Specific HDD model that works with CDJ 850
If any of you guys know a specific HDD model that works with 850 please tell me!! i’m really struggling to find one that it works !! Peace!
Thanks for your answer but those are USB Flash Drives…not HDDs.
Hmmm…I’ve never tried hooking a HDD drive to a DJM. How does the DJM know the difference between it being a flash drive or HDD? Could it be a formatting issue or possible a size limitation of the drive that a DJM can read? Just brainstorming here, I no longer own a DJM mixer.
Hey it’s not a DJM it’s a CDJ 850 
. I have 2x 32GB usb drives and i don’t want to use them. I need minimun 500GB of storage for my unit.
Currently i have a Seagate 1TB expansion Portable 3.0. It’s a known problem with the CDJ 850…and it’s very simple: some of hard drives work, some don’t. expect for that from Pioneer. i’m really disappointed.
And believe me, I searched for 2 weeks. I even went to a Pioneer Service Club. Together we made all the possible tests to conclude that. (tests with others HDDs and others 850s and other CDJ’s models and and and and… 
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So, I need a SPECIFIC model that works! It’s anyone there that can help me with this information ?
I posted my question everywhere on the internet (youtube videos, pioneer forum) and I can’t believe that I can’t find anyone who has used an external hard drive with this CDJ.
Ha! My mistake. Had a brain lapse there.
500GB is a lot of music. I hope you find a solution but I do wonder why you need so much music for your gigs.
I know this isn’t the answer you are looking for but why not get a 1TB or 500gb Flash drive?
It’s to expensive!
I need to have all my music on HDD. Maybe i want to play something that is not on my 32GB USB. I don’t want to prepare my USB flash drive. What if i want to play a track that i remember and it’s not on my flash drive ? Or maybe the party will continue and i’ll play with my friends b2b at the after party and i don’t have that kind of music on the USB. i hate when this happen.
Thanks again for help (and sorry for my english, i’m not native )
Your english is great, no apology necessary. I lived in Korea for about 3 years and I was never able to pick it up. You should see me try any other language. It is embarrassing…
I wish I had the answer for you but good luck in your search. There are a lot of very knowledgable members here. Hopefully one of them knows the answer to your question.
500gb of music on a cdj850 is absolutely bonkers
How do you even go through all that on an 850? Honestly bruv, it sounds like a great idea, but youre gonna have read issues constantly. You can use hp formatter to break the fat32 max limit to use a 500gb external drive with your 850. Your best to keep your music organized with rekordbox and use thumb drives, though.
Organize your thumb drives by genre, comments, etcetera.
I finally found a model that works. It’s a Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive, usb 3.0, 2.5"…it works with 1 tb and also 2 tb (i have the 2tb version and works great!! ).
The End!!!..glad that’s a happy end for me…but i’m still upsset at Pionner.
Thank you guys!!