Pioneer CDJ-500II User Manual

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LOOP IN/REALTIME CUE/OUT
ADJUST button

Press to designate the in point (start point) of loop
playback.
When the sampling of the loop-in point completes (in
about 2 sec.), the button stops blinking and starts to
light steadily. At this moment, a new cue point is
stored in memory and the previous cue point is cleared.
The button blinks during loop playback.
Pressing the button during loop play initiates the loop-
out point adjustment mode. The loop-out point can be
adjusted by rotating the jog dial or pressing a SEARCH
button (

1, ¡). The button blinks at a high speed in

the loop-out point adjustment mode.

PLAY/PAUSE button/indicator (

6 )

Each time this button is pressed, the player switches
between playback mode and pause mode. The

indicator lights during playback, and blinks in pause
mode.
÷ When the unit has not been operated for 80 minutes

or more in pause mode, the disc rotation stops
automatically. In this condition, playback can be
resumed by pressing the PLAY/PAUSE button.

RELOOP button

When this button is pressed during playback, loop
playback of the previously set loop starts. The RELOOP
indicator in the display window lights up during loop
standby or loop playback.
When this button is pressed during loop playback,
loop playback is canceled and normal playback
continues.

Jog dial (+ FWD/– REV)

Five functions are available.

[Beat Search operation]
When the Jog dial is slowly rotated in playback mode,
the playback tempo changes according to the rotating
speed of the Jog dial. When rotating the Jog dial
clockwise, the playback tempo becomes faster. When
rotating the Jog dial counterclockwise the playback
tempo becomes slower.

[Multi-Speed Search operation]
When the Jog dial is rapidly rotated in playback mode,
playback advances or reverses while the sound is
output. Rotate the Jog dial clockwise for fast-forward
operation. Rotate the Jog dial counterclockwise for
fast-reverse operation. The searching speed changes
according to the rotated speed of the Jog dial.

[Frame Search operation]
Press PLAY/PAUSE during playback, and rotate the
Jog dial in pause mode. Frame search can be carried
out in 1 frame increments (1 second is equal to 75
frames).

[Cue point adjustment]
Press a SEARCH button (

1, ¡) during cue standby

initiates the sound-audible pause mode. Rotate the
jog dial to move the cue point and press the CUE
button to set it as the new cue point.

[Loop-out point adjustment during loop play]
Press the LOOP IN/REAL TIME CUE/OUT ADJUST
button during loop play to initiate the loop-out point
adjustment mode, in which the loop-out point can be
moved by rotating the jog dial.

TEMPO control knob

The playback tempo can be changed with this knob.
The center clicked position is for normal playback
tempo. If the knob is moved toward you (+ side), the
music tempo will become faster. If the knob is moved
away from you (– side), the music tempo will become
slower.

TIME MODE/AUTO CUE button

Two functions are available.

[Switching the time display]
Each time this button is pressed, the time display
changes between the elapsed playback time of the
track (TIME) and the remaining playback time of the
track (REMAIN).

[Switching ON/OFF of the Auto Cue function]
When this button is kept pressed for more than 1
second, the Auto Cue function (*1) is set to ON or
OFF. When the Auto Cue function is set to ON, the
AUTO CUE indicator in the display window lights up.

(*1) Auto Cue function: When a disc is loaded or
track search is carried out, the player memorizes the
cue point at which the sound is output.

MASTER TEMPO button (M T)

Each time this button is pressed, the MASTER TEMPO
function (*2) is set to ON or OFF. When the MASTER
TEMPO function is set to ON, the MASTER TEMPO
indicator in the display window lights.

(*2) MASTER TEMPO function: Even though the
playback tempo is changed with the TEMPO control
knob, the playback pitch is kept fixed.

Display window

Refer to page 9 for details.

EJECT button (

0 )

Press this button to open the disc compartment door.
÷ When pressed during playback, the disc rotation

stops then the door opens.

Disc compartment door

Press the EJECT button to open the door. To close
the door, push the door in.

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