There is a website called Mp3 Fiesta that I go to get my mp3’s for my Dell DJ. They offer songs for .40 cents each. If you sign up I will get $50 free in my account. All you have to do is click this special link mp3fiesta.com and sign up and my account will be automatically credited. Once you’ve signed up you can send this invitation to other people as well to get $50 in free music.
Ok. I finally went to ebay and found a power seller who sells this battery for $10 with $7 shipping. The total was$16.94. I’m very happy that I bought this. I was so worried I would have to pay $50 for a battery and then shipping on top of that. Since it was so cheap, if this works I may buy another one or 2 just in case.
Well, since I bought the pump and frame bag for my bike I now have to wait on the battery for my Dell DJ. In order to ride my bike I need stuff for it. If my tire blows I can’t pump it up without the tools in a bag on my bike frame so the Dell DJ is a moot point because the whole reason I wanted to get a new battery was so I could enjoy music while riding the bike, if I can’t ride the bike then no reason for music.
There are a few other things I need as well like a new headlight and backlight preferably the kind that attach to the back wheel that turns on while you are riding the bike. What can I say, I hate buying batteries.
I also need a bike shirt that absorbs the sweat and makes me cooler while I ride. Cotton is so bad for riding a bike because it sticks to your skin. It doesn’t absorb the sweat and then dry while you are riding. Ok, don’t worry, I won’t subject anybody to bike shorts. Believe me, it ain’t gonna happen.
I do need a helmet too though. I know it’s the law for teenagers but it’s only common sense for an adult to wear one. I tried buying one at this thrift store one time and Darrin laughed at me and it was a very nice one so if he laughs at me then it makes me not want to wear it which is a very dangerous way of thinking because if I got into an accident I’d DIE!
Hopefully when I get all that I need to ride then I will be able to get a battery for my Dell DJ. I just can’t ride without music. It’s so boring without it. I do have a solar charger that plugs into the Dell DJ so that’s not a problem, the solar charger works as a battery. But still, I’d rather have a proper battery.
Well, I got an email from that website about their Dell DJ battery and the one they sell is definitely for Gen 1 DJ’s and that will not work on a Gen 2 DJ. They said that people have bought it in the past and found it did not work and had to return it and pay a restocking fee. This sucks.
They told me to go to 2 websites pdaparts.com or pdasmart.com. The first website didn’t have anything for Dell. They had lots of batteries that looked like mine but they were specifically for iPods. The 2nd website has a battery but it doesn’t specific generations. It just says “DELL Digital Jukebox, DELL Digital Jukebox DJ, DELL Digital Jukebox Series”. I emailed them asking if it will work on a 2nd Gen so I have to wait for their email.
The thing that really bites here is that the battery from this other site batteryship.com is that they were only charging $25 for a battery plus shipping which was like $7.50 or something and it would’ve been more economical to buy 2 because they offer a 10% discount for the purchase of 2 or more. So because their battery won’t work for me I have to go to pdasmart.com and that battery is a whopping $48.
It just occurred to me to check via part number and came up with 1 thing on eBay. Someone is selling the exact battery I need and the starting bid is .99 cents and there are no bids. I’m tempted to bid $30. The auction ends the day before I get my check. The only thing is if I buy it on eBay I have no warranty and no guarantee that it will actually work and not die within a couple of months.
Well today I finally got the balls to open up my Dell DJ to take the battery out so I can measure it in MM. The battery that I found to buy is 50mmx85mmx2mm. Well, my battery is 50mmx95mmx2mm so it’s actually longer than the one for sale which is fine. This just means it will fit with some wiggle room hehe. It couldn’t be more perfect.
Darrin bought me a Dell DJ for Christmas 2004 and during 2005 I was listening to it all the time everyday, on the way to the gym or sitting at my desk or even while doing the dishes. I was always listening to it. But over time the battery would die sooner than it was supposed to. Sometimes it would even freeze up and I had to just wait for it to start playing again. I couldn’t turn it off or do anything. I just had to wait for it.
The battery is supposed to last like 5 or 6 hours or something and over time the amount of time it actually played kept going down until eventually it only played for half hour. Now when I unplug it, it just dies immediately and gives me a screen saying the battery is low.
I’ve treated that Dell DJ like a baby by never dropping it or losing it. I’m a good nerd, I respect my electronics enough that I don’t get them broken or stolen.
I’ve called Dell that first year when the battery started dying and they wouldn’t help me even with my warranty. I was too late in renewing my warranty and so when I called for help they said sorry you don’t have the right warranty for this. I was like dude, I have a $318 paper weight now. Thanks a lot. They were like I know, I can understand how frustrating you are but we can’t help you. I was like well can I just buy a new battery and ship it to you to replace it and they said yeah for like $75 or something like that. I’ve never had the money to do that.
Every once in a while I do a search on the net for Dell DJ Batteries and I found a website that has them for $24.95 + shipping and it has the tools to do it yourself. It says it takes a few min but a testimonial says 10 min. I don’t care, I just want a new battery and $25 is not a bad deal. I will have to wait until I get some money because I’m tapped lol.
Darrin and I have been together for 14 years. We are psychically linked to each other for some reason. Mostly I will be thinking something and he will just blurt it out and there has only been 1 time when I said something that he was thinking. It’s usually him reading my mind.
Like for example a half hour ago I was going to change all the music on my playlist on MySpace and I knew I wanted Gavin DeGraw’s Chariot album so I grabbed my Dell DJ Mp3 player to look up that album so I can put all the songs in my playlist and he asked what I was doing so I told him and he said Gavin DeGraw. OMG HELLO! How did he know I was going to put Gavin DeGraw on there?
I tell you it is so spooky that he says what I’m thinking all the time. The one time I said what he was thinking was a couple of weeks ago when I was sick. I handed him my debit card and said call Pizza Hut, I don’t feel like cooking anything and he said OMG I was just thinking that. LOL. It’s like that all the time here.
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