Switching on the unit brings to life the usual backlit buttons but with the added benefit of a backlit jogwheel and huge glowing screen - you're not going to have any problems navigating your way around the CDJ-2000 in a dark club. Plus, if the screens or the jogwheel glow too bright for your taste you can tweak the brightness in the settings page very easily.
When it comes to the more exciting new features, the CDJ-2000's main focus is on managing your digital music library and integrating seamlessly with laptops, MIDI and other new technologies that making their way into the DJ booth.
The addition of an Ethernet port and Pioneer's Pro DJ Link technology means that now up to four CDJ-2000s (using an Ethernet hub) can be connected together and will share a connected USB key, hard drive or inserted SD card. This means one large USB key can serve all four decks and DJs can show up to gigs with nothing more than a keyring and some headphones.