----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iMonkey (http://www.melloware.com/products/imonkey) iMonkey PC Server interface for the iMonkey iPhone/iPod Touch Client Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Emil A. Lefkof III, Melloware Inc. Email: info@melloware.com Web: http://www.melloware.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents -------- 1. Overview 2. Features 3. Installation 4. Quick Start Guide 5. Acknowledgements 6. Feedback 1. Overview -------- I don't use ITunes, I use the wonderful MediaMonkey for my huge music collection of over 70,000 songs. I know Apple has Remote for ITunes but i wanted something similar for controlling MediaMonkey from my iPhone. I wanted to be able to Play Pause, Stop, etc as well as browse my playlist and select a new song. Great for parties or for DJ's who want their PC's hidden from their partygoers but still want complete control over the music playing! iMonkey consists of two pieces...a server piece which runs on your PC and the client piece which runs on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The server piece included here is called iMonkey.exe and is critical to using iMonkey on the iPhone. 2. Features -------- -> Control of MediaMonkey from anywhere in your house. -> Keep pesky partygoers from changing songs on you during a party by locking away your pc -> DJ's don't have to be saddled to the DJ booth can change songs from anywhere at the party/wedding/event -> Your already using MediaMonkey, so why not get some use out of your iPhone/iPod Touch! 3. Installation ------------ SERVER: -> Simply copy the iMonkey.exe somewhere liek C:\iMonkey on your PC where you run MediaMonkey WARNING: DO NOT COPY TO C:\PROGRAM FILES\MEDIAMONKEY DIRECTORY BECAUSE ON VISTA YOU WON'T HAVE PERMISSIONS. -> Install MediaMonkey 3.0 or higher on your machine WARNING: MAKE SURE YOU "RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR" WHEN YOU INSTALL MEDIAMONKEY IF RUNNING VISTA CLIENT: -> Simply download the iMonkey app from the Apple AppStore 4. Quick Start Guide ------------ SERVER: * Start iMonkey.exe on the PC (if you have MediaMonkey open already it will ask you to close it) * Open a Command Prompt and type "ipconfig". This will display the PC IP Address which you will need for the client setup. If you are using Vista it is the IPV4 Address you need like 192.168.1.101 CLIENT: * Go to the iPhone/iPod Touch Settings application * Find the section for iMonkey and navigate to it * Enter the IP Address found in the steps for the Server * You won't need to change the port unless you received an error on the Server so leave it at 6001 * Start the iMonkey iPhone application. It will find and connect to MediaMonkey running on your PC! TROUBLESHOOTING: * If you get an error that your Port is already in Use you can change it in the Registry located in this location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melloware\iMonkey\TcpPort * If you cannot connect to iMonkey PC Server and you know you have your IP and Port correct make sure you do not have Port 6001 blocked. Make sure you don't have any Firewall software blocking ports too. * If you want higher quality image covers on the phone and don't mind a longer delay between refreshes then you can change the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melloware\iMonkey\CompressionEnabled value from 1 to 0. This will disable compression and give you the entire JPG image no matter how big. Be careful! * If you want more than 100 Smartlists edit registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melloware\iMonkey\SmartlistCountMax * If you want more than 500 Now playing songs edit the registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melloware\iMonkey\PlaylistCountMax * If you don't want playlists to immediately start playing when you switch to one edit the value REG:\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Melloware\iMonkey\PlaylistStartPlayingEnabled to 0 from 1 5. Acknowledgements ---------------- iMonkey would not be possible without the wonderful MediaMonkey application from Ventis Media. Please buy the Gold version to support the MediaMonkey team! 6. Feedback -------- Your feedback on iMonkey (hopefully constructive) is always welcome. Please visit http://www.melloware.com/ for links to browse and join mailing lists, file bugs and submit feature requests. Also a forum is set up at http://forum.melloware.com/index.php for discussion.