CDJ 1000mk3 memory card issue

CDJ 1000mk3 memory card issue

Good day, fellow disc jockeys.

I have bought a pair of CDJ-1000mk3, and i really like working with them, one thing bothers me, though. I really want to get the most of the mk3’s and memory card bonuses, such as cue points and loops are a huge asset, however, i cant get the memory cards working. As i’ve read on other forums and the mk3’s manual, SD card should work. I bought a pair of SanDisk’s SD cards with 2g. I’ve tried formatting them with atleast 4 formatting tools, few of them didn’t even work. Anyways, i can’t seem to find the problem. Maybe someone has gone through this, and could point me to the right direction, and answer wheter it malfunctions because of the SD card type, not MMC (Pioneer noted, that SD works) formatting tool or formatting type used (should be FAT32, but tried other types) Big thanks for the advice.

Peace and <3 :slight_smile:

Have you tried formatting them with the CDJ itself?

Yeah, nothing happens

Yes, nothing seems to have happened

I had a similar problem, I think it’s with the cards being too big (2gb). I now use smaller cards I found lying around (32mb etc) and they work completely fine, at max storage the cdjs only take up like 12mb or something I think.

Are your cards SDHC or regular old SD type? The CDJ 1000s are only compatible with the older SD cards and SDHC/SDXC will not work.

Definitely a card compatibility issue. One out of four of the SD cards I had worked, which was an older 2gb card.

Thank you for the tips, imma check it out!

I had exactly the same problem when I bought my CDJs last summer. I tried all sorts, but I seem to recall the thing that worked for me, was putting the card in the CDJ and THEN powering it up. I may be incorrect, but if this helps, then awesome!

Did you use Rekordbox to transfer your music onto the SD Card?

CDJ1000s do NOT play tracks from the SD card or use Rekordbox.

CDJ 1000s don’t use Rekordbox. The card is for cuepoints/loops etc.

ah. that makes sense.