Input 1....phono or line
Input 2...phono or line
Input 3...phono or line
Input 4...CD player
Input 5...CD player

Thats the set up on the input channels.........ive got my cd players connected to input 1 and 2 (Line obviously)
Lappy when used is on input 3 (Line obviously)

No problems what so ever...but the manual says connect the cd players to 4 and 5 only...why?

The line inputs on the first three work fine and means i can work from left to right, not using 4 and 5 at all

Am i right presuming this is ok?...or is there a good reason why the cd players have to be on 4 and 5?

Obviously im not using phono as input from cd/lappy so whats the score, anybody Know? I have swapped the cd inputs to 4 and 5 just to see what the difference is....none that i can tell?

I can't think why you'd have to use 4 & 5...I have the same mixer setup like so..

Channel 1 - CD1
Channel 2 - CD2
Channel 3 - Un-used
Channel 4 - PCDJ Deck A
Channel 5 - PCDJ Deck B

By skipping out channel 3 it means that with both selection controls for the crossfader completely to the left, i'm mixing CD->CD and both to the right PC->PC.

I think that Behringer are just trying to save users/owners a possible, and fairly innocent un-plugging/re-plugging of input sources later on.

If, for example you filled up channels 1, 2, and 3 inputs with line level devices eg:@ CD-decks, minidisc players, drum machine, PC/laptop etc, and then wanted to mix from those to phono record decks....you'd only have channels 4 & 5 spare to plug anything into. And since channels 4 & 5 dont take phono level inputs...you'd have to re-wire alot of devices to get the record decks into 1,2 or 3.


Nowadays of course, a fresh, new DJ may never want or need record decks at all, but you'll still see almost all mixers with good ol' legacy phono inputs on them.

I use the same mixer and do use 4 + 5 for cd and 3 for laptop. Why? I don`t know. I suppose because thats what it states on the back.

Does it not say in the manual?

As you know Jeff I haven`t even opened the packet of my manual because I havn`t got my Behringer sticker.

I think I`ll go and get it now..... No I won`t it`s in the loft..

Interesting , perhaps an email to Behringer would be on the cards to find the answer.

makes no diference where you plug it all into if its all running at line level..

DO what makes you happy and feels right..

ITs you who has to fumble arround in the dark in a hurry so if your happy with your CD players on 1 and 2 then thats cool....

One of the design criteria for this mixer was to make it desireable to "multi-ops" in America. Multi-ops are the kind of setup where one older DJ gives out work to five younger DJs. Although every country has them, there is a huge market in America for them.

It was felt that it would be helpful to have the CD inputs specified on the mixer, as I'm sure we all have stories of someone being called out on a "service call" because the wrong fader was up or the crossfader wasn't correctly set.

The instruction book says you can use any of the line inputs for CD, and you can.

Footnote: just as there is a difference between the equalisation of a phono input and a line input, there used to be mixers that DID have dedicated CD inputs with a lightly different equalisation to line. This is NOT the case with this Behringer. On some older mixers, it IS desireable to plug CDs into an input marked "CD". The sound of that channel is tailored to CDs.

Edit 10-Jul: I may be wrong. Without going into the internal politics of Behringer, there was discussion as to whether the VMX1000 should be a replacement for the DX1000 or whether it should be a different mixer designed largely to meet the needs of the US market. Newer models may actually be designed to run off the CD input line offering special equalisation, although running a CD off the line inputs won't really be a significant problem.

For that will keep it the same then, as you get used to your own choice