User manual NAIM1 UNITISERVE-SSD BROCHURE

[. . . ] As well as operating as both a stand-alone system and a network audio player, with its multiple digital sources for access to yet more music, NaimUniti is a perfect addition to a conventional hi-fi system. And its multiple digital and analogue inputs make it the ultimate home entertainment hub for use with alternative sources ­ DVD players, satellite TV receivers, MP3 players or games consoles perhaps. For yet more performance, NaimUniti can be upgraded by the addition of an external Naim power amplifier. [. . . ] Incorporating a 1Terabyte internal hard disk and able to access almost limitless network storage, a single UnitiServe can easily store your entire music library and, thanks to Naim UPnPTM server software, make it available simultaneously to multiple UPnPTM-enabled players around the home ­ players like NaimUniti or UnitiQute. But storing and streaming audio is only one part of UnitiServe. By accessing an online database it will automatically catalogue all your stored music and make it easily accessible for selection by title, artist, genre, performers and composer ­ you can even create and store your own playlists. Ripping a CD with UnitiServe is no more complicated than inserting it into the loading slot and waiting a few minutes for it to be ejected. UnitiServe can play and stream high-resolution audio files and it automatically scans the network for shared audio files ­ including your iTunes library - in WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, OGG Vorbis, AAC, WMA and MP3 formats, making them available for local playback and UPnPTM streaming. UnitiServe has a digital output for local connection to an external digital to analogue converter or a digital input equipped amplifier, so along with acting as the hub of a UnitiSystem UPnPTM streaming multi-room set-up, it can be an add-on digital source bringing hard disk playback to a conventional hi-fi system. UnitiServe's digital technology and its ripping engine are based on the award-winning Naim HDX, the world's first upgradeable audiophile hard disk player, and offer audio performance far superior to general purpose computer-based server solutions. It makes music you can all but reach out and touch, all around the home. UnitiServe, like HDX, is StreamNet-enabled for use within a NaimNet whole-home control environment and can be controlled by a variety of interfaces ­ PC, Mac, touch screen, and an app for iPhone and iPod Touch devices. And for those with existing network storage, a variant without internal hard-disk storage, the UnitiServe-SSD is also available. UnitiQute Cute in every sense of the word, UnitiQute is a brilliant-sounding compact all-in-one system and high resolution, wireless UPnPTM stream player. iPhone/iPod Touch App If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch a remote control app puts control of your UnitiSystem right in your hands, wherever you are. Plug `n' Play Performance UPnPTM UPnPTM (Universal Plug and Play), is an open network standard that enables audio servers and players connected to the same network to communicate automatically, with no setup required. With a UnitiServe and one or more NaimUniti, UnitiQute or alternative UPnPTM-compliant players connected to the network, UPnPTM enables the players to automatically display shared music files found on the network by the UnitiServe or stored on its internal hard disk. UPnPTM works invisibly in the background to make the connection between server and player completely seamless. Streaming Streaming is the technology that makes the UnitiSystem possible. Streaming involves sending packets of digital data on demand from server to player for reassembly into audio data, conversion to the analogue domain, and playback. The digital nature of streaming technologies and automatic communication of UPnPTM means that any audio file available to the UnitiServe, either stored on its internal hard disk, on another computer or network attached storage (NAS) drive, can be selected and streamed, or played, by any UPnPTM player, a NaimUniti or UnitiQute, connected to the network. Wired or Wireless UnitiSystem multi-room will work with existing home network wiring and equipment, and as NaimUniti and UnitiQute are both wireless capable, so UnitiSystem is genuine, multi-room audio without the need for wires all around the home. The only wired connection needed, to ensure streaming quality and reliability, is from the UnitiServe to the network router. UnitiServe A genuine high-end CD ripping hard disk server, UnitiServe can simultaneously serve music via UPnPTM to the Uniti players, and play music locally through a digital output. The high resolution heart of UnitiSystem. Internet Radio Both UnitiQute and NaimUniti incorporate an Internet radio (iRadio) tuner that enables them to tap into literally thousands of Internet broadcasts worldwide ­ from the major news and entertainment organisations to special interest music and speech stations. [. . . ] Do it wirelessly by iPhone or iPod Touch, or control the NaimUniti or UnitiQute with a remote handset. Perhaps operate the UnitiServe via a USB touch screen, or even using the web browser interface on your computer. Copyright notice: UnitiServe users are reminded that copying CDs may, in certain circumstances, be illegal. [. . . ]