DDJ-SX broke down on me, what do i do now? (pioneer support in europe questions)
Home :: General Discussion :: DDJ-SX broke down on me, what do i do now? (pioneer support in europe questions)Reply
DDJ-SX broke down on me, what do i do now? (pioneer support in europe questions) Posted on: 09.06.2013 by Dannie Dimora So it has come to this.2 months after purchasing it, my ddj-sx is broken. Nothing severe, but enought to deter me from mixing with it. The cue buttons on the right deck (especially the 4 near the cue/play buttons) started behaving abnormally a couple of weeks ago, but i just thought it was a sw/fw problem. Turns out that tapping on the metallic faceplate above the cue button has the same result, that is, getting the track to play without having pressed the play button. This makes cue juggling nearly impossible as it's unpredictable when the track will start (behaving like stutter play) or when it will just play for the time the button stays pressed. I made a video about it here: Now, this summer i had some big stuff planned for our duo, stuff that simply cannot be accomplished without the ddj (we have a hercules craptastic piece of plastic as second/fx controller), so my question is: How much time does it usually take for a pioneer certified shop (note, not pio official shop, just official reseller) to send the unit in for repairs and to have it back? I live in an eastern european country, so i'm looking for some european feedback here Thank you very much! P. | |
Dannie Dimora 10.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
I am VERY gentle with my gear, believe me. I know people who continuously mash their xfader like if it was made of titanium or something.. The only reason i mashed the cue button there is to demonstrate that it works flawlessly, and i mashed the leftside hotcues to show that this doesn't happen even when i press hard on them. My ddj has never received any bumps, never fell, and when i'm not using it i'm ALWAYS placing it back inside its box.. |
Jetta Drenzek 09.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Polygon
|
Dannie Dimora 09.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Sambo
|
Dannie Dimora 09.06.2013 | So it has come to this. 2 months after purchasing it, my ddj-sx is broken. Nothing severe, but enought to deter me from mixing with it. The cue buttons on the right deck (especially the 4 near the cue/play buttons) started behaving abnormally a couple of weeks ago, but i just thought it was a sw/fw problem. Turns out that tapping on the metallic faceplate above the cue button has the same result, that is, getting the track to play without having pressed the play button. This makes cue juggling nearly impossible as it's unpredictable when the track will start (behaving like stutter play) or when it will just play for the time the button stays pressed. I made a video about it here: Now, this summer i had some big stuff planned for our duo, stuff that simply cannot be accomplished without the ddj (we have a hercules craptastic piece of plastic as second/fx controller), so my question is: How much time does it usually take for a pioneer certified shop (note, not pio official shop, just official reseller) to send the unit in for repairs and to have it back? I live in an eastern european country, so i'm looking for some european feedback here Thank you very much! P. |
Dannie Dimora 10.06.2013 | One more thing: if the track starts when a cue pad is pressed (which it shouldn't) it usually stops about 5-6 seconds, and this is sometimes followed by a 5-second silence, after which the track starts by itself for a split-second. This leads me to believe that it must be a combined hardware/firmware problem... |
Dannie Dimora 10.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
I am VERY gentle with my gear, believe me. I know people who continuously mash their xfader like if it was made of titanium or something.. The only reason i mashed the cue button there is to demonstrate that it works flawlessly, and i mashed the leftside hotcues to show that this doesn't happen even when i press hard on them. My ddj has never received any bumps, never fell, and when i'm not using it i'm ALWAYS placing it back inside its box.. |
Doreen Schurle 09.06.2013 | D# Fat for the win Might want to be a bit more gentle with the next bit of gear you get though |
Jetta Drenzek 09.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Polygon
|
Gaynell Rydberg 09.06.2013 | Looks like you're having quite a bit of fun there! :P No clue. |
Dannie Dimora 09.06.2013 |
Originally Posted by Sambo
|
Jetta Drenzek 09.06.2013 | I don't know about Pioneer support, but it looks like your button is sticking underneath, hence why when you press play it continues to play then when you press it again it stops then. |
<< Back to General DiscussionReply