First things first - be warned that this case is a very tight fit. In fact, one of the cases is a little too tight, but I can deal with that until it fails. The other case is absolutely fine.
The base link:
www.lowes.com$50%2Bor%2Bless_6__s?rpp=30$Ntt=case
Yes, $25 for the case. Its light, plenty sturdy, and will get the job done. I used to use these cases when I had CDJ's back in the day.
For this little tutorial, there is a LOWER portion and an UPPER portion. When you initially open the case, the upper portion rotates and has a little tool pouch attached to it. The lower portion contains the foam.
Step 1: Remove all extra stuff from the upper portion: remove the tool pouch from the upper portion. There are two thin tabs that you should push in so that they are out of the way. There is little tab that holds the tool pouch in place. Rip it out.
Step 2: Remove all extra stuff from the lower portion: Lift the foam out - DON'T DAMAGE THIS, YOU NEED IT. Now, the tricky part is that there is some rubber liner that runs around the sides. If you try to put your V7 in, you'll see that its a tight fits on the sides. So what you need to do is rip the rubber liner out on the sides. Do this by fitting your finger underneath the bottom part of the liner. It is attached to the top part closest to the upper portion, so its easy to rip out. However, because its attached at the top, it will leave parts behind there. Be sure to rip it all out.
Step 3: Put your V7 in, look its a tight fit.
Step 4: Put the foam in the upper portion and notice that you can't close it. The next step is you need to slowly remove parts of the foam around the 7" jog wheel/simulated vinyl. The foam is cut into 0.5" blocks that can be pulled out. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT AT THIS, SO BE CAREFUL. I removed a couple more blocks for the navigation jog wheel as well and the start/stop controls.
Step 5: Close the lid, you are done.
Unfortunately, the foam cannot be selectively removed to not dover the FX controls. But I'm not worried about the damage, the pressure exerted by the compressed foam will be minimal. I need to figure out how to post pictures, I took several that illustrate what I'm writing more clearly.
$50 later, I have 2 cases for my V7's. Now I just need a backpack that will hold my pioneer djm707 and a laptop.
