I was wondering if it's possible to record audio to the hdd from a burned CD? I ask because on page 112 of the manual I see this:

Recording (or copying) to the music library

is not possible from recording media (such

as CD-Rs) in which a CD or other data is digitally

stored. This is due to the Serial Copy

Management System (SCMS) that was developed

to prevent second-generation or serial

copies.

Does this mean I can't make myself a custom CD and have it recorded to the HDD?

Also, I know MP3's can't be recorded to the HDD, but can they be played off of a DVD?

Yes, I searched but couldn't find a good answer

I was wondering if it's possible to record audio to the hdd from a burned CD? I ask because on page 112 of the manual I see this:

 

Recording (or copying) to the music library

is not possible from recording media (such

as CD-Rs) in which a CD or other data is digitally

stored. This is due to the Serial Copy

Management System (SCMS) that was developed

to prevent second-generation or serial

copies.

 

Does this mean I can't make myself a custom CD and have it recorded to the HDD?

 

Also, I know MP3's can't be recorded to the HDD, but can they be played off of a DVD?

 

Yes, I searched but couldn't find a good answer

Yes, you can burn your own CD's and have them ripped to the harddisk. Just make sure you burn them as "standard" audio cd's (WMA). If you burn them with cd-text, it will also automatically take the cd and track labels..

As long as you burn your CD-Rs using a computer, you're fine. Computers don't respect SCMS.

Standalone audio CD-R recorders, which I'm not even sure you can still get, will encode SCMS on the disc and those won't record to the HDD. They also needed special Audio CD-Rs and didn't use computer CD-Rs. I don't know anyone that uses those anymore, they were more common about a decade ago and looked like a standard audio CD player home deck, but with two trays.

No, I don't believe MP3s can be played from a DVD.

As long as you burn your CD-Rs using a computer, you're fine...

thankyou so much for clearing that up for me... i've ordered my z3 and can't wait!

You CAN make a music dvd disc and have it play, it just won't rip.

You mean a DVD-Audio disc, not one with MP3's?

i mean't a dvd with mp3's, not dvd-audio. it'd be nice to fill up a dvd with almost 5 gigs of mp3's to have lots more music...

Yeah, I think CaptainInsaneO meant DVD-Audio though, because I'm pretty sure the Z3 doesn't play MP3s from DVD.

I don't think you can do either.

DVD-Audio I have tried and could not be read.

And MP3s wouldn't read off of a DVD-/+R either. Only CD-Rs.

At least in my experience.