System requirements
To install of your product, please read this guide manual carefully and completely.
Quick Set-up Guide
External Blu-ray / DVD Writer
BE16
Operating Environment
This unit can be operated in the system environment explained here.
Playing Blu-ray Movies *NOTICE*
Due to copyright protection features, certain requirements must be met in order to playback BD movies on a
computer. When using digital video connections, the monitor and graphics card must support High-bandwidth
Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Note that most monitors and graphics cards currently don’t support HDCP.
But, most High Denition TVs and multimedia monitors do support HDCP. Refer to the PC or graphic card
maker’s web site to see if your card supports HDCP. Some video cards that currently support HDCP:
- Blu-ray Disc playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or above
- 3D playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT or above
* When using ATI RadeonTM HD 1000 Series Graphic Card, some BLURAY movie title can not be played on
Windows7 normally. It caused by giving up supporting the device driver of this Graphic Card by ATI Radeon
TM
.
For more information, Please contact to customer service center or website of ATI Radeon
TM
.
*
1
Graphic card driver shall meet AACS compliance criteria. Please consult your graphics card vendor for proper
driver solution.
*
2
HDCP (High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection): Required to view pre-recoded Blu-ray Discs which are
copy protected.
Specications
Software
Install the appropriate CD Recording Authoring Software before using this unit.
* Please uninstall any previous CD burning software you may have loaded on your PC in order to prevent
possible compatibility issues.
Once you have installed the application software, you may (if you wish) begin to reinstall previous software,
taking note for errors. We recommend using the drive with the latest software as some problems encountered
when using the drive can be solved by updating the software.
Worldwide corporate site : http://www.LG.com
*
1
The disc of the cartridge type is not supported.
*
2
BD-RE: The disc of version 1.0 is not supported.
*
3
There might be some cases when this drive can not satisfy the best performance depending on the conditions
of the disc, the drive, and the recording format.
- The maximum data transfer rate varies according to the performance capabilities of the PC.
- For the sake of periodic improvements, specications and appearance are subject to change without notice.
- We have taken all possible measures to assure the quality of our products, but we cannot be responsible for
the consequences if defect occurs.
* Initial installation of Tool CD requires internet access for Windows Vista users.
* Compatibility problem in write/read function may occur with media depending on the media manufacturing quality.
* There may be some cases when motion picture playback is not smooth depending on bit rate.
* Please visit http://www.m-disc.com to learn more about the M-DISC
TM
.
• CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (2.66 GHz), AMD Phenom 9450 (2.10 GHz) or above.
• O/S : Windows 10/ 8.1/ 8/ 7/ Vista(32 bit, 64 bit)/ XP SP3.
• RAM : 2 GB or more
• HDD : Needed free space for Blu-ray Disc authoring (BD-R SL/DL: 60 GB,
BD-R/RE XL (3 Layer): 100 GB, BD-R XL (4 Layer): 128 GB)
USB 2.0 or 3.0
BD-R SL : Sony.
BD-R DL : Panasonic.
BD-R XL (3 Layer)/ XL (4 Layer) : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media / Sony.
BD-R SL LTH : Taiyo Yuden.
BD-RE SL : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim, Sony.
BD-RE DL/XL (3 Layer) : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media / Sony.
DVD-R :Mitsubishi Kagaku Media.
DVD-RW : JVC, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
DVD+R : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media.
DVD+RW : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
DVD
±
R DL : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media.
DVD-RAM : Panasonic.
M-Disc (DVD+R SL, BD-R SL) : Millenniata
CD-R : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden.
CD-RW : LG, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim.
System
requirements
Interface
Recommended
media
manufacturer
Digital
Interface
DVI or HDMI
HDCP
Compliant
Driver
AACS *
1
Compliant
Interface
DVI or HDMI
HDCP *
2
Compliant
Resolution
1024x768
or more
(
Recommended
: 1920x1080)
Graphic Card Monitor
General Supported Discs*
1
BD-ROM (SL/DL), BD-R (SL/DL/TL/QL), BD-R LTH, BD-RE*
2
(SL/
DL/TL), DVD-ROM (SL/DL), DVD-R (SL/DL), DVD-RW, DVD-RAM,
M-DISC (DVD+R SL, BD-R SL), DVD+R (SL/DL), DVD+RW,
CD-ROM Mode-1, Mode-2 data disc, CD-ROM XA, CD-I,
Photo-CD Multi-Session, Video CD, CD-Audio Disc, Mixed mode
CD-ROM disc (data and audio), CD-Extra, CD-Text, CD-R, CD-RW
Interface USB 2.0 and USB 3.0
Write/Read
speed*
3
Media Write Read
BD-ROM
(SL/DL)
USB 3.0 - 12x/ 8x max.
USB 2.0 - 6x max.
BD-R SL USB 3.0 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x,12x, 16x 12x max.
USB 2.0 2x, 4x, 6x 6x max.
BD-R DL USB 3.0 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x 8x max.
USB 2.0 2x, 4x, 6x 6x max.
BD-R TL USB 3.0 2x, 4x , 6x , 8x 6x max.
USB 2.0 2x, 4x , 6x
BD-R QL 2x, 4x , 6x 6x max.
BD-R SL LTH USB 3.0 2x, 4x , 6x, 8x 8x max.
USB 2.0 2x, 4x , 6x 6x max.
BD-R SL
(M-DISC)
USB 3.0 4x 12x max.
USB 2.0 4x 6x max.
BD-RE (SL/DL) USB 3.0 2x 10x/ 6x max.
USB 2.0 2x 6x max.
BD-RE TL 2x 4x max.
DVD-ROM (SL/DL) - 16x/ 12x max.
DVD-R (SL/DL)
2x, 4x, 8x, 16x/ 4x, 8x
16x/ 12x max.
DVD-RW 2x, 4x, 6x 12x max.
DVD-RAM 2x, 3x, 5x 5x max.
DVD+R (SL/DL)
4x, 8x, 16x/ 2.4x 4x, 8x
16x/ 12x max.
DVD+R SL(M-DISC)
4x
12x max.
DVD+RW 4x, 6x, 8x 12x max.
CD-R 8x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x, 48x 48x max.
CD-RW 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x 40x max.
CD-ROM - 48x max.
CD-DA - 40x max.
Performance Data transfer rate
Sustained
BD : 71.92 MB/s (16x max.)
DVD : 22.16 MB/s (16x max.)
CD : 7.2 MB/s (48x max.)
Average Access
(1/3 stroke)
BD-ROM:180 ms (Typical)
DVD-ROM: 160 ms (Typical)
DVD-RAM: 180 ms (Typical)
CD-ROM: 150 ms (Typical)
Buffer capacity 4 Mbytes
MTBF 100,000 Power On Hours
Environmental
Level
When operating Temperature: 5 °C to 40 °C Humidity: 15 % to 80 %
When not operating Temperature: -30 °C to 60 °C Humidity: 10 % to 90 %
Electrical Power DC 12 V