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I'm not familiar with your scope so this might be of limited help, but the first thing I do when setting up, and before it gets completely dark (i.e. during twilight) is to align the finder and main scope. Since the finder scopes usually have some kind of adjustment (usually 2 knobs or dials as Malcolm said), it's best get the main scope pointed at something terrestrial, something obvious and unique makes it easier. Then align the finder scope to that.
Once you've done that, objects centred in the finder should be more or less in the FOV of the main scope, at least using a low magnification eyepiece, as your scope has quite a short focal length and therefore potentially wide FOV.
Regarding Jupiter being too bright to see detail...use a shorter focal length eyepiece that will give you higher magnification. What happens as you increase magnification is that the image becomes dimmer and once you get past the brightness you should start seeing details. Aim for somewhere in the region of 120-150x. The darker north and south equatorial bands are the ones that I find become visible first, but it will largely depend on the conditions as to what else you can see.
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