SongShifter guide

The SongShifter™ is the application you can run on any PC running Windows 7/Vista/XP which manages the uploading and downloading of your music to & from Psonar. Our Macintosh version is currently in development. This guide helps you set up the SongShifter™ with your PC and other devices.


step 1

Login

First of all, login to SongShifter™ using your username and password. You can reset a forgotten passord here.

login screen
 
step 2

Enter the device name

SongShifter™ will now lead you through the short series of steps required to configure all your devices for use with Psonar.

Usually, the first device to configure will be the computer you are running SongShifter™ on as you can see in this screenshot.

If you choose not to configure this device now, you'll be asked again when restarting SongShifter™.

first device welcome screen
 
step 3

Describe your device

The next step prompts you to describe the device you are configuring by selecting the type of device it is and by giving it a name. You can choose anything you like as a name but it must be different for each of your devices.

first device details
 
step 4

Configure music folders

If you are configuring a computer (either desktop or laptop) you'll now be given the chance to select the folders you want SongShifter™ to scan for music. Don't worry about finding all your tracks now as you can always update this list of folders later. If you click on the button to 'Add music folders' you will be shown a view of the folders on your computer from which you may select additional folders.

If you are configuring a mobile device, such as a phone or mp3 player then SongShifter™ will skip this step and just scan the whole device for music.

computer music folder selection screen
 

Select additional folders using the 'Browse For Folder' popup.

folder selection popup
 
step 5

Configuration complete

Congratulations! You have successfully configured your first device that you can manage using Psonar. If you have more mobile devices plugged in to your computer you can configure them now. You'll be led through steps 2-5 again for each device that you wish to configure.

computer configuration complete screen
 
step 6

Start scanning

Once you have configured all your devices, SongShifter™ will start scanning to find all the songs stored on them. As it finds new tracks it will tell Psonar that you own them and if necessary start uploading them into the cloud so that you can access them from any where at any time. To see the current status of each device you can click on its icon on the left-hand side.

You can now minimise SongShifter™ (its icon appears in the System Tray) and let it work away in the background keeping your music collection in sync with the Psonar Cloud.

You can unplug your mobile devices at any time and SongShifter™ will resume scanning or syncing them whenever they are next plugged in.

upload started
 
step 7

Get confirmation

Once SongShifter™ has started uploading the information about your music collection to Psonar, it displays a confirmation message. You can click on the red button to see what information the SongShifter™ has already uploaded.

upload started confirmation
 
step 8

Explore Psonar

Read the Psonar Guide to see what you can do with Psonar or click here to view your music in Psonar!