lilmebs823

Hey I should be getting my Dell Dj for my birthday in a couple of weeks so I had a question that will help me and others new to the Dell DJ. What are some of the most important things I should know about the player? and What are the do's and the don'ts of the player? Thanks in adavnce for your advice.

chefinator

dont plan on using while doing something that will shake it alot (like riding a motorcyle) cuz some ppl have had problems w/ hard drives

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1.5 GB left on my DJ15
2828 Tracks

mentarman

Do start learning about the different codecs (mp3, wma, etc.) you might end up using and the bitrates you want (96, 128, etc). This is a big subject if you are ripping your own CDs or getting music from a music site that allows online encoding. Basically you have to decide which format you want, then make a decision about quality of your recordings vs. amount of space they take up. Once you've done that,
Do begin ripping your CDs and getting them tagged correctly. (Assuming you have some you want to put on your DJ). Otherwise,
Do start downloading the music you want and getting all the tags in order.
Do update new firmware, drivers, etc, and download DJ Explorer when you get your DJ.
Do be careful with you DJ, but
Don't treat it like it's made of glass. If you baby it so much you don't enjoy it, what's the point of having it? Then again, I got the accidental damage warranty so I don't have to worry about it much.

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Happy owner of a Dell DJ20 since April, 2004

anshu

to add to that, choose MP3, just because its universal
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use the DJ as a music holder yaadadadadada, but KEEP BACKUPS OF ALL OF YOUR MUSIC! i cant stress that enough

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Anshu
Kerry 2004
Dell DJ-15 l 60% Full l 1693 Songs l 193 Albums l Leather Flip Case l Fontopia 71's

Dell Inspiron 5100 l P42.4 l 512 l 60gb 7200rpm l 64 Radeon 7500

Updated Song Choice(ITMS)

mikeh

k first off dont be a retard like me and go straight to trying to put music on it without charging it for 6 hours i got gay ass problems for the first couple of weeks with my dj and my music dissapeared with the space still taken up. and second -do: get lots of metallica and bang ur head to it!!!!!

anshu

hmmm, as soon as i got mine i took it out of the box and threw some 5 gigs onto it, didnt have a single problem with it till i fell of my bike onto it dont do that

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Anshu
Kerry 2004
Dell DJ-15 l 60% Full l 1693 Songs l 193 Albums l Leather Flip Case l Fontopia 71's

Dell Inspiron 5100 l P42.4 l 512 l 60gb 7200rpm l 64 Radeon 7500

Updated Song Choice(ITMS)

Jammin1

don't play hardcore basketball with it,. it freezes alot, and the harddrive will eventually break.

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-Ben

... Dell DJ 15 ... Free Space 12.2 GB ... Song Count 500 ... Album Count 69 ...

anshu

yea, also if your in the bull riding event at the rodeo dont bring it along

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Anshu
Kerry 2004
Dell DJ-15 l 60% Full l 1693 Songs l 193 Albums l Leather Flip Case l Fontopia 71's

Dell Inspiron 5100 l P42.4 l 512 l 60gb 7200rpm l 64 Radeon 7500

Updated Song Choice(ITMS)

Jammin1

damnit, i was just going to go to a rodeo. I was riding a bull called Monster III, what kind of wussy name is that? i figured that i would bring the dj, but i'll go with your recomendation an keep it at home.

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-Ben

... Dell DJ 15 ... Free Space 12.2 GB ... Song Count 500 ... Album Count 69 ...

anshu

yea, last time i went to the rodeo it froze like 2 times so i was like no, i did take it when i played polo, it was fine there

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Anshu
Kerry 2004
Dell DJ-15 l 60% Full l 1693 Songs l 193 Albums l Leather Flip Case l Fontopia 71's

Dell Inspiron 5100 l P42.4 l 512 l 60gb 7200rpm l 64 Radeon 7500

Updated Song Choice(ITMS)