Stanton SCS.4DJ - Manual (Page 58)

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8. TROUBLESHOOTING
1. My Mass Storage Device isn’t showing up
SCS.4DJ supports a majority of USB-based Mass Storage Devices (hard drives, iPod’s/iPhone’s,
Thumb Drives). However, SCS.4DJ does not support the following device types:
1.HFS+ Journaled Format Drives
2.Windows 7 Phones
While many drives can be powered by the USB-bus present on the SCS.4DJ, there are drives that
require an external power source. Be sure to externally power any USB drive that has an external
power supply.
2. I don’t see a waveform on screen/ I don’t see a BPM reading/ I can’t use automatic looping
or syncing
SCS.4DJ analyzes all files to prepare them for performance. This is a very extensive analysis, and
does take time (around 1/5th of the time it takes your song to play from start to finish). While you
will get basic playback functionality during this time, some of the more advanced features won’t
be available until the analysis is finished. If you need to perform before then, you can use the TAP
TEMPO function to get a BPM readout to start performing now.
3. My drive won’t finish analyzing
If a drive is unplugged or your SCS.4DJ is powered down improperly, this can corrupt the files
on your drive, causing analysis to fail. Please connect your drive to your unit and use the “Clean
Database” function, located in the ‘DEVICES’ menu under the ‘SYSTEM’ button. This will cause
your unit to start fresh. Also note, there is a 20,000 song limit per drive, so, if you have a collection
larger than 20,000 songs any songs after the first 20,000 will be unavailable.
4. The Platters won’t “scratch” properly
SCS.4DJ does a calibration every time the unit is turned on for the platters to ensure the most
accurate performance possible. If the platters were held down during startup, this can cause
performance to be degraded due to an improper calibration. Please re-boot your unit to calibrate
again, this time not touching the platters.
5. My Mass Storage Device is taking way too long to finish analyzing
As stated before, your SCS.4DJ does VERY extensive calculations to determine BPM, waveforms,
etc. As such, analyzing on your SCS.4DJ can take a long time depending on the size of your
collection. (1/5th real time)
6. I’m seeing the wrong BPM value for my music
SCS.4DJ has a powerful analysis engine, but sometimes the song’s BPM is off. 90% of the time this
has been because of the engine seeing the song as half/double the tempo it actually is. From the
HOME/WAVEFORM screen, you can edit your BPM with the EDIT BPM soft button. This should
correct your issue, the beat grid of the song is not edited, however the new BPM value is used by