Pioneer CDJ-900: Before you start

 Playback of discs created on a computer

Depending on the application’s settings and the computer’s environment set-

tings, it may not be possible to play discs created on a computer. Record discs in

Before you start

a format playable on the CDJ-900. For details, contact your application’s selling

agent.

It may not be possible to play discs created on a computer due to the disc’s prop-

erties, scratches or dirt, or poor recording quality (dirt on the recording lens, etc.).

What’s in the box

See Handling discs on page 28 for instructions on handling discs.

! Audio cable

! Power cable

 Creating backup discs

! Control cord

! LAN cable

When CD-R/

-RW discs are paused or left in the pause mode at cue points for

! Disc force eject pin

long periods of time, it may become difficult to play the disc at that point, due

! CD-ROM (rekordbox)

to the properties of the disc. Also, when a specific point is looped repeatedly an

! License key

extremely large number of times, it may become difficult to play that point.

! Warranty card

When playing valuable discs, we recommend making backup discs.

! Operating instructions (this document)

 Regarding copy protected CDs

This player is designed to conform to the specifications of the audio CD format.

Discs/

files playable on the CDJ-900

This player does not support the playback or function of discs that do not con-

form to these specifications.

Playable discs

 About DualDisc

Discs including the following marks on the disc label, package or jacket can be

This player is designed to conform to the specifications of the audio CD format.

played.

This player does not support the playback or function of discs that do not con-

Types of discs that can be played and marks

form to these specifications.

 About 8 cm single CDs

8 cm single CDs cannot be played on the CDJ-900. Do not mount 8 cm adapt-

ers on CDs and play them on the CDJ-900. The adapter could fall off as the disc

spins, damaging the disc or the player.

CD

CD-TEXT

 About CD-Text

The CDJ-900 supports CD-Text. Titles, album names and artist names recorded in

CD-Text are displayed. When multiple text data is recorded, the first text data is

displayed. The supported character codes are shown below.

! ASCII

! ISO-8859

CD-R

CD-RW

! MS-JIS

! Mandarin Chinese character code

Discs playable on this player are as shown below.

! CD-R/

-RW discs recorded in music CD (CD-DA) format

! CD-R/

-RW disc containing music files (MP3/

AAC/

WAV/

AIFF)

About CD playback

 Discs that cannot be played

Music files (MP3/

AAC/

WAV/

AIFF) recorded on CD-R/

-RW discs can be played.

Folder layers Max. 8 levels (files in folders beyond the 8th level cannot be played)

! DTS-CD

! Photo CDs

Max. number of

2 000 folders per disc (folders beyond the 2 000th folder cannot be

! Video CDs

folders

displayed)

! CD Graphics (CD-G) discs

! 999 files for each file format

Max. number of

! Unfinalized CDs

! 3 000 files per disc (files beyond the 3 000th folder cannot be dis-

files

! DVD-R/

-RW

played)

! DVD+R/

+RW

When there are many folders or files, some time may be required for loading.

! DVD-R DL (dual layer)

! DVD+R DL (dual layer)

! DVD-Video discs

! DVD-Audio discs

! DVD-RAM discs

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About USB devices

About AAC files

English

Music files (MP3/

AAC/

WAV/

AIFF) recorded on USB devices can be played.

! AAC is the abbreviation of “Advanced Audio Coding”, a basic format of audio

Such data as disc identification information, cue points, loop points and hot cues

compression technology used for MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.

can be recorded on USB devices.

! The file format and extension of AAC data depends on the application used to

Folder layers Max. 8 levels (files in folders beyond the 8th level cannot be played)

create the data.

®

! In addition to AAC files encoded with iTunes

and with the extension “.m4a”,

Max. number of

Unlimited (folders beyond the 10 000th folder within a single folder

files with the extensions “.aac” and “.mp4” can also be played on the CDJ-

folders

cannot be displayed)

900. However, copyright protected AAC files purchased for example at the

Max. number of

Unlimited (files beyond the 10 000th file within a single folder cannot

iTunes Music Store cannot be played. Also, some files may not be playable,

files

be displayed)

depending on the iTunes version used to encode them.

Supported file

FAT, FAT32 and HFS+

! The CDJ-900 supports AAC files in the formats shown below.

systems

Sampling frequencies of 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz,

! The CDJ-900 supports such USB mass storage class USB devices as external hard discs,

Compatible

MPEG-4 AAC LC

32 kHz, 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz, and bit rates of 16

portable flash memory drives and digital audio players. External DVD/

CD drives and

formats

kpbs – 320 kbps are supported.

other optical disc devices cannot be used.

! When there are many folders or files, some time may be required for loading.

ID3 tag versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 are sup-

! If multiple partitions are set for the USB device, the device may not be recognized.

ported.

aac

Titles, album names, artist names, etc., are dis-

Track information

played here.

 Cautions on using USB devices

Meta tags (embedded tags) are supported.

Extensions other

Titles, album names, artist names, etc., are dis-

than aac

! Some USB devices may not operate properly. Please note that Pioneer will

played here.

accept no responsibility whatsoever for loss of data recorded on USB devices.

File extension .m4a, .aac and .mp4

! USB hubs cannot be used.

! USB devices equipped with flash card readers may not operate.

! If a current above the allowable level is detected in the CDJ-900’s USB port,

it could happen that a warning message is displayed, the power to the USB

About WAV files

device is cut off and signal transfer is stopped. To restore normal operation,

The CDJ-900 supports WAV files in the formats shown below.

remove USB devices connected to the player, then press USB STOP. Avoid

reusing the USB device for which the excess current was detected. If normal

Compatible

The 16-/

24-bit non-compressed PCM format and sampling frequencies

operation is not restored after performing the above operation (if signals are

formats

of 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz are supported.

not transferred), try turning off the player’s power then turning it back on.

LST chunk

Track information

! Depending on the USB device you are using, the desired performance may

Titles, album names, artist names, etc., are displayed here.

not be achieved.

File extension .wav

About MP3 files

About AIFF files

MP3 files can have a constant bit rate (CBR) or a variable bit rate (VBR). Both

types of files can be played on the CDJ-900, but the search and super fast search

The CDJ-900 supports AIFF files in the formats shown below.

functions are slower with VBR files. If your priority is operability, we recommend

The 16-/

24-bit non-compressed PCM format and sampling frequencies

Compatible

recording MP3 files in CBR.

of 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz are supported.

formats

The CDJ-900 supports MP3 files in the formats shown below.

Titles, album names, artist names, etc., are displayed here.

File extension .aif, .aiff

Audio Layer-3 sampling frequencies of 32 kHz, 44.1

MPEG-1

kHz and 48 kHz, and bit rates of 32 kbps – 320 kbps

Compatible

are supported.

formats

Audio Layer-3 sampling frequencies of 16 kHz,

MPEG-2

22.05 kHz and 24 kHz, and bit rates of 16 kbps – 160

About rekordbox

kbps are supported.

! rekordbox is an application for managing music files which are used for DJ

ID3 tag versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 are sup-

play with a Pioneer DJ Player (i.e. CDJ-2000, CDJ-900).

ported.

Track information

Data that has been detected and measured, as well as any points which

Titles, album names, artist names, etc., are dis-

have been set and stored using rekordbox, can be used in combination with

played here.

a Pioneer DJ Player (i.e. CDJ-2000, CDJ-900) to achieve outstanding DJ

File extension .mp3

performance.

! Install rekordbox from the included CD-ROM onto a computer. For instruc-

tions on using rekordbox, see Using in combination with rekordbox on page 11

and About the rekordbox software on page 21.

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