Changing the settings

Using the [MENU/UTILITY] button

Various settings on the CDJ-2000 can be changed by pressing [MENU/UTILITY].

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1Setting item

The CDJ-2000’s settings items are displayed here.

 

 

2Setting

The settings for the various items are displayed here.

Changing the settings

1 Press [MENU/UTILITY] for over 1 second.

The [UTILITY] screen is displayed.

2 Select and enter the setting item.

The cursor moves to the setting.

3 Change the setting and enter.

The cursor returns to the setting.

!Press [BACK] before changing the setting to return to step 2.

4 Press [MENU/UTILITY].

Press [MENU/UTILITY] to return to the menu screen.

List of settings

The factory default settings are indicated in bold.

Options

Setting ranges

Descriptions

settings

 

 

QUANTIZE

ON/OFF

For details, see QUANTIZE on page 10.

AUTO CUE LEVEL

-36dB/-42dB/-48dB/-54dB/

For details, see Changing the auto cue

-60dB/-66dB/-72dB/-78dB

level on page 15.

 

MIDI CHANNEL

1 – 16

 

 

 

LANGUAGE

The language used for the CDJ-2000’s

display can be selected here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When set to [ON], jacket photos are dis-

ART WORK

ON/OFF

played on the tag list. When set to [OFF],

 

 

jacket photos are not displayed.

LIBRARY CRE-

 

This can only be selected when a

LIBRARY/FOLDER

medium on which a Pioneer MEP-7000

ATOR

 

library is recorded is loaded.

 

 

HISTORY NAME

For details, refer to Setting [HISTORY

NAME] on the right.

 

 

 

 

This switches the number of bits of the

DIGITAL OUT

16 bit/24 bit

audio signals output from the [DIGITAL

 

 

OUT] terminal.

 

 

 

 

 

Sets this unit’s player number. The

PLAYER No.

AUTO, 1 – 4

player number cannot be changed when

 

 

a medium is loaded in this unit.

 

 

When PRO DJ LINK connections are

LINK STATUS

made, the connection status is dis-

 

 

played here.

AUTO STANDBY

ON/OFF

For details, refer to Setting the auto

standby mode on the right.

 

 

LCD BRIGHTNESS

1 – 3 – 5

Sets the main unit display’s brightness.

Options

Setting ranges

Descriptions

settings

 

 

 

 

When set to [ON], the screensaver starts

 

 

up in the following cases:

 

 

! When no track is loaded in the CDJ-

 

 

2000 for over 5 minutes

SCREEN SAVER

ON/OFF

! When no operation is performed

 

 

for over 100 minutes while in the

 

 

pause or cue standby mode or when

 

 

[END] is displayed on the main unit

 

 

display.

VERSION No.

Displays the CDJ-2000’s software ver-

sion.

 

 

Setting the auto standby mode

1Select [AUTO STANDBY] and enter the setting item.

2Select [ON] or [OFF] and enter.

When [AUTO STANDBY] is set to [ON], the power management function is acti- vated in the following cases and the standby mode is set.

!When no operation at all is performed for over 4 hours with no disc, SD memory card or USB device loaded, no PRO DJ LINK connection and no computer connected to the USB port (on the main unit’s rear panel).

!When the CDJ-2000 is operated, the standby mode is canceled.

!The CDJ-2000 is shipped with the power management function turned on. If you do not want to use the power management function, set [AUTO STANDBY] to [OFF].

Setting [HISTORY NAME]

The name of the [HISTORY] recorded on the SD memory card/USB device can be preset.

1Select [HISTORY NAME] and enter the setting item.

2Use the [NEEDLE SEARCH] pad to input a character.

3Press the rotary selector to enter.

The [HISTORY NAME] setting is changed.

!If [HISTORY NAME] is not set, numbers are added sequentially after [HISTORY].

!The maximum number of characters that can be set for the [HISTORY] name is 32, including both letters, numbers and symbols.

Changing the language

1Select [LANGUAGE] and enter the setting item.

2Select the language and enter.

The language of the on-screen display is changed.

!To display characters written in a local code other than Unicode, change the [LANGUAGE] setting.

English

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Pioneer CDJ-2000, Multi Player operating instructions Changing the settings, Using the MENU/UTILITY button

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