Dell Pocket DJ (5 GB) MP3 Player

I DONT LIKE THE WAY THE SELLER DID NOT PUT UP A WARNING ABOUT IT NOT WORKING WITH WINDOWS VISTA AND IT ALSO FREEZES UP .

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's cheaper than an iPod! Similar to the first generation DJ (but much smaller and lighter), the battery life and durability are much better than the iPod. Easy to navigate too!

I have owned my Dell DJ for a year now and I absolutely love it. I did a lot of researching before I bought it and it paid off. The storage space is ample for the thousand tracks or so that I actually listen to. It's rugged (I've dropped it a few times)very compact and it sounds great. The manual EQ adjustments aren't all they are cracked up to be, I stick with the automatic settings and the sound is great in head phones, in my home theater system, and in the car. The headphones that come with the system are adequate, but I upgraded mine once I started running with the DJ since they don't stay in well. I have enjoyed quite good battery life on my DJ, but sometimes it can be a little unpredictable. Depending on the number of times I manually flip through songs the battery will only last 5 or 6 hours and nothing near the reported 10. I would highly recommend this player to anyone shopping for something compact that'll sound great anywhere and store a decent amount of great music. Great job Dell!

I decided to buy the Dell Pocket DJ 5GB to replace my original one that someone broke. The MP3 player is very functional and basic without a mega price tag to go along with it. The pocket DJ is very durable. *Side note you can use it with a Mac, I have connected to my Macbook Pro.

This is a very good mp3 player for those of us who don't like all the newer ones. My favorite thing is the fact that you can create and save playlists right on the device. Downsides are that these devices are not new, and eventually they will just die, and sometimes they have odd problems (frequently related to the volume buttons). But they usually last several months to a couple years, and for the price, it's definitely worth it. Refurbished devices seem to be just as good as new; I've had one for awhile now and it works perfectly.

Not comparable with computer...Gave this to a friend's child. This is an ancient MP3 from before 2004.

This seller exchanged the item for me, even though she warned me that I might need a specific charger for it. When I discovered my problem was with my desktop not the MP3, the seller sent the unit I had just returned. It still had the music files I had loaded it with. This seller is a pleasure to work with! Five stars across the board!!

I bought this player for my friend. And what do you think? My friend was really happy when he found the premise. The product is excellent quality. And the price? Price just amazing! I recommend!

Good Player - Can be used on Vista as long as you connect through Rhapsody (It will show up in "Computer" menu). Great Player -- If you replace hard drive with Adata Speedy 16gb cf card(about $55 when I got it from Newegg). Just unscrew case and pop off hard drive, pop in cf card, plug into computer(xp is the only system I've tried this with) and select reformat in recovery options(see DJ manual).

I liked the player but was unable to use it the buyer understood and I sent the player back to her and she issued me a prompt refund including my shipping fees

I bought it for my 17 year old daughter as a birthday gift and she absolutely loves it. Great price and quality product.

Great little mp3 player. Great bargain for the prices. More memory than a $149 ipod. Move through the play lists easily. Sleek look.

replaced 5 year old pocket dj. I work outside in all types of weather and my old one finally died. So for $60 its a bargin. Easy operation, but You must download latest firmware from Dell to work with Window Media Player 11.

This is a great product. Very easy to use, nice sound. The size and weight of the product is great. If it is carried in a pocket you know it is there. This product does not take pictures, have video or games. I purchased this for my son so that he could use it at his job. there was no need for anything but music. So if you want good music, at a good price and do not want the extras this is the product for you. The sound and ease to use is as good as my other son's ipod 3rd gen.

It was a smooth and quick transaction. I didn't like that it did not come with a warning about not being compatible with Windows Vista.

I decided to buy the Pocket DJ as I wanted an MP3 player that would be compatible with my Napster to Go subscription, which the Dell is, sort of.

As an MP3 player, a stand alone device it's good. Much easier to use than my Samsung YH-920 and a lot easier to carry (although it's also got less space). It also is chargeable and syncable through a mini USB cable - no more proprietary cables to lug around with you, and if you use it at home and work as I do, the chances are you already have a suitable cable at both locations or if not they are easy and cheap to buy.

That's the good side.

The bad side is how easy it is to turn one of these into a brick. You need to flash the firmware to upgrade it to Dells 'Play for sure' firmware in order for it to be compatible with Napster. This can be easily downloaded from Dells website. So I downloaded it and reflashed the firmware.

Well I tried to. It stopped halfway and although the device looked fine, the installer refused to do anything else. OK I thought lets chance it and unplug the player, which by this time had rebooted and looked fine. Didn't seem to be a problem so Napster was fired up which recognised the device no problem. The problem came when I tried to transfer stuff - napster asked me to reformat the player and then reflash the firmware. A bit of googling found the instructions to reformat the player which I did. On the rescue menu there was also an option to reflash the firmware, which I also did. Unfortunately, going to the play for sure firmware stops the firmware program on the PC accessing the player, oh and the first thing it does when you reflash the firmware is to erase the old stuff.

The result? An instant brick! If I had bought this new in the UK I'd be returning it even if the warranty had expired as this is so unbelievably badly designed that it easily comes under the category of "unfit for the purpose for which it was bought". If one of my students submitted a system as badly designed as this they would fail that assessment!

My conclusion? A great wee MP3 player if a) you don't need the play for sure firmware or b) by some miracle you do succeed to get it installed successfully. If you do want to use it with an online store however I wouldn't risk it and I'd spend my money elsewhere.

PS I've an nice small silver brick going cheap if anybody wants it!

item claimed as new received but does not work!! i feel that the seller misrepresented the item he was selling.

I LOVE my dell dj. I had bought one last year, but my husband took it, and loves it. His is bigger. He came up with this great idea, why don't you buy another one. So I did, and I am so happy! It is small, light weight, it works wonderful. It sounds sharp and is a nice looking smaller version of my husbands'. I am really impressed of how easy it is to get music on this system. you can't go wrong with a dell dj. I totally love mine! I highly recommend it.

A non-flashy, more than basic MP3 player that works great. I've had mine for two years and I love it. The only reason that I don't give it an "Excellent" is because on two occasions, I've had to reset the player after the display stopped working. After a simple reset, though, it worked just fine and I haven't had a problem in a long time. This is perfect for those who refuse to get an iPod, like myself.

Its a nice player. Alot of music can fit into this player. Love the playlists i can add to it.Its large player thats the downfall on this item, but otherhand i love it.

The pocket dj is easy to use,good looking and great sounding.This is my second dell mp3 player and for the price you can't do any better.I would highly recomend this product to everyone.

this is a no frills, no spills type mp3 player. it's solid, the battery life is quite good, considering it's hardware, and it's very reasonably priced.
the only problem that seems to plague these DJ's are that the connections of the headphone jack to the "motherboard" are not very well soldered in. after about half a year, the audio may start to sound garbled, or you might not be able to hear out of one earbud. I fixed the problem in 15 minutes with a soldering iron. it's not a big deal, but if you buy one, make sure it's still under warranty, or you know someone handy with a soldering iron.

I bought this item because I have one and wanted to give one to my boyfriend for Christmas. I love this item because its easy to use, very portable, and even works in my boyfriends older car with a CD player adapter. It stores tons of songs and the sound quality is great! The only downfall is that if you use it everyday for many hours, the battery dies quickly (but that is a given for all battery operated items).

A great MP3 for the price, very minor scrathes, once in a while the screen turns off buy nothing too bad, get the job done. Thanks again