PIONEER CMX-5000/KUC
Owner's Manual

Read before use

FEATURES
The Pioneer CMX-5000 is a twin CD player designed for use by DJs which provides not only the features and performance required in a discotheque sound system in a CD player but also provides new features only possible in a CD player.

AUTO MIXING
With a new sensor system developed exclusively by Pioneer, the CMX-5000 can measure beat timing and the number of BPM and can automatically remix tracks in a specified order.

PLAYING ADDRESS
Bar graph display which makes it possible to gain an intuitive feel of the elapsed and remaining play time of a track in progress To make it possible to gain the same sort of intuitive feel of the elapsed and remaining play time as possible by looking at the position of a needle on an analog record, the CMX-5000 uses a bar graph display which makes it possible to gain an instantaneous visual feel of the elapsed and remaining play time of a track in progress. The length of a bar makes it possible to instantly check the current position and the display also flashes to provide a warning when it nears the end of a track.

÷ Three playback modes

There are three playback modes: DISC mode, TRACK mode, and PROGRAM mode.

÷ Wide variety of different types of mixing

There are four different types of mixing: cut-in mixing, echo mixing, zip mixing, and cross-fade mixing.

÷ Shortened playback time feature which can be used to shorten track playback time

QUICK START CUEING
A wide variety of cueing capabilities

÷ Back cueing

The CMX-5000 comes with a CUE button which can be pressed after a track has begun to play to return to the cueing point and resume play from there.

÷ Auto cueing

A quick start button which may be pressed during a pause to start playback virtually instantaneously (delay time of less than 0.01 seconds) While ordinary CD players require up to 0.3 seconds for playback to begin from a pause state, the CMX-5000 virtually eliminates this delay, thus making it possible to segue smoothly from one track to the next.

Auto cueing may be used to automatically skip the silent portion at the head of each track and stand by just before the point where sound begins. The PLAY button may then be pressed to instantaneously start the track.

REAL TIME SEAMLESS LOOPING
Seamless looping feature which makes it possible to set the loop starting point in real time Able to be used to easily specify and remove loop settings, this feature can be used to specify loop settings instantly while a track is playing as soon as one recognizes the point from which one wishes to start the loop. It is also possible to create a loop from just before the end of a track to keep the track from ending. The CMX-5000 also comes with a new adjustment mode which makes it possible to change the end point of a loop with the press of a single button, thus making looping easier to use than ever.

÷ Cue point sampling

Cueing points may be stored in memory to make it possible to play back from that point from anywhere within a disc at the touch of a single button. This feature is particularly useful for checking cueing points or for use as a sampler.

FADER START
DJ mixer fading can be used to quick starting or back cueing The CMX-5000 can be connected to a separately-sold DJM-500, DJM-600, or DJM-300 mixer, and the mixer fading can be used to perform quick starting or back cueing.

RELOOPING
Relooping feature which makes it possible to return to predefined loops as many times as desired Pressing the RELOOP button after exiting from a loop causes the CD player to return to the currently defined loop and replay the loop again. And by learning how to turn relooping on and off in conjunction with the rhythm, the possibilities can be even further extended.

HIGH QUALITY SOUND
With a legato link conversion feature which makes it possible to replay sound of high frequencies of over 20 kHz which would be lost when recorded on CDs, the CMX-5000 eliminates the harshness found in high sound ranges on CDs to make it possible to produce sound near that of a true analog recording.

SLOT INSERTION
Slot mechanism which makes it possible to quickly insert, replace, and remove discs Discs may be inserted directly into the CD player without first ejecting a disc tray or opening a door, thus making it possible to quickly play the opening bars of tracks.

JOG DIAL
Large 100-mm dial which may be used to correct out-of-synch beats in much the same way as with an analog turntable The jog dial may be lightly rotated by hand to search for the point from which you wish to begin playback in 1/75-second frame units. This jog dial may also be used to make searching even faster than ordinary searching or track searching.

TEMPO CONTROL
High-performance 60-mm slide control which makes it easy to change the tempo of songs With a digital display which displays tempo controls in 0.1% units, the CMX-5000 makes it easier to more accurately control tempos.

MASTER TEMPO
Master tempo feature makes it possible to change the tempo of a song without changing intervals While changing the tempo of a song on an analog player causes intervals to be changed as well, the CMX-5000 comes with a master tempo control feature that takes advantage of digital technology to make it possible to change the tempo of songs without changing intervals.

÷ Tempo control range
The maximum variable range may be set to three levels at ±6, ±10, or ±16% of the original range, thus making it easier than ever before to perform tempo control.

W PROTECTION
In addition to an oil damper float mechanism which greatly reduces the possibility of skipping even if the player is subjected to shocks or vibrations from the floor or from rough handling during playback, the CMX-5000 also includes a new electronic anti-skipping mechanism to provide two levels of protection against skipping.

MULTI READ
The CMX-5000 comes with a multi-reading feature which makes it possible to play back both CD-R and CD-RW discs. (Note, however, that there may be times when it is impossible to play a disc due to special characteristics of the disc or the recorder used to burn the disc or because of dirt, soiling, or scratching of the disc.)

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