A:AnswerDrive SP80NB80 requires a CPU and an operating system. Requires a Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Mac OS X Operating System and a Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or higher CPU with a hard disc of 20GB or more free space and video memory of 64 MB. If there is a way to get the files on your computer, then they can be burned onto a CD. I am unable to offer an option. Please seek recommendations/opinions on the customer forums at https://www.facebook.com/LGUSA; they are a great resource for getting help from other LG customers. Thank you. ^Daphane
A:AnswerWhat software are you using to burn music CDs? What format are you using? Are you trying to make .CDA type music CDs? Or are you using different audio formats? I always used Nero to make audio CDs with Audio CD Text embedded for players that support that feature. But honestly I haven't made an audio CD in over a decade ever since I switched over to 320 Kbps .MP3s. I don't have any blank CDs to test this with but the last time I checked Windows supports making CDs and DVDs natively. But you may want to research this via YouTube to see what are the best methods these days.
A:AnswerHave you allowed the software to finalize the disc? Without finalizing the disc it won't work in a CD player. Does this CD player have trouble playing other CDs that were burned as opposed to those that are store bought? You should check the specs of the CD player to make sure that it will read CD-Rs as some do not. Also the disc does have to be a CD-R. Is this one of those smaller 3 inch CD-Rs because some CD players can't play those either. If Verbatim didn't work you can always try using some other brand as it may just be a compatibility issue. It has happened to me before where certain brands work better than others. If these steps don't produce a working audio CD then try using a different burner. It could simply be the drive shipped defective. And after years of sitting around never having been used you lost your chance for a refund.
A:AnswerIf all you are doing is copying files off your optical disc backups to another HDD/SSD or memory card, USB Flash Drive, or even to another DVD burner you should have no trouble doing that*.
* Just be sure the CD and DVD backups are one of the supported formats used by this drive.
A:AnswerI found the product page on the LG website where you can ask this question of them directly.
https://www.lg.com/us/burners-drives/lg-SP80NB80-slim-portable-dvd-writer
A:AnswerYour question may have been meant in jest. But under the right circumstances absolutely :)
Attach to a laptop's USB port, power the laptop via an inverter or run it off the laptop's batteries, and use it to play music, movies, games, etc. Don't want to use a laptop then get a palm sized mini-PC that can be powered over USB Type C. Then you can attach the optical disc drive to one of its USB ports and the 3.5 mm audio port to the 3.5 mm audio inputs which may be internal in the radio bay. You may have to use 3.5 mm stereo to RCA stereo adapter but those Y-shaped splitters are super cheap costing between $5 to $10. Used to be super easy to find at Radio Shack or Fry's Electronics...
One other option is to just buy a handheld CD player to feed the audio into the car's stereo that way. This gives you all of the controls on the player itself, avoids lengthy "buffering" issues while trying to fool the car's entertainment PC into seeing the optical drive as a USB Flash Drive. Over better yet get a portable DVD/Blu-Ray player with its own 9"+ display. It will have all of its own controls, usually has a remote control, can be attached to the A/V inputs in your car's entertainment PC/radio, and most even have USB ports or SD media slots for accepting other types of storage media.
Or hire a guy to add a radio bay to your fancy new-ish car that doesn't have a built-in optical drive because people think streaming and USB Flash Drives are the preferred means of listening to music while driving.
