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Introduction
1. Uniti Series Components and Audio Sources
Welcome to Naim and congratulations on your purchase. This manual covers the Naim Uniti Series of all-in-one streaming
music players: UnitiQute 2, UnitiLite, NaimUniti 2 and SuperUniti. The Uniti Series are highly capable products that will
repay time and effort spent on installation and configuration and we strongly recommend that you read this manual in full.
The manual provides comprehensive information on all Uniti Series features and facilities and will enable you to set up your
product either to integrate with your existing home entertainment systems and media or to form the heart of a new system.
Uniti Series products incorporate separate components in various combinations and can play audio from a variety of sources.
Each of these is introduced in the following Section 1 paragraphs and subsequently described in full detail in Sections 5 to 10.
Sections 2 to 4 cover installation and configuration.
Uniti Series products can be controlled from their front panels, the supplied remote control handset, and from the Naim app
freely available from the Apple iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store.
1.1 Integrated Amplifier
UnitiQute 2 • UnitiLite • NaimUniti 2 • SuperUniti
1.1.1 Inputs
Uniti Series products incorporate an integrated amplifier
that provides external analogue and S/PDIF digital audio
inputs. The number of external inputs provided varies with
each product. They are tabulated in Section 2.2.1. On Uniti
Series products with an internal CD player (UnitiLite and
NaimUniti 2) the amplifier also handles this input.
In addition to these conventional analogue and digital
inputs, Uniti Series amplifiers can also play audio from the
the following external sources:
•
Internet radio via a wired network socket or wireless
network connection.
•
DAB and FM radio via an external aerial.
•
iOS (iPod, iPhone and iPad) and UMS (Universal Mass
Storage) USB memory devices via a USB interface.
•
Universal plug and play (UPnP™) servers holding audio
files via a wired network socket or wireless network
connection.
•
Spotify
®
streams via a wired network socket or wireless
network connection from the Spotify
®
Connect facility
incorporated in some Spotify
®
player apps.
•
Bluetooth
®
audio streams from Bluetooth equipped
hardware such as iOS, Android and Windows Phone
mobile devices, running a suitable music player app.
•
Music streams from other Uniti Series products
connected to the same home network.
1.1.2 Signal Outputs
Uniti Series products provide a variety of analogue and
digital signal outputs. The number and type of signal
outputs varies with each product. They are tabulated in
Section 2.2.1.
1.1.3 Speaker Outputs
Uniti Series products incorporate stereo power amplifiers
rated at between 30 watts and 80 watts per channel into 8
ohms. The power amplifier is designed to drive one pair of
speakers via the sockets on the unit’s rear panel.
1.2 CD Player
UnitiLite • NaimUniti 2
The UnitiLite incorporates a sliding drawer CD transport
while the NaimUniti 2 incorporates a CD transport based
on the same swing-out mechanism used in other Naim CD
players. In both cases the CD player is able to play standard
“Red Book” CDs and CD-R discs. CD track order can be
programmed or tracks can be shuffled. See Section 6.4 for
more information.
1.3 Multi-mode Radio
UnitiQute 2 • UnitiLite • NaimUniti 2 • SuperUniti
The Uniti Series multi-mode radio combines an internet
radio (iRadio) player and DAB/FM tuner.
A total of 40 radio stations across all three modes can be
stored as presets. In DAB and FM mode, stations are tuned
by scanning the respective transmission bands. In iRadio
mode, a list of available radio stations is automatically
downloaded from a dedicated internet server. iRadio
requires broadband internet access via a home network
connection.
