Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus User manual

Brand: Pioneer

Model: CDJ-2000nexus

Category: Musical Equipment

Type: User manual

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Pioneer CDJ-2000nexus is a professional multi player that offers a wide range of features and capabilities for DJs. With its industry-first Wi-Fi® connectivity, you can easily connect to your music library and stream tracks wirelessly. The included rekordbox music management software provides powerful tools for organizing and preparing your music, including features like Wave Form Zoom, Key analysis, and Active Loop. The CDJ-2000nexus is also compatible with Serato Scratch Live software, giving you even more flexibility in your DJ setup.

The 6.1” full-color LCD display provides clear and detailed track information, including waveforms, key, and beatgrids. The Pro DJ Link feature allows you to connect up to four CDJ-2000nexus players and share a single audio source, as well as sync tempo and beat location. Performance functions like Slip Mode and Quantize help you to create smooth and precise mixes.

Main Features

• Industry’s ﬁrst DJ player with Wi-Fi

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source connectivity

• Free rekordbox music management

software included

• Now compatible with Serato Scratch Live

software

• Redesigned 6.1” full color LCD display

with new graphic user interface

• Pro DJ Link: Sync up to 4 CDJ-2000nexus

to share one audio source, Beat Sync, and

identify music key via Trafﬁc Light

• Performance functions including Slip

Mode and Quantize

• DJ software MIDI/HID control

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• Beat Sync – Tempo and beat location of music currently playing on one of the device can be matched with

the push of a button.

• Trafﬁc Light – Shows the keys of music being played by any players connected via Pro DJ Link, making

key-compatible music easier to ﬁnd by a different color indicator.

• Beat Count and Phase Meter – The Beat Count, which is the number of beats until a set point (memory

cue), and the Phase Meter, which shows the beat/bar of the music, can also be displayed simultaneously by

other players

Performance Functions

• Slip Mode – When activated, Slip Mode silently continues song playback during a loop, reverse or scratch and continues

audible playback at the exact time when the loop, reverse or scratch is ended, resulting in smoother transitions.

• Quantize – Utilizing a Quantizing feature, cue points and loops can be set perfectly on-beat. The Quantize feature ensures

cue points are set accurately and automatically, correcting and synching beats during manual looping or real-time cueing

to reduce off-beat mistakes.

• My Settings – The function settings of a player can be saved to smart devices such as smartphones, tablets and

computers, USB storage device, or SD memory cards. For additional convenience, the settings can also be can be made

ahead of time on the rekordbox App or software allowing users switch to their settings when a connection is made to the

CDJ-2000nexus.

• Wolfson Processor – To achieve excellent sound quality, the player is equipped with the audio industry’s highly respected

Wolfson

DAC processor, delivering a very transparent, accurate audio signal with a highly improved signal-to-noise ratio

and increased headroom.

Additional Features

• DJ software MIDI/HID control – Up to 35 controls on the surface of each player can be used to trigger other devices,

such as DJ effectors and software by way of HID and/or MIDI.

• Active Loop – Automatically starts loops when playback begins from a speciﬁed point.

• Needle Search – The touchpad lets the DJ “place the needle” and jump quickly to a speciﬁc part of a music track.

• Load Previous Track – Playback of prior music that has been loaded to the player will be located (no built-in memory).

• Rating on the Go – Users can rate tracks during play for easy reference or sorting.

Commercially available wireless LAN router separately required for Wi-Fi connection.

Requires Serato Scratch Live software download and current CDJ-2000nexus ﬁrmware version 1.13

PIONEER and REKORDBOX are registered trademarks of Pioneer Corporation.

WOLFSON is a registered trademark of Wolfson Microelectronics.

Wi-Fi is a registered trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Industry’s First DJ Player with Wi-Fi

Connectivity

The CDJ-2000nexus offers exciting features and technologies including Wi-Fi

connectivity, a ﬁrst in the industry, compat-

ibility with Pioneer’s new rekordbox

™

App for smart devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers, and new functions

such as Beat Sync, Wave Zoom and Slip. Newly enhanced features inherited by the CDJ-2000nexus include a selection

screen interface for a more intuitive music search experience, increased visibility of the needle search pad, and improved

master tempo sound quality.

