Can't change channels on Airport Admin Utility

When I go into the Airport Admin Utility and go to configure my Airport Express Base Station which I play my iTunes through my home stereo, it initially will show the channel setting for about a half a second and then it shifts to a different screen that shows:
Base Station
Name:
Contact:
Location:
(Change password...) (Base Station Options...)
AirPort Network
Wireless Mode:
Wireless Network:
Wireless Security: 128 bit WIP
(Security Options...)
(Wireless Options...)
I can't figure out how to get back to that screen that initially flashed up to change the channel settings.
I'm having dropping issues playing music through my home stereo and a number of posts recommend changing the channel or the multicast rate and I can't get back to this screen!
Can someone help me figure out how to get back to this setting screen?
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Change the value in the "Wireless Mode" window to "Create a Wireless Network (Home Router)" to get the channel option back. If this doesn't work, you may need to do a "factory default" reset to get it back to it's "out-of-the-box" condition where this would be the default mode.

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