7.0HomePod Basic Operation

7.1Turning HomePod On and Off

To turn on the HomePod, press and release the Power button. You should be prompted with a startup screen that displays “HomePod Wireless Audio Services”.

To turn off the HomePod, press and hold the Power button for two seconds.

7.2 Resetting HomePod

In the rare event that HomePod is hung and does not respond to button presses, you can reset the unit by poking on the reset button on the left back side of HomePod using a paper clip, or you can temporarily unplug the power cord to cycle the power.

7.3 HomePod Display Menus

HomePod menu system is a tree structure. You start at the Main Menu, and every item on the menu either enters another sub-menu, or it terminates in a screen in that branch.

The following is a tree structure of the HomePod menu system.

[Audio Server Name]

+All Songs

+Artists

+Albums

+Artist/Albums

+Genres

+Playlists

+FM Radio

+Settings

+Network Settings

+Network Information

+IP Address Configuration

+Dynamic IP Address

+Set Static IP Address

+Signal Strength

+Speakers

+Contrast

The Main Menu will automatically detect and list any Audio Servers found on the network, listing one line for each audio library. If no libraries are detected, then the first line will display “Searching for Audio

Servers”. Click the button to refresh the list of Audio Servers.

Main Menu

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