I emailed pioneer about the z-1 if i got the cd-ub100 could I upload music from my laptop to the harddrive of the z-1 and not have to rip it from a cd. they said it would work for digital music... im a bit lost in that answer can someone explain that to me and do yall think it would be possable to transfer music that way?

I will not work. You can only rip by inserting CDs.

Will the AVIC only rip .cda music from cd's. I know it can play .mp3's off a cd, but will it also rip the .mp3's to its own format on the hard drive?

It will not rip MP3's, only CD's.

no but pioneer sells an adaprt that has a usb prot would it be possable to upload music threw that from a computer to the libray?

No, the only way to upload music to the hard drive is by CD. Can't do it w/ the USP connector, which isn't compatible w/ the Z series. Can't connect the hard drive to a computer and transfere. The USB adaptor is just for playing music from a jump drive.

No, the only way to upload music to the hard drive is by CD. Can't do it w/ the USP connector, which isn't compatible w/ the Z series. Can't connect the hard drive to a computer and transfere. The USB adaptor is just for playing music from a jump drive.

the manual for the CD-UB100 (USB adapter) sais that it is touch operational with the Z1. Looks like you cant transfer the music to the hard drive of the Z1 but you can have a usb flash drive with all of you music hooked up to it and you can play them that way