you just pop your disc in and the stereo gives you an option to copy it to the hard drive - this then appears as an imported disc in the 'music collection' (listed with CD, Radio, external devices etc. This way you can upload 6, 10, 30 discs, and is faster and simpler than selecting different discs, you can have more albums on tap, and you dont carry any discs or boxes in the car.
Don't think of it as not having what your honda did, think of it as a superior level of technology than appears on any honda!