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Dell DJ Ditty
- Spec Navigator
- Battery
- Display
- Disply
- Features
- General
- Included Hardware
- Included Software
- Interface Connections
- Software
- Storage Included
- Storage Media
- Supported Audio Formats
- Supported Image Formats
- Supported Video Formats
Features
| FM Recording | No |
| Plays For Sure | Yes |
| Presets | 10 |
| Replaceable Battery | 0 |
| Video Output | No |
| Video Support | No |
| Voice Recording | No |
Included Hardware
| AC Adapter | No |
| Firewire cable | No |
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| Remote Control | No |
| USB cable | No |
Interface Connections
| Firewire | No |
| Headphone output | Yes |
| Line Out | No |
| Microphone input | No |
| USB | Yes |
| USB Host Adapter | No |
Storage Media
| Compact Flash | No |
| Memory Stick | No |
| Memory Stick Micro | No |
| micro SD | No |
| mini SD | No |
| SD card | No |
| Smart Media | No |
| xD Picture Card | No |
- Lab Tested
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Pros
Inexpensive
Includes FM tuner
Cons
Doesn't record FM broadcasts
Lacks built-in microphone
Bottom Line
Inexpensive, low-capacity player has an FM tuner, but doesn't record broadcasts or have a built-in microphone.
Dell DJ Ditty
DJ Ditty Review, by Narasu Rebbapragada May 19, 2006
Dell's $90 DJ Ditty is inexpensive, light, and small--so small, in fact, that its features are hard to access.
The little silver-and-black stick weighs less than 2 ounces and is the size of a Bic lighter. It comes with ear buds and a lanyard for hanging around your neck. The unit packs 512MB of flash memory and looks like--and doubles as--a USB thumb drive. Just plug it into an open USB port, and you can drag tracks manually onto the player or you can use the bundled version of Yahoo Musicmatch Jukebox. Musicmatch recognized the Ditty immediately and let me sync music to it hassle-free. I got a little sick of its sales pitches for Musicmatch Jukebox Plus, though.
The DJ Ditty plays MP3, WAV, and WMA music files, as well as Audible-formatted audio books. It supports PlaysForSure music subscriptions such as Napster and Musicmatch, along with Rhapsody and Yahoo Musicmatch. It includes an FM radio with room for ten preset stations.
In my hands-on evaluation, I listened to several music tracks, whose quality sounded good. In our audio-quality tests, the DJ Ditty performed well overall, earning a score of Very Good. Its best showing was its low distortion--the DJ Ditty produced as little distortion as the much more expensive Creative Zen Nano Plus. However, the tests did reveal a couple of shortcomings. For one, the Ditty did the worst job among flash players of keeping the left and right audio channels distinct; this blending, called cross talk, results in a narrower stereo field. Also, the DJ Ditty reproduced a broad range of frequencies less accurately than the other players. All this for $90, but there's a catch: The DJ Ditty is not that easy to use anywhere that you'd want to use a player this portable. The inch-long monochrome display holds just enough information to see what FM station or music track you're playing, but navigating through settings and manually finding tracks is pretty frustrating. You use a combination of the power button and a toggle switch, which is called the volume/scroll/select dial (it's not a dial). All the settings are there, but getting to them is unintuitive. Luckily the DJ Ditty comes with a 92-page printed manual (also offered in PDF format) that tells you where everything is. But who likes to read manuals?
If you're looking for a cheap, lightweight player to take to the gym, this is a good option so long as you don't want to adjust settings or find specific songs while on the treadmill. That combination of activities sounds like a recipe for a broken leg.
Narasu Rebbapragada
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PCWorld Lab Results
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Performance Comparison with Similar MP3 Players
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Performance
| Crosstalk, Average (dB) | -37 |
| Frequency Response Deviation, Average (dB) | 5 |
| Maximum Usable Output Level, Average (dBV) | -8.2 |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Average (dB) | 79 |
| Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Average (%) | 0.01 |
User Reviews
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User Reviews From Around the Web
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Reviewed by: kenpham2202
Strengths: FM, mp3. Player is very good, with good battery life. Batteries life is very good. the land yard is very nice.
Weaknesses: USB charged only. Hard to use. Hard to change to radio used.
Overall: I'll buy some more, because off the good price. Dell is nolonger sell it. You can buy it from ebay for cheap. These one is very good. Nice product from Dell.
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Reviewed by: jsev22
Strengths: small, has a radio
Weaknesses: Doesn't work when charging
Overall: I bought this when Dell had a 'fire sale' before they discontinued it. It comes with everything you need and was simple enough to operate. The sound is acceptable and the size makes it very portable. The screen can be hard to read and why didn't they design it to work when plugged into a USB port for charging?This could have been more but wasn't...
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Reviewed by: isus
Strengths: Good design, Small, Light, long battery life
Weaknesses: cannot access to file directory
Overall: The sound quality is excellent. Controls are easy to use and intuitive. FM tuner is usefull add-on. It is very easy to transfer files from your computer to the unit using USB 2.0. I am satisfied with the product. Wish it had more space.
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Reviewed by: aznfool
Strengths: Compact and Light
Weaknesses: Interface is not user friendly
Overall: I got this mp3 player last week and I love it. It is as small as an Ipod shuffle but includes a lcd screen and fm radio. The interface needs a little time to get use to, as with all new electronic devices. After a week's use, I can choose some options without looking at the screen.
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Reviewed by: bigdogn12
Strengths: Small, compact, long battery life.
Weaknesses: A little on the heavy side for its size. Little space, 512mb.
Overall: I purchase this Dell DJ Ditty 512MB MP3 Player about 3 weeks ago and have been fairly satisfied with it thus far. I ordered from Dell and they had it shipped to my doorstep within a week. The player is very compact and small. It's 3.3 inches long, 1.1 inches wide, and 0.5 inches thick. Even though it's small, it's heavy for it's size, but bearable. I like the ease of transferring music to the Ditty. All you have to do is plug it into your USB port and use windows explorer to drag and drop. Transferring music can also be done using windows media player, musicmatch and napster. The battery life is amazing, about 20 hours. The FM radio is also a nice bonus. In conclusion, if 512mb is enough space for your MP3 player needs, then this Dell DJ ditty would be the perfect purchase.
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