When your streamer starts up, you are greeted by the Welcome Screen (above), which displays your device model, firmware version, the current network connection type, the IP address of your device. If you are using ARIES series product, the welcome screen will also display the output channel currently in use. Refer to this article for details on accessing the web interface to set up your device using its IP address.

You may press the rotary knob or any front panel button (except for the power button) to leave the Welcome Screen and go to the Home Menu. If your device was previously selected an input channel that is not related to streaming (such as USB input), it will jump to 'Now Playing' screen after 5 seconds. If your device is set at streaming input, it will stay at Welcome Screen and only jump to Now Playing screen when you select a track to play using control software.

Home Menu

The Home menu is the root level menu of your streamer. Depending on different product type. There are six to eight destinations available from the Home Menu:

1. ‘Now Playing’: Displays track information and status, playback mode (shuffle, repeat) and volume.
2. ‘Queue’: Shows what’s currently in the streamer queue. Individual tracks in the queue may be selected for playback.
3. ‘Library’: Browse/play music from your library, and set up streamer's built-in Lightning Server. This option is unavailable to select for devices that without Lightning Server.
4. ‘System’: General hardware-related setup, including network information, input/output channel, display language, etc.
5. ‘Streamer’: Settings for the device streaming software.
6. ‘Processor’: Settings for processing features. 
7. ‘Input’: Select physical input channel such as AES/EBU, Toslink, Coaxial, USB and etc.

Turn the rotary knob or use the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ buttons to highlight a destination, and press the rotary knob or use the ‘Play/Pause’ button to select it. Use the ‘M’ button to return to the Home Screen.