good tutorial! mine VCI too had different resistance on both jog wheels. One span too freely and there was noticeable vertical play. I opened it and fixed it by tightening screw on that thing that fixates optical encoder disc to jog wheel axle. One should be careful not to overtighten it!

Hey Ean!

Could you please have a look on this http://www.native-instruments.com/forum/showthrea…

no problem- we replied there and here too :-)

my mod and my brutal use of my crossfader resulted in it needing to be replaced last month. It was very simple to replace- with the same part. I have no idea if you can switch it for a different fader BUT my instinct says yes. They should be the same basic structure, you may have bust out the soldering iron though ;-)

helppppp ean

i've only had my vci for a few weeks and the left volume is gone weird.

basically if a turn the volume up on the controller it drops down on traktor also if i turn it right to the top it shuts down. i've managed to temporarily solve the problem by dropping the volume down to the bottom on the controller and turning up on traktor. whats the problem helpppp??

you need to run it through a midi monitoring program like midi pipe. if you get smooth 1-127 values then its not a prob with your gear. If you get jumpy values like 0000020222220126 then you have a broken vci.

Here's a story for you. My stiff jogwheel got fixed when my cat threw the VCI on the floor. Don't ask how that's possible but it happened. Not only did the VCI survive but the stiff jogwheel was fixed and both jog wheels now have equal resistance and things are working great.

THats so funny, there you go. Fix your jog wheel with a cat!

I just got my VCI-100 from djdeals.com and it was defective out of box. :( The left jog wheel is extremely stiff, and the right jog wheel is permanently red as if my handis on the metal platter. I verified this through my two laptops and desktop PC. I'vehad no luck getting any replies from American Music and Sound about getting an RMA as djdeals.com does not do returns directly for defective equipment.

Anyone know of any alternate contacts as the main 800 number for their tech support keeps going to the same guy's voicemail and the info@vestaxusa.com address (as well as the website itself) is DOA. Meh. :/

Woop! I am getting it RMA'd. Huzzah.

I just got my VCI-100 from djdeals.com and it was defective out of box. :( The left jog wheel is extremely stiff, and the right jog wheel is permanently red as if my handis on the metal platter. I verified this through my two laptops and desktop PC. I'vehad no luck getting any replies from American Music and Sound about getting an RMA as djdeals.com does not do returns directly for defective equipment.

Anyone know of any alternate contacts as the main 800 number for their tech support keeps going to the same guy's voicemail and the info@vestaxusa.com address (as well as the website itself) is DOA. Meh. :/

<blockquote cite="#comment-3467">I just got my VCI-100 from djdeals.com and it was defective out of box. :( The left jog wheel is extremely stiff, and the right jog wheel is permanently red as if my handis on the metal platter. I verified this through my two laptops and desktop PC. I'vehad no luck getting any replies from American Music and Sound about getting an RMA as djdeals.com does not do returns directly for defective equipment.

Anyone know of any alternate contacts as the main 800 number for their tech support keeps going to the same guy's voicemail and the info@vestaxusa.com address (as well as the website itself) is DOA. Meh. :/

I'm having the exact same problem!!!! right jog wheel is permanently red!

I've looke every where for an answer, no luck. I'm very good at fixing stuff, so if any one could gave me any clue on how the sensor work on the jog wheel… please I'm desperat…

[quote comment=""]I’m having the exact same problem!!!! right jog wheel is permanently red!

I’ve looke every where for an answer, no luck. I’m very good at fixing stuff, so if any one could gave me any clue on how the sensor work on the jog wheel… please I’m desperat…[/quote]

you need to adjust the jog wheel sensor on the back of the unit. It adjusts the sensitivity. Yours is all the way up.

[quote comment=""][quote comment=""]I'm having the exact same problem!!!! right jog wheel is permanently red!

