Pioneer CDJ-400: DJ PLAYER OPERATIONS Starting playback Auto cue function Resume function To stop playback To temporarily interrupt playback

OPERATIONS (DJ PLAYER OPERATIONS)

DJ PLAYER OPERATIONS

Starting playback

EJECT

1. Insert disc in the player.

AUTO CUE

¶ When inserting a disc, keep the label-side up, and insert only

TEXT MODE

one disc into the disc loading slot located in the front panel of

SELECT

SOURCE

PUSH

the unit. (☞P.13)

SELECT

¶ If a CD-ROM with no MP3 file in the first session is inserted, the

REV

VINYL

display will read [NO TRACK] and the CD-ROM will not be

played.

¶ When a USB memory device is connected to the USB port,

press the SOURCE SELECT button to alternate between play-

back from disc (CD) or files on the USB memory.

2. When Auto Cue function is ON, press the PLAY/PAUSE

button (6).

¶ Wait for the display’s time display to appear before pressing the

CUE

button. The non-recorded portion at the beginning of the dis-

played track will be skipped and playback will begin instantly.

When the first track’s playback ends, the player will automati-

PLAY/PAUSE

cally search for the beginning of the next track. The indicator

on the CUE button will light, the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) in-

dicator will flash and the player will then wait for the PLAY/

Jog dial

PAUSE button (6) to be pressed before beginning playback

of the next track.

When the Auto Cue function is turned off, playback will

begin automatically from the first track.

Auto cue function

¶ When Auto Cue function is turned off, playback will continue

after the first track has been played, with all subsequent tracks

When a disc is loaded or track search/track change is performed, this

being played in sequence.

function automatically sets the cue point (☞P.17) to the point imme-

diately before the actual audio starts.

¶ Turning on/off

Resume function

Hold down the AUTO CUE button to turn the auto cue function on.

The auto cue indicator [A. CUE] in the display lights when auto cue

When the same disc is inserted after being ejected once, the disc will

is on. Hold down the AUTO CUE button again to turn the auto cue

be restarted from the place immediately before the disc was ejected.

function off.

However, the Digital Jog Break and Scratch Jog Effect functions will

¶ The on/off of the auto cue function will still be saved when the

not be restored. If desired, the TRACK SEARCH button can be pressed

power is turned off.

before playback begins to perform normal track search and playback.

¶ The auto cue level can be varied.

7 Changing the auto cue level

To stop playback

1. Hold down the TEXT MODE/UTILITY MODE button for one

second or more.

1. Press the EJECT button.

Utility setting mode is enabled. Turn the rotary dial so the display

¶ Playback will stop and the disc will be ejected.

screen shows [A.CUE LEVEL], then press to confirm.

¶ The CDJ-400 is not provided with a conventional stop button.

The display screen will show [–60dB](when in default state).

¶ In the event the EJECT button is pressed accidentally, immedi-

2. Change the value by turning the rotary dial.

ately (before [EJECT] is displayed in the display) press the

Values can be selected from –36 dB, –42 dB, –48 dB, –54 dB,

PLAY/PAUSE button (6) to cancel the eject command; play-

–60 dB, –66 dB, –72 dB, and –78 dB.

back will then restart from the place immediately before the

3. Press the rotary dial to select.

EJECT button was pressed (during this time, sound output will

Utility setting mode will be canceled if no command is entered for

be temporarily interrupted).

15 seconds. Pressing the BACK button will also exit the setting

mode.

To temporarily interrupt playback

Press the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) during playback.

¶ The PLAY/PAUSE button (6) indicator and the CUE button indi-

cator will flash and playback will be paused.

¶ When the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) is pressed again, the indica-

tor on the button will light and the playback will continue.

¶ In CDJ mode, broken playback sound will be output even during

pause. If you wish for no sound to be output, lower the output

level of the audio mixer.

¶ After setting the unit to pause, if no subsequent operation is per-

formed for 100 minutes, the disc rotation will automatically stop.

In this event, pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button (6) will cause

playback to resume.

¶ If the [END] display is left on for 100 minutes without further

player operations, the unit will stop, even if it is in the play mode.

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