The CDJ-800 is a Digital CD Turntable made by Pioneer Electronics.
It is similar in design to the CDJ-1000

CDJ1000

The CDJ-1000 was a digital turntable by Pioneer Electronics in 2001 that was used to play CDs and was generally accepted as the first CD player that can accurately emulate a vinyl turntable - including the ability to scratch - and became a popular CD player used by DJs...

, "slightly smaller than the 1000 and offering fewer options for pitch control and hot cues but with the same basic platter controls" with different functionality, and comes in a silver "gun-metal" finish.

The CDJ-800 is a vinyl turntable simulator that plays audio CDs.
The CDJ-800 features two differing interaction modes:

• Vinyl Mode - The platter behaves like vinyl and allows the user to manipulate the music like a vinyl record
• CD Mode - Allows the user to speed up / slow down the music in slower increments

The CDJ-800 uses a different mechanism for the jog wheel than the 1000 - it can perform "quick return" if the top surface of the wheel is pressed, then released.
The general design purpose of the CDJ-800 was to offer DJ's the facilities they have in the club on CDJ-1000's at home for a lower price. While the CDJ-1000 has a button to override the pitch slider, the CDJ-800 slider has a center detent, which is "easy to center." The CDJ-800 does not have the CDJ-1000's "hot cue" feature, and has only "one cue, and one loop" at a time, though these can be saved for up to 500 CDs. The CDJ-800 can alter loop "out-points" while playing, but can't alter in-points; loops must be re-captured. Though the CDJ-1000 will relay (alternate CDs) in both vinyl and CDJ jog modes, the CDJ-800 will only relay in CDJ jog mode. The CDJ-800 also has an "auto-beat" function that the 1000 does not.



The CDJ-800 was introduced in November 2002 and discontinued in February 2006 in favor of the updated second-generation version, called CDJ-800-MK2. The main difference is that the CDJ-800-MK2 can play MP3 files from CDs.
The design has also been changed.

Dan Morrell, ("DJ Smurf") wrote of liking the CDJ-800 due its excellent sound and low price.

External links

• CDJ-800MK2 at Pioneer
  Pioneer Corporation
  is a multinational corporation that specializes in digital entertainment products, based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. The company was founded in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop...
  
  (UK) website.
• CDJ-800 at DJResource website.
• CDJ-800MK2 at DJResource website.
• Pioneer CDJ Spare Parts at Instrumentalparts.com
• Pioneer CDJ-800MK2 firmware update information at File-extension.org