboot your computer and replug the external drive, Windows will detect the drive and then reinstall it. If it is not solved, reach out to us for a driver troubleshooting tool, the download link is not allowed here.
[Windows OS] This drive supports CDs and DVDs. If this USB DVD drive can only play audio CDs but cannot play video/movie DVDs on your Windows PC, please try the methods below:
1. Use the right media player software (such as VLC player). Some media players, such as Windows Media Player, cannot play video DVDs.
2. Before playing video DVDs, please set the region code to number 1 to play the U.S. or CA DVDs. Steps: 1. Right-click the "DVD-RW Drive" icon and select "Properties". 2. Go to the "Hardware" tab and select your CD/DVD drive. 3. Click "Properties" at the bottom. 4. Open the "DVD Region" tab. 5. Choose the correct region (e.g., USA is 1) and click "OK". (Note: You can only change the region code 4-5 times.)
[Mac OS] The Mac computer will show the device icon after the disc is placed in the optical drive. If your MacBook, iMac, or Mac Pro/Studio cannot recognize this CD/DVD drive, please try the following suggestions:
1. Open Finder > Settings (or Preferences, depending on your macOS version) > Ensure "CDs, DVDs, and iOS Devices" is checked in General Tab and Sidebar Tab if available.
2. The Mac OS computer will not display the device icon until the disc is placed in the optical drive and the disc is read successfully.
3. Move the data cable to different USB ports on your mac computer, and try different discs.
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