Connect your music, test each channel and let your guests get dancing.
Check the packing list for headphones, transmitters, matching power supplies and audio leads. Tablets are an optional extra. Keep the crate, foam and cases together for the return journey.
Report missing items before your party using the contact details in your booking confirmation.
For three different playlists at the same time, use three separate playback devices. Use our tablets if booked, or your own phones, tablets or laptops. Charge each device and test its audio output. Devices without a headphone socket need a compatible audio adapter.
Using Spotify? Premium is needed to download music for offline playback. Download each playlist onto the device that will play it and confirm the download has finished. Turn on Offline Mode. Switch airplane mode ON on every tablet or phone playing a downloaded playlist, including hired tablets. Keep Wi-Fi off, then test a whole song before guests arrive. This helps prevent calls and messages interrupting the music. Turn on Do Not Disturb as well to suppress notifications.
For three simultaneous online Spotify streams, use separate eligible accounts. Don’t assume one account will stream three different playlists at once. Test all downloaded playlists on all three devices together while offline. YouTube and other streamed music need an internet connection.
Place transmitters on a stable, dry table near power sockets and away from drinks. Keep cables out of walkways. Position aerials as shown in the supplied equipment instructions and keep them clear of large metal objects.
With transmitters switched off, connect each device’s audio output to its transmitter’s AUDIO IN or LINE IN using the supplied lead. Don’t use a microphone socket. Connect each transmitter to its matching supplied power adapter, then switch it on.
Select channel 1 on the first transmitter, channel 2 on the second and channel 3 on the third. Follow the equipment labels if colours or letters are used. Start a different playlist on each connected device.
Use one transmitter per channel in the same party area. If additional crates contain duplicate transmitters, use one set of three unless we have supplied a specific alternative setup.
Switch on a pair of headphones with the volume low. Select channels 1, 2 and 3 in turn and confirm each plays the intended music. Check the device is sending sound through its wired audio output rather than its own speaker or a Bluetooth speaker.
Start each music device at a moderate volume and adjust until the sound is clear. Reduce device output if it crackles or distorts. Walk around the party area with a test pair to check coverage.
Show guests the power control, channel selector and personal volume control, and which light colour corresponds to each channel. Guests can switch channels at any time and adjust their headphone volume to a comfortable level.
Keep playback devices connected and charged throughout the party. Leave airplane mode switched ON on phones and tablets using downloaded playlists.
Stop playback and switch off all headphones, transmitters and supplied tablets. Unplug power supplies and audio leads. Sign out of personal accounts on hired tablets, but don’t factory reset them.
Gently fold each pair of headphones and count them into the crate one pair at a time, checking the total against the packing list. Return equipment to the same foam spaces, sleeves and cases it arrived in. Coil leads loosely, protect screens and aerials, and check the packing list for all headphones, adapters and cables. Keep items from each crate together. Don’t force the lid closed or let items press against tablet screens.
Secure the crate using the supplied return instructions. Attach the return label and remove or cover the old delivery label. Have every crate ready for the collection date in your booking confirmation.
Your DJ brings the music. Our headphones bring it to your guests.
Using your own DJ? Connect their mixer or controller to a silent-disco transmitter with an audio cable. The transmitter sends their music wirelessly to the headphones. A DJ is not included in equipment hire.
Your DJ checks the audio output on their mixer or controller and chooses a suitable cable or adapter to connect it to the transmitter.
Turn the transmitter off and turn the DJ’s output volume down. Connect a suitable line-level output on the mixer or controller to the transmitter’s AUDIO IN or LINE IN socket using a suitable audio cable. The DJ’s output may be labelled MASTER OUT, BOOTH OUT or REC OUT. Do not connect a powered speaker output.
Connect the transmitter to its supplied power adapter and switch it on. Select channel 3 for the DJ. Use only one transmitter on each channel in the same party area.
Switch on a pair of headphones, select channel 3 and start with the headphone volume low. Ask the DJ to play a track and slowly raise their output level. If the sound distorts, lower the DJ’s output and check again.
Tell guests which channel the DJ is playing on. Everyone can adjust their own headphone volume. Want more choice? Connect a separate phone or tablet to each of the other two transmitters for different playlists.
Channel 1: party classics · Channel 2: your alternative playlist · Channel 3: live DJ.
For downloaded playlists on phones or tablets, switch airplane mode on and test playback offline before the party. The DJ should use their own wired headphones connected to their mixer for cueing tracks. Audience speakers are not needed.
Check each phone, tablet or laptop you plan to use. A round 3.5mm headphone socket accepts the supplied audio lead directly. If it has no headphone socket, you need an audio adapter that fits its charging port.
The adapter provides a headphone socket for the supplied audio lead. It connects your device’s sound to the transmitter; it does not pair the headphones by Bluetooth.
Have a headphone socket? Skip step 1 and connect the 3.5mm plug directly. An adapter is needed for every music device without a headphone socket. A charging-only adapter will not carry audio. Charge your device before the party, as its charging port may be occupied.