I've looke every where for an answer, no luck. I'm very good at fixing stuff, so if any one could gave me any clue on how the sensor work on the jog wheel… please I'm desperat…[/quote]

you need to adjust the jog wheel sensor on the back of the unit. It adjusts the sensitivity. Yours is all the way up.[/quote]

hi

i got a drink on my vci while playing a gig at nye

now the left wheel is red all the time… do you think it´possible ti repair it or is it damged becuase of the drink?

[quote comment="15926"]

i got a drink on my vci while playing a gig at nye

now the left wheel is red all the time… do you think it´possible ti repair it or is it damged becuase of the drink?[/quote]

I would try and take it apart and clean the metal parts.

I picked up a second hand VCi with the "touch sensor" knobs at the back missing completely, if i took the thing apart would i be able to alter the settings?

Cheers

I've been pretty brutal with my VCI-100, so I had to perform some maintenance this weekend. First I noticed that my jog wheels began "scraping," and the right jog wheel even began to move around significantly… to the point where the red sensor would be constantly activated unless I jiggled the whole jog sensor unit.

So I began by unscrewing the jog wheels, and noticed that the mounting screws for the jog sensor to the case were loose, so I tightened them. This solved the constant red sensor problem and moving around. Second, I used the method posted above to remove the bottom plate. I removed the plastic covers and used chain lube (bicycle chain lubricant… hey, if it's good enough for my $500 bike, it's good enough for my DJ equipment). I replaced the plastic covers and made sure not to over tighten them (or in fact tighten them at all). That seemed to work AMAZINGLY well. You can pick up a bottle of liquid chain lubricant for about $5 at a bike store. Really high quality metal-on-metal lubricant.

My jog wheels now work even better than when I purchased the controller.

I've got the same problem as Atalanta. However I just bought mine today and broke off one of the sensors when adjusting the touch sensor.

Can you adjust them if you take it apart?

[quote comment=""]I've got the same problem as Atalanta. However I just bought mine today and broke off one of the sensors when adjusting the touch sensor.

Can you adjust it if you take it apart?[/quote]

Wow, that took all of 4 minutes to solve a really annoying problem.

Thanks, Lars

Ive only had my VCI for 2 weeks and one of the the sensor buttons on the back has broken off and the jog wheel is always red.. :o(

[quote comment=""]Ive only had my VCI for 2 weeks and one of the the sensor buttons on the back has broken off and the jog wheel is always red.. :o([/quote]
Wow, I thought I was the only one who’d managed that! It must be the only weak component of the VCI, but so important to not funk up! :-)
I have been searching the net for insight and almost given up, and Vestax never answered my quiery either, so I’m glad I found this, although quite late..?
If there’s any hope that Ean sees this: please, where can I find a replacment sensitivity pot? :-)
Should be easy to solder it on..

Peace

I had a recurrent problem with my right wheel. I followed the 9 steps of the “Encoder Maintenance” PDF, I cleaned everything, believe me or not, it worked !

I wouldn’t have opened it by myself. Thanks!

[quote comment="21206"][quote comment=""]Ive only had my VCI for 2 weeks and one of the the sensor buttons on the back has broken off and the jog wheel is always red.. :o([/quote]
Wow, I thought I was the only one who’d managed that! It must be the only weak component of the VCI, but so important to not funk up! :-)

Peace[/quote]

i just got mine back from repairs and after 3 hours of use the right jogwheel is permanently red as well. im so pissed off. i bought it on jly 25, sent it in for repaire july 27, got it back yesterday and its broken again!

please help mee!!

Just purchased (December 2009) a VCI-100 SE from DJTECHTOOLS. Out of the box the right jog wheel was tight and had a small “scraping” sort of noise. Nothing big, but just enough to annoy me. I followed the instructions and took apart the back plate and applied lubricant oil to the back of the jog wheel axle. (3 in 1 oil lubricant from local Walmart) “Just a small drop”

This worked out so well that I did the same on the other jog wheel. Now both jog wheels spin smooth like butter. Better than when it came out of the box.

I highly recommend this if your jog wheel is a little stiff.

