Loading filament for dummys

I feel a bit dumb asking. I just got the printer and don’t quite understand the filament loading process. I select the load option but it hardly extrudes any filament. Even if I select retry it doesn’t really extrude anything. Puzzling but I figured it is okay because it extrudes a bunch before a print. But once I want to move on it seems I have to select back on the screen to exit the feeder menu? But the hotend remains at 250. What obvious thing am I missing here? It’s okay to make fun of me!

Also can I do it from the handy app instead?

And I was expecting different hotend temperatures would be used for loading/unloading different filaments. Is it always using 250?

Thanks!

Feed filament through the bowden until it hits the extruder.
Press the arrow down ONCE so the extruder grabs it.
Start a print.

I noticed this too. I think it is a bug that the hot end stays at 250 after filament loading is complete.

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Thanks, this approach works perfectly!