Pioneer CDJ-2000: Before you start What’s in the box Discs/ files playable on the CDJ-2000 About CD playback About SD memory cards

 Regarding copy protected CDs

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

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

Before you start

form to these specifications.

 About DualDisc

What’s in the box

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

! Audio cable

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

! Power cable

form to these specifications.

! Control cord

! LAN cable

 About 8 cm single CDs

! Disc force eject pin

! CD-ROM (rekordbox)

8 cm single CDs cannot be played on the CDJ-2000. Do not mount 8 cm adapt-

! Warranty card

ers on CDs and play them on the CDJ-2000. The adapter could fall off as the disc

! Operating instructions (this document)

spins, damaging the disc or the player.

 About CD-Text

Discs/

files playable on the CDJ-2000

The CDJ-2000 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.

Playable discs

! ASCII

! ISO-8859

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

! MS-JIS

played.

! Mandarin Chinese character code

Types of discs that can be played and marks

About CD playback

Music files (MP3/

AAC/

WAV/

AIFF) recorded on CD-R/

-RW, DVD-R/

-RW, DVD+R/

+RW, DVD-R DL (dual layer) and DVD+R DL (dual layer) discs can be played.

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

CD

CD-TEXT

Max. number of

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

CD-R

folders

displayed)

! 999 files for each file format

Max. number of

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

files

played)

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

DVD-R

DVD-RW

CD-RW

About SD memory cards

is a trademark of DVD Format/

Logo Licensing Corporation.

Discs playable on this player are as shown below.

Music files (MP3/

AAC/

WAV/

AIFF) recorded on SD and SDHC memory cards

! CD-R/

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

conforming to SD standards can be played.

! CD-R/

-RW, DVD-R/

-RW, DVD+R/

+RW, DVD-R DL (dual layer) and DVD+R

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

DL (dual layer) discs on which music files (MP3/

AAC/

WAV/

AIFF) are

can be recorded on SD memory cards.

recorded

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

Max. number of

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

folders

cannot be displayed)

 Discs that cannot be played

Max. number of

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

! DTS-CD

files

be displayed)

! Photo CDs

1

! SD memory cards: 8 MB – 2 GB

! Video CDs

Supported cards

! SDHC memory cards: 4 GB – 32 GB

! CD Graphics (CD-G) discs

Compatible

! SD memory cards: FAT12 and FAT16 (conforming to SD standards)

! Unfinalized CDs

formats

! SDHC memory cards: FAT32 (conforming to SD standards)

! DVD-Video discs

1 CPRM is not supported.

! DVD-Audio discs

! DVD-RAM discs

! SDHC memory cards can be used with devices supporting SDHC memory

! Unfinalized DVDs

cards. They cannot be used with devices that only support SD memory cards.

! When using SD memory cards with a capacity of 4 GB or greater, use SD

 Playback of discs created on a computer or DVD recorder

memory cards on which the SDHC logo is indicated.

! SD memory cards are shipped from the manufacturer in the standard format

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

indicated above. If a non-formatted SD memory card is loaded, [FORMAT SD]

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

is displayed and the card cannot be used.

a format playable on the CDJ-2000. For details, contact your application’s selling

! It may not be possible to used card formatted on a computer, digital camera,

agent.

etc.

It may not be possible to play discs created on a computer or DVD recorder due

! Pioneer does not guarantee that all SD memory cards will operate on the

to the disc’s properties, scratches or dirt, or poor recording quality (dirt on the

CDJ-2000.

recording lens, etc.).

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

 Cautions on using SD memory cards

 Creating backup discs

! SD memory cards are precision electronic devices. Handle them with care.

Bending, dropping or subjecting SD memory cards to strong forces or shocks

When CD-R/

-RW, DVD-R/

-RW, DVD+R/

+RW, DVD-R DL (dual layer) and DVD+R

could break them. Also, do not use or store SD memory cards in environ-

DL (dual layer) discs are paused or left in the pause mode at cue points for long

ments where static electricity or electric noise tends to be produced. We

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

recommend periodically making copies of valuable data.

properties of the disc. When a specific point is looped repeatedly an extremely

! Please note that Pioneer will accept no responsibility whatsoever for loss of

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

data recorded by the customer on SD memory cards or other direct or indirect

When playing valuable discs, we recommend making backup discs.

problems resulting from connection to the CDJ-2000.

! After ejecting SD memory cards, store them in their dedicated case, etc.

! Depending on the SD memory card you are using, the desired performance

may not be achieved.

6