[SOLVED] White and Red Jog Wheel Lights

It's red as long as you have the channel fader up, it's normal :)

its called "On Air" mode and can be shut off in the cdj menu if it annoys you. The deck that is playing live will stay red so you know

hi guys happy new year - thanks for the posts but it's red when the fader isn't up - the CDJ powers on as white jog wheel then switches to red and stays that way? I would have thought it should stay white until playing something no?

@Nick > If your CDJs have their player numbers matched to the channel they are connected to, provided you have the fader down for that channel, it should return to white.  It will turn red when the fader is up, but if you have the crossfader enabled and it is to the side where no audio from that channel would come through, it will turn white again.  Likewise with the EQs; if you have them set to ISOLATOR mode and you turn them all down, you'll see the jog lights turn white again indicating that the deck is no longer "live".

Hi Pulse yep it was the CDJ numbering - they were set to "auto" so messed up the assignment - manually setting them to the respective channel numbers did the trick - red jog wheels when playing as expected now and white when not - thanks for your help guys! back to it!

I have set both CDjs to their player number in "MENU/Utility" the 2 players plus Mixer are connected to a LAN Switch but the ON-Air Status is not working

I see that on the 1st player left deck, in the MENU UTILITY it is selected to 1 but when I press the INFO button then the MENU UTILITY it says LINK INFO player 2 !!! how do I fix this vice versa for player 2 it says player 1 in LINK INFO !  

@Andy > Unplug the LAN cable and any USB devices / SD cards, then manually go in and change the player numbers.

Wait, if it says that under the MENU (not the UTILITY screen which you press-and-hold to get to), it's asking about where you're storing cue points / memory points.

OK, so for CDJ 1 I have manually selected to 1 , but when you press INFO button then MENU "LINK INFO says 2 on deck 1 and 1 on deck 2 ! will this interfere with the fucntion for ON-Air Status? I am still trying to get this feature to work ! and yes I have unplugged the LAB , USB changed the numbers many times but still not working ! 

@Andy > Are you using a DJM900 or DJM2000?

DJM 900

@Andy > Disconnect or remove the LAN / USB / SD, change the player numbers manually to match the channel they are connected to on the 900.  This is the PLAYER NUMBER in the UTILITY menu you're looking for.

HI, yes I did this, still not working ... what else can I do to troubleshoot?

@Andy > Connect one player directly to the mixer, see if that works first.

still nothing...

Silly question, but is your ON-AIR DISPLAY setting or JOG BRIGHTNESS set to OFF by chance?

heheh yeaa i understand yes they are both ON on both devices JOG brightness is set to 2 or 3

Let's review...

• the player number is assigned manually

• the ON-AIR and jog brightness are not set to OFF

• both the player and mixer are connected via LINK (either to each-other or via a switch -- NOT a router)

• the fader is open on the channel the player is connected to

• the cross fader is not assigned

• the EQs are at the 12 o'clock position

yes - the player number is assigned manually

yes - the ON-AIR and jog brightness are not set to OFF

• both the player and mixer are connected via LINK (either to each-other or via a switch -- NOT a router)

mixer has a ethernet cable that goes to switch, each cdj has a ethernet cable that goes to the 5 port switchyes

yes - the fader is open on the channel the player is connected to

• cross fader is not assigned

• EQ is set to 12

Thank you for your help hope

Apart from trying a different cable between the mixer and player, I'm not sure what else I'm missing here...

have you tried plugging in a usb drive to player 1 and seeing if player 2 can play from it just to make sure everything is talking to each other?

yea they are linked that is not a problem, the on-air display is still not working

OK ! thank you very much for your help ! will call tech support ! Thanks again

@Andy > This is probably a stupid question to ask at this point but I don't believe anyone has mentioned it yet. Did you select the player number to be the same as the channel fader you are increasing?

If a CDJ is listed as player 3, then the channel 3 fader will turn the jog wheel red. As long as you have the other settings correct as Pulse mentioned above.

If this isn't the case, any chance you could shoot a quick video and post it to youtube so Pulse can take a better look just in case? :)

Yea this is setup CDJ left selected to 1 on CH.1 on DJM900 same for CDJ 2 on CH.2

Thats a good idea will record the video soon as possible and post

Thank you all for the help !

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but is there any way to see the Red LEDs without a Pioneer mixer?

Seems like this functionality can only be used if you own a DJM-2000 or DJM-900 - am I correct?

@Nate > Yes you are correct. You need a DJM-2000 or DJM-900 with the LINK capability.

@Everyone > I will hopefully make a video this weekend on all of this. I made a couple last weekend but didn't get to this yet. 

anyone know why my jogwheels are not turning red when the fader is on the cdj is playing? lan cables are all correctly connected and running the latest firmware. 4.10.....also on air displays are turned to on on cdjs....

make sure the player numbers match the faders you are using, if you are using faders 1 and 2, the decks must be set to 1 and 2 in the menus, if you like to use 1 and 4 faders, then the decks need to be set to 1 and 4. 

also know tho sonly works when using these decks on their own or with RB, the decks will not turn red if you decide to use serato/traktor etc...

thank you BRIcHI..yes i also have the decks and the channels matching to eachother....its crazy because everything is connected properly...quantize/grid is working. scrathin my head over hear