New rekordbox Software Functions

With the included rekordbox music management software installed on a computer,

users can organize and catalog their entire music libraries. Newly added features

available when rekordbox is used with the CDJ-2000nexus include music ﬁle anal-

ysis functions such as Wave Form Zoom (wave form expansion) and Key, as well

as additional settings such as Active Loop and Hot Cue Auto Load. When music

ﬁles are imported to rekordbox, the software analyzes each ﬁle and prepares it for

use speciﬁcally for the CDJ player. Key elements of Pioneer’s rekordbox software:

• Data Analysis – Wave Zoom, Key, Wave, Beat Grid, BPM, ID3 Tag and more

• Track Settings – Active Loop, Hot Cue Auto Load, Cue, Loop

• Creation and editing of Playlists

• Saving of playback log information

Compatible with Serato Scrach Live software

The CDJ-2000nexus now features compatibilty with Serato Scratch Live software. The current CDJ-2000nexus ﬁrmware

Version 1.13 will work in-sync with Scratch Live software Version 2.5.0 for intuitive DJ performance using music ﬁles stored

on a computer without the need for a control disc.

6.1” Full-Color LCD Display

The CDJ-2000nexus features a large full-color WQVGA 6.1-inch (480 x 234) LCD panel for displaying song titles and album

art as well as detailed track information. The Wave data of each song is also illustrated on screen and the new Wave Zoom

function provides ﬁve different levels of magniﬁcation of the wave data which are color-coded according to bandwidth.

Pro DJ Link

Pioneer’s Pro DJ Link feature enables up to four CDJ-2000nexus players to connect via the Link Port and share a single

music source. Additional functions added to the CDJ-2000nexus that can be accessed when other players are connected

using the Pro DJ Link are:

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SPECIFICATIONS

FEATURES

Pro DJ Link

6.1” Full Color LCD Panel

Slip Mode

rekordbox Software Wi-Fi

Connectivity

Music Management Software & System Requirments

Compatible Media ............. ......................................................... Android phone/Android Tablet, etc., USB storage devices,

.............................................. .....SD memory cards, computers (Mac/Windows PC), Audio CD, CD-R/RW, DVD±R/RW/R-DL

Compatible Files ..............................................MP3, AAC, WAV, AIFF

(iOS version of rekordbox enable to playback only MP3 and AAC)

File Systems Compatible with USB Storage .............................................................................................FAT, FAT32, HFS+

Frequency Range ..........................................................................................................................................4Hz - 20kHz

Signal-to-Noise Ratio ..............................................................................................................................115dB or higher

Total Harmonic Distortion ........................................................................................................................ 0.0018% or less

USB Ports ........................................................................................................................... USB-A port x1, USB-B port x1

Audio Output Ports ....................................................................................AUDIO OUT(RCA)×1, DIGITAL OUT (COAXIAL)×1

Other Ports ................................................................................. LAN (100Base-TX)×1, CONTROL (φ3.5mm mini plug) x1

Audio Output Voltage .......................................................................................................................................... 2.0 Vrms

Power Supply to Use ................................................................................................................................120V AC(60 Hz)

Power Consumption ................................................................................................................................................ 37 W

Maximum Dimensions (W x D x H in inches) .......................................................................................12.6 x 15.97 x 4.19

Unit Weight ....................................................................................................................................................... 10.36 lbs

CDJ-2000nexus

Professional Multi Player

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LCD panel and

graphics user interface

Quantize Mode

Beat Sync

Supported Operating Systems .............Mac OS®X 10.7, 10.6 or 10.5.8, Windows®7 Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate

............................................................. Windows Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/ Ultimate/Business (SP2 and above)

................................................................................................Windows® XP Home Edition/Professional (SP3 and above)

................................................................................................ (*Windows® XP Professional x64 edition is not supported)

Playable Files .................................................................................................................................... MP3/AAC/WAV/AIFF

............................................................................. Mac OSX: Intel® Core. Duo (or equivalent processor) 1.83GHz or faster

........................................Windows Vista® or Windows® XP: Intel® Pentium® 4 (or equivalent processor) 2 GHz or faster

Memory..................................................................................................................................................512 MB or more

Free Hard Drive Space..................................250 MB or more (Not including space needed for saving music and other ﬁles)

Disk Drives ................................................................................................................................................CD-ROM Drive

Display .............................................................................................................XGA (1024x768) or greater recommended