No "shared" icon on my phone

In another thread on home sharing someone noted that they have a "Shared" icon which appears under "More" in the iPod app.
Nothing like that on my phone. What's up with that?
I've updated my phone and computer with the most recent software, and they are both working on the same wireless network.

Screengrab of iMac itunes showing (centre) home sharing enabled
also
iPhone with home sharing details added
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/55196408140e1266a8ccb.jpg
tried rebooting both - still no shared libraries option (right)...
the right screen says "Status: On, no users connected" - so this suggests the iphone isn't talking to the iMac.
Tried reentering the username and password, but still nowt, Any ideas?

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