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Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-03-2003 14:26:

Pioneer CDJ 100s VS 500

ok people... I need your help here ASAP!!!
I've got this club gig coming up on tuesday, and the guy who's arranging this whole thing said that the club has a pair of Pioneer CDJ 500.....

now the thing is, I've only got to work with a pair of Pioneer CDJ 100s, and my double CD player I have at home......

now, I have to ask if there's any difference whatsoever between the CDJ 100s and the CDJ 500.......... ecxept the fact that the 500 has no effects, and you load the CD from the top instead of shoving it into a slot in the front.....

help? please?
thanx in advance

HyPeRSoNiC

Posted by Mister_Michel on Apr-03-2003 16:16:

Posted by Dewi on Apr-03-2003 16:33:

There wont be a great deal of difference at all!, ull be fine man!

Enjoy!

Posted by deejay2002 on Apr-03-2003 18:08:

i rather get cdj-500 just because...cdj-100 looks odd and cheap. CDJ-500 looks somewhat professional....just my 02

Posted by Dj Flesch on Apr-03-2003 19:32:

My suggestion is that you go to pioneer's website (www.pioneerprodj.com) and look at the comparison sheets that they have. You can download the users manual on that site for both decks too. I have cdj-100s also, and my guess is that there isn't any major difference as far as operation goes. Top loading is about the biggest change. I think that the way you cue and stop/start and use the jog will be the same. I know the jog is a quite different on the cdj-1000, but that's another topic.

Posted by Dzokayi on Apr-04-2003 01:24:

been a while, but...

Here's what comes to mind.... the 500s are not as shock/vibration resistant as the 100s - not even close, so definitely keep that in mind. Also, if I remember correctly, the jog dial on the 100 is a bit 'lighter' than the 500, so there will be a bit of a difference when pitch bending. As stated earlier, the 500 lacks effects, but it does have looping....if you haven't played with seamless looping before, give it a shot...this is a really powerful tool.

Let us know how it goes...

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-04-2003 12:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Mister_Michel

thanx for the advice.........
how about helping me out instead???

anyway, thanx alot for the help
I looked at them and compared
I beleive I'll do alright

Posted by Mister_Michel on Apr-04-2003 17:13:

quote:
Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
thanx for the advice.........
how about helping me out instead???

anyway, thanx alot for the help
I looked at them and compared
I beleive I'll do alright

Their has been a thread about this 2 or 3 days ago, don't get pissed off because I pointed you to the fact that you are lazy.

Posted by Tiger777 on Apr-05-2003 09:41:

I'm lazy too... is that a problem?

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-05-2003 10:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Mister_Michel
Their has been a thread about this 2 or 3 days ago, don't get pissed off because I pointed you to the fact that you are lazy.

I'm not getting pissed
I don't come in this forum alot, so I didn't know that there was another thread about this exact same topic.... if I knew, I just would have read that one.......
oh well..... what's done is done....... sorry if I caused ANY inconvinience whatsoever.....

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-05-2003 11:38:

LOL!!!! omg!!!!

I just spoke with the guy who's arranging the party.... I was gonna tell him that I can handle the 500 and even the 1000 (in CD player mode, not vinyl mode)... and what does he tell me?
that they will probably replace the CD players in both rooms in the club, with 100s!!!!!! lol!!!

now that's a relief!!!

Posted by Dj Flesch on Apr-05-2003 13:03:

Just to warn you, the CDJ-1000 is much much different than the 100 or 500. There are about a dozen or more new buttons, the jog wheel is totally different and the cueing mechanism is slightly different too. I would make sure that you have actually used one before I said that you could handle yourself on it!

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-05-2003 19:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Flesch
Just to warn you, the CDJ-1000 is much much different than the 100 or 500. There are about a dozen or more new buttons, the jog wheel is totally different and the cueing mechanism is slightly different too. I would make sure that you have actually used one before I said that you could handle yourself on it!

really??
damn!
I've been told that when it's not in vinyl mode, it's exactly like the 500 and the 100........
do you guys have a manual or something, showing me how to cue on that thing???
and about the other buttons, I'm not gonna use them anyway so it doesn't matter... the only buttons I'm gonna use are: play/pause, cue, the jog weel, and the pitch slide..... oh! and the eject button...
I mean, thin about it, do I actualy NEED any other buttons to mix????

Posted by Mister_Michel on Apr-05-2003 20:10:

quote:
Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
do you guys have a manual or something, showing me how to cue on that thing???

I hope this is a little more helpfull

Posted by Mister_Michel on Apr-05-2003 20:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Mister_Michel
I hope this is a little more helpfull

Appaerantly not cuz the link is down Oh well

Posted by Dj Flesch on Apr-05-2003 22:52:

I don't know exactly if it's the same in cd-mode, but either way at least know where the button to change it to cd-mode is, and how to tell which mode you have selected. I know that the vinyl mode is touch sensitive, and so it makes it a lot harder to mix without real vinyl below your fingertips.

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-06-2003 22:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Flesch
I don't know exactly if it's the same in cd-mode, but either way at least know where the button to change it to cd-mode is, and how to tell which mode you have selected. I know that the vinyl mode is touch sensitive, and so it makes it a lot harder to mix without real vinyl below your fingertips.

I know that the circle in the center of the jog plate indicates the frames, and also the mode you're in...... (when it's in vinyl mode, it has the word "viny" glowing in the center)......
and I bet the mode changing button isn't so hard to find so......

anyway, can you guys still try and look for a manual for the CDJ 1000 for me? or at least a pic of it with arrows on each button, saying what each one does.......

I'll probably work on a pair of 100s anyway in the club, but just in case.... so I won't have any surprizes......

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-07-2003 22:09:

uh.......
anyone??

Posted by Dzokayi on Apr-07-2003 23:07:

go to Pioneer's website

And manually navigate to the product documentation. It's really that simple. All the manuals are available online in .pdf format.

Posted by HyPeRSoNiC on Apr-10-2003 07:08:

ok first of all, I must say the party was a blast!!! I did great!!
I worked on 2 CDJ 500s, and a crappy Rodec mixer...
the CDJ 500s is an awsome CD player, but where I played, the left one was a little crappy (the play/pause button was hard to press, it didn't hold the cue point for a long time, and every few minutes I had to re-cue, and once it didn't eject the CD and I had to actually plug it out of the electricity and back in.... I wonder what happened to the poor thing).........

overall everything went fine. the controls on the 500 are exactly like on the 100 (with no effects).
thanx for your help, guys!