Shure Plus PLAY User Manual

ShurePlus PLAY

ShurePlus™ PLAY Mobile Listening App

The ShurePlus PLAY Mobile Listening App user guide.

Version: 5.1 (2021-A)

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Table of Contents

ShurePlus PLAY ShurePlus™ PLAY Mobile Listening
App	3
General Description	3
Features	3
The Music Tab	3
Add Music to Your iOS Device	5

Add Music Using the Apple Music and iTunes Store apps 5

Add Music Using AirDrop®	5
Add Music Using the Files app	6
Add Music Using Apple Music	6
Add Music to Your Android Device	6
Activate File Sharing	6
Add Music Using Other Audio Apps	6
Your Music Library	6
Play an Album	8
Track View	9
Playback	9

The Equalizer	9
Adjust the Volume	12
Loop	12
Shuffle	12
Play Queue	12
Controls	13
Using Playlists	13
Create a New Playlist	13
Add Music to a Playlist	13
Delete Songs, Albums, Artists, or Playlists	13
The Device Tab	14
The Settings Tab	14
Updating the Firmware for Shure AONIC products	15
Troubleshooting	17
Specifications	18
System Requirements	18
Supported Audio Formats	18

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ShurePlus PLAY

ShurePlus™ PLAY Mobile Listening App

General Description

The ShurePlus PLAY Mobile Listening App is a high-resolution music player with advanced EQ controls. Play uncompressed audio files with your iOS or Android mobile device using the music tab. Use built-in Shure EQ presets to customize the sound, or create your own EQ presets in the settings tab. Unlock environment mode and ANC features by connecting to Shure wire­ less and True Wireless products in the device tab.

Features

•Import and play multiple, high-resolution and standard file types

•Customize presets with the parametric graphic EQ

•Adjust your volume with the full-screen fader

•Create playlists and organize your music library by playlist, artist, album title, song title, genre, or composer

•Quickly dial in your sound with EQ preset modes for a variety of listening situations.

The Music Tab

View and sort your music library with categories like playlist, artist, album, song, genre, composer or compilation in the Music tab.

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Search

Tap the icon and search your music library by artist, album, playlist, or song title. Tap Clear to remove saved searches.

Edit

Tap Edit to add or remove library categories.

Recently Played

View recently played files. Tap Show All to view your listening history.

Recently Added

View recent additions to your music library. Tap Show All to view the recently added files list.

Mini Player

Displays the currently playing song. Play or pause the music. Tap to display more detailed track information.

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Navigation Bar

Tap to access the device connection tab, the app settings tab and to return to your music library.

Add Music to Your iOS Device

ShurePlus PLAY can play files that are stored locally in the device's music library. The first time that you launch PLAY, a green dot indicates that files are found on your device and are added to the PLAY music library. Allow a few moments for the songs to appear in the music library. Every time that you open PLAY, the music library syncs with the device. Any changes made to the audio files, for example a song title change, remains consistent across the device.

Tip: For best results, keep the app open to allow for a complete, uninterrupted music library sync. Load time is dependent upon device type and library size. If

sync becomes interrupted, simply reopen PLAY and sync will resume.

On your iOS device, enable sync by opening the settings app, Select PLAY from the list of apps, and turn on "Allow PLAY to access Media and Apple Music." Tracks that are stored in the cloud may appear grayed out in the app, but they cannot be played. Play on Android will automatically find files stored on the device. For more ways to add music to your device, see the Add Music sections below.

Add Music Using the Apple Music and iTunes Store apps

ShurePlus PLAY can play music files that have been downloaded to your device and are DRM free. PLAY will not stream music from another app or from the cloud.

1.Open the PLAY app and select Get Started.

2.Select “Connect to iOS Music App” to access your downloaded, DRM free music files in the IOS Music App.

3.Tap “Continue” and “OK” to allow access to your media. You will see a notification with the total number of files that are playable by the PLAY app.

Tip: You can locate this information at any time by opening Settings > iOS Music Library.

PLAY can play most files that have been purchased and downloaded from iTunes because they will not have DRM (digital rights management). Download your DRM free audio files to your phone. The next time you open the PLAY app, the files will be added to the PLAY music library automatically. A green dot that will appear over the settings icon that indicates that PLAY is syncing with the device. Your available files will appear in the PLAY music library.

Note: All music purchased through Apple Music have DRM (digital rights management) and will not be available on ShurePlus PLAY.

Add Music from your iCloud Music Library

1.Enable iCloud Music Library syncing in the Apple Music app on your device. Or sync using USB or WiFi to connect to your device.

2.Download your DRM free music files to your device.

3.Open PLAY to sync downloaded files to your music library.

Add Music Using AirDrop®

1.Make sure that Receiving is on for the receiving device. Select Contacts Only or Everyone.

2.Select the audio file on the sending device. Tap Share and then More to access your contacts.

3.Select PLAY to copy the song to ShurePlus PLAY.

Important: ShurePlus PLAY will not add a track if the file is corrupted and unplayable. Also, PLAY will not add duplicate tracks.

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Add Music Using the Files app

You can copy music to the PLAY app from other apps on your device if those apps support file sharing.

1.Upload audio files from your computer to any cloud-based app on your mobile device.

2.Open the Files app on your device and locate your uploaded file.

3.Select the file that you'd like to add to ShurePlus PLAY. For best results, upload one file at a time.

4.Tap the action icon (the square with an arrow pointed up).

5.Tap Copy to Play. The Play app will open.

6.A notification will appear to let you know when your file is successfully imported.

Important: ShurePlus PLAY will not add a track if the file is corrupted and unplayable. Also, PLAY will not add duplicate tracks.

Add Music Using Apple Music

Note: We recommend using the most current version of Apple Music.

1.Import your Apple Music library into the PLAY library to make those songs available in PLAY.

2.PLAY will display available songs.

3.Copy protected music tracks, stored in the cloud or locally, are not supported by PLAY and will be skipped if found in the app.

Add Music to Your Android Device

Activate File Sharing

Some Android devices require you to activate file sharing before you can transfer files into ShurePlus PLAY. When a mobile de­ vice is connected to a computer with a USB cable, the device will automatically begin to charge. Follow these steps to allow file transfers.

1.Connect the Android device to your desktop computer with a USB cable

2.Open Settings to locate USB connection preferences

3.Select File transfer

4.On your computer, locate your device in Windows Explorer

5.Find the Music folder

6.Drag and drop files from your computer to the music folder on your device. Any audio files already physically stored on your device will be synced to ShurePlus PLAY when you open the PLAY app.

Important: ShurePlus PLAY will skip a track if the file is corrupted and unplayable. Also, PLAY will not add duplicate tracks.

Add Music Using Other Audio Apps

ShurePlus PLAY will automatically display audio files found in other apps on the device. This is because Android apps can rec­ ognize audio files that are stored on the device.

Your Music Library

Sort and view your audio files by using playlist, artist, album, song, genre, or composer categories. Tap Edit on the Music screen to select the categories you want to view.

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