Using Radio DJ

Radio DJ is Radio Automation software, designed to make your broadcasting life easier. You will find the committee have added a wealth of music to the software for you to use throughout your shows. This page deals with using Radio DJ effectively.

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Opening Radio DJ
You should find Radio DJ in Start > All Programs > Radio DJ > Radio DJ. The first thing you will need to do on startup is click on "Auto Advance" in the top-right. This will disable the auto advance feature making live broadcast easier. We will discuss this feature more later.

Searching for Music
Once Radio DJ is open, you'll next need to search for music to play out. This can be done in two way:



1)Simply search for the band/artist, album or track title in the search bar

2)Choose 'Music' from the 'Category' dropbox and then scroll through or narrow it down further by choosing a 'Subcategory' and/or 'Genre' from their respective dropboxes. Note: the playlists are a subcatagory of the music catagory.

Likewise, to search for jingles/news bulletins/beds etc. you'll need to select the appropriate category from the 'Category' dropbox.

Playing Music
Once you have found a track to play, double click on it to add it to the left hand side. This is the live playlist. If no music is currently playing, you'll need to click the '>' on the far left of the track.

Note: If Radio DJ starts playing the next track in a playlist automatically, it means the 'Auto Advance' feature is active. Click the button that says "Auto Advance" to disable it.

Manual Advance/Auto Advance
The "Advance" button can be found in the top right of the screen. It has two modes.

"Auto Advance" means once music starts playing, any music in the list of the left hand side will automatically begin playing after the current track ends. This feature is useful should you want to, for instance, play two songs back to back.

"Manual Advance" means that you have to manually start tracks after a track ends. Useful if you want to play one song only, while adding the next song to your live playlist.

Song Rotations
Song Rotations are used to automate the radio. You need to use them when, for instance, the show after you fails to show up. More information can be found here.

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