I too have one of the pjboxes. jlira is right, the players UI is dead easy to master. But, for controlling that interface, it also has two more buttons than the Empeg.
It may not be apparent, but this interface mimics the way that I play CD's. I go to the rack, where all the albums of an artist are together, I pick an album, and typically I just play it thru. I'm not a DJ. I have no real interest is building play lists. That's just too much like work.

Buttons are [UP][DN] [PLAY,PAUSE][STOP] [RIGHT,RW][LEFT,FF]
Up and Down buttons select between the menu items.
Right and Left make choices for each menu.
Menu items are:
Set | allows selection between user defined list of disks
Disk | allows selection of a disk within the current set
Track | allows selection of a track within the current disk
Play | Everything, This Track, The disk, The Set. Limits the player looping within the selected branch of the overall list.
Order | Sequential, Repeat, Shuffle. (When the player is set to Seq. the player shuts down when it reaches the end defined in the Play menu. ]
Tone | {Cheesy} Normal, Extra, and Super Bass choices.
Time | Disk, Disk Left, Track, Track Left (what the clock shows)
Clock | (When the clock is selected as a menu item the r/l buttons function as FF/RW)