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3-2Selecting Songs

You can use the CDJ-400 to operate Tracklists or Playlists on the [DJ Play] screen.

1 Select PC with your CDJ-400’s USB select button (SOURCE SELECT).

If you have set the DJS audio output to your CDJ-400, the DJS audio will be output from your CDJ-400’s audio output terminal.

‘2-2CDJ-400 Audio Device Function Settings’

2 Operate the track list or play list.

You can use the controls of your CDJ-400, like the Rotary dial, Folder BACK button, and the HOLD button to work with the track list or play list that is displayed in the [DJ Play] screen.

Folder BACK button (BACK)

Rotary knob

(SELECT PUSH)

HOLD button (HOLD)

Aligning the selected line with the song you want to play

CDJ-400 Operation Control

Functions that are Linked with the [DJ Play] screen

 

 

Rotary dial (Rotate)

Rotate it clockwise and the selected line moves

 

downwards.

 

Rotate it counterclockwise and the selected line moves

 

upwards.

 

 

Rotary dial (Push)

If the selected line is on a song, then the selected song is

 

loaded to player A (or player B) and played.

 

If the selected line is on a category, such as a genre,

 

artist, album, etc., then the line moves to the next list

 

down and the list of songs in the selected category is

 

displayed.

 

 

Folder BACK button (Push)

The line moves to the next list up. (Genre, artist, album,

 

etc.)

 

 

HOLD button (Push)

If a list is closed, it opens the list.

 

 

3-3Switching the Player Control

When one CDJ-400 is connected, if you press the EJECT button (EJECT) while PC is selected, the assigned DJS player switches from A to B (or from B to A). However, where the DJS audio is output does not switch automatically switch from A to B (or from B to A), so when you are outputting the DJS audio from the audio output terminal of the CDJ-400, be sure to switch where the DJS audio is output, using the [Mixer/Sound Card] screen in Preferences, as necessary.

‘2-2CDJ-400 Audio Device Function Settings’

When two CDJ-400s are connected

The assigned DJS player doesn’t switch even if the EJECT button (EJECT) is pressed. Close DJS and turn off your CDJ-400, and then select a player control and where the audio is output by following ‘Chapter 2 Precautions when Starting Up’.

USB Select Button

(SOURCE SELECT)

Each time you press the USB select button, the indicator switches between MEMORY and PC.

Track Lists and Play Lists

The format of music lists can be switched on the [Play Style] settings screen in DJS Preferences. On the settings menu on the left hand side of Preferences, click [Play Style] to open the [Mixer/ Sound Card] settings screen.

Vertical Scrolling

If you move the selected line to the top (or the bottom), the list will scroll vertically and display the selected line.

Selecting artists or albums

If you put the selected line on [Artist/Album] in the category column and then push the Rotary dial, a list of artists or albums is displayed.

If you put the selected line on an artist or an album and then press the Rotary dial, a list of songs is displayed.

TEXT MODE Button (TEXT MODE)

Switches the text that is shown on the CDJ-400’s Display.

• Title, Album, Artist

TIME MODE/AUTO CUE button (TIME

MODE / AUTOCUE)

Switches the time display.

Elapsed Time (TIME) / Time Remaining (REMAIN)

If you press and hold it, it toggles the autocue function ON and OFF.

The Auto Cue Function

When a song is loaded, this function automatically sets a cue to the point immediately before the audio starts to play.

When using a play list

When the format of the music list is in Play List, the selected song is loaded and goes into standby mode.

Warning!

When three or more CDJ-400s are connected

Even if you connect three or more CDJ-400s, you will not be able to use the third or additional CDJ-400s to operate DJS or to output the DJS audio.

DJS Ver. 1.500

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Contents CDJ-400 DJS Control Guide 1Using 2 CDJ-400s Chapter Connecting your CDJ-400 and DJSConnecting 1 CDJ-400 Configuration when not Outputting Audio from a CDJ-400Using an External DJ mixer 2Using 1 CDJ-400DJS Mixer Functions Audio UnitWhen connecting two CDJ-400s Chapter Precautions when Starting UpWhen connecting one CDJ-400 1Selecting a Player ControlOpen the Mixer/ Sound Card settings screen in Preferences 2CDJ-400 Audio Device Function SettingsWhen Using the DJS Mixer Functions When Using an External DJ mixerClick OK Select the output terminal of the CDJ-400 as a sound cardSound card 1 SC1 Sound card 2 SC2Chapter Using your CDJ-400 to Control DJS 1Operating a Player with DJSOperate the CDJ-400 Player When two CDJ-400s are connected 3Switching the Player Control2Selecting Songs Operate the track list or play listInformation on Installation and User Registration Using the Support Site
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