Lesson 9 Adding Background Music

In lesson 9 "Creating Background Music" I performed the steps 1 thru 11as directed and all was well until step 12. In step 12 you hit the 'Send' button to send the music clip to the timeline, however, when I hit the 'Send' button in step 12, it launches my browser and sends me to the SmartSound web page to purchase their SmartSound Professional Software.
Does anyone have a fix for this so that this step works as described in the lesson.
Thanks
BillyMNJ

BillyMNJ
What version of Premiere Elements are you using and on what computer operating system is it running?
What are your following Classroom in a Book or something else?
If you are using Premiere Elements 11, the SmartSound feature comes with only 10 free soundtracks. Each should have a blue icon associated with it.
What soundtrack of the selection did you select and did it have a blue icon associated with it?
Is the lesson specifying what soundtrack to selection or is it leaving that decision up to you?
Let us start here and then decide what next if necessary.
Thanks.
ATR

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