Got my VCI just after Christmas. now the right jog wheel is sluggish. For example if I spin back on the left jog wheel at a relatively constant rate, so will the tune, but now on the right hand side, the tune seems to go normal, slow, normal, slow etc… It no longer has the same response! Now its not something I do often but its bloody annoying when im trying to rewind a bit. Any ideas??
Cheers

Hey Jules,

Does the jog wheel spin alright, and Traktor isn’t responding correctly? Or is the jog wheel itself spinning at an inconsistent rate?

mr ean.. i had both units of vci’s (100 & 300) i had same problems.. there no replacements for the volume fader and crossfader.. i am upset with this coz i spend alot of money for this and there no replacement for fader.. and one thing i try to open the jog wheels of my vci 100 and adjust the screws on the censor.. i accidentally drop it.. the censor plate now is not 100 circle it has warps like a vinyl under the sun.. its is ok? coz it still rotating like fine but have a little groove sound when i spin it.. thanks

Hey DJDON,

Send me an email at orders@djtechtools.com

I emailed Ean about having the same problem as several of the posters here in regards to broken pots. Ean said if I emailed sales@djtechtools.com I could get ahold of replacements. If that is true I would like to order at least two! Please contact me asap as my VCI has been down for months.

email orders@djtechtools.com for replacement parts.

Hey Dero2,

The jog wheel spins fine, The data send light is on as is the sensor light. When I spin it forwards or backwards every now and then it works fine, but most of the time as is the way i described it above. sometime it just completely stops for a couple of seconds and then continues to be sluggish. If i back spin and let go these lights continue to light up but traktor is the same. I did take it to a Vestax reseller (the problem being I bought the unit in the UK, but im living in China) and he tested it and it seemed to work fine on his copy of traktor. If it is traktor why does it only effect one jog wheel and where could be the settings for this?

Thanks

Hey guys

Does anyone have the resistance value for the resistors on the vc1 100.

Im not at home and there is a shop here in the uk called Maplin that sells every resistor and component you could think of

I found then for over £1 each but I need to open up the unit 1st ot make sure i buty the correct ones..

does anyone have the values to hand to save my time and trouble ..

thanks

DJ’S LIKE ME WHO IS VERY UPSET ABOUT VCI 300 AND 100′S FADERS. THE ONLY DAMAGE IS IN YOU BRASS INSIDE THE FADER. ALPHA FADERS BRASS ARE TOO LIGHT AND ITS EASY TO TEAR. MAYBE I COULD RECOMEND TO GO TO JUNORECORS WEBSITE, UNDER SPARE PARTS THERE’S ALOT OF ALPHA FADER REPLACEMENT FOR DIFFERENT MIXERS. MAYBE YOU CAN BUY ONE AND OPEN IT, USE THE BRASS AND PUT IN ON YOU VCI FADER. MY PROBLEMS WITH MY TWO UNITS WAS SOLVE WITH THAT. AFTER I FIX MY TWO UNITS I SELL THEM BOTH IN A VERY VERY VERY LOW PRICE. COZ I AM VERY UPSET WITH VESTAX VCI 300 AND VCI 100.. BUT 100 PERCENT I DO RESTORE IT AS ORIGINAL.. THEN AFTER IT SOLVES MY PROBLEM. I ALSO TELL MOST OF MY FRIENDS HERE IN PHILIPPINES WHO USE VCI’S ASLONG IT IS OK THEY SHOULD SELL IT NOW. DONT WAIT THE TIME THAT IT WILL GET FUCK-UP THE FADERS, COZ THERES NO REPLACEMENT FOR IT!!!!

great dyi manual mate, thanks a lot, it worked perfectly.

hey ean!!!How can I change the jog mode of vci-300 and make it work as the jog mode of a pioneer MK3? on top working in vinyl mode and at the side of the jog setting the pitch swift? is this possible? ( I work with traktor scratch pro)

Hi!

Thanks for this tutorial, I really appreciate it, thanks for also doing all of the stuff you are doing promoting digital djing, it is greatly appreciated. Though most big clubs still have the normal mixers, I find that having this is super cool… :)

Travis Winn aka DJ NIO