Naim UNITISERVE BROCHURE

Specification
Hard Disk Player / Server
AUDIO OUTPUTS
Digital Outputs 1 x S/PDIF, 75ohm BNC and TOSLINK
FORMATS
CD Formats Red book Disc Compatibility CD, CD-R, CD-RW Audio Formats Supported WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, OGG Vorbis,
AAC, WMA, MP3
SAMPLE RATES
and 192kHz native
Bit Depths 16bit, 24bit, 32bit fixed, 32bit float
CONNECTIVITY
Infra Red RC5 (handset optional) RS232 1 x 9 way D type TV Outputs 1 x S-Video, 1 x composite,
1 x 15 way D VGA
USB 4 x rear panel Ethernet 1 x rear panel RJ45 Other 1 x PS2 keyboard, 1 x PS2 mouse
USER CONTROL INTERFACES
Front Panel Logo Touch-sensitive eject
and shutdown mode function
TV/Monitor 4:3 and 16:9 customisable TV interface
USB touch screen compatible
Web Interface PC and Mac internet browser compatible
Adobe Flash
Handheld User interface app for iPhone and
iPod Touch devices
AMX & Crestron Installer-customisable reference
apps available
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user interface
STREAMING AND RIPPING
USB Scan and play from FAT
and NTFS formatted memory sticks
Network Shares Scan and play from music stored
on a network share
Network Storage Rip to external network storage
for expanded music storage
UPnP™ Transcoding, proxying UPnP™ Server
DLNA
StreamNet 6 user streams to NaimNet and
NetStreams systems
CD Metadata AllMusic.com online, FreeDB online
and local database
POWER
Mains Supply 100-240VAC, 50 or 60Hz
PHYSICAL
Dimensions (H x W x D) 87 x 207 x 314mm Weight 5.6kg Colour Black
Windows Media™ is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UPnP™ is a trademark of the UPnP™ forum. iPod, iPhone and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Adobe Flash® is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. DLNA® is the registered trademark of the Digital Living Network Alliance. Naim’s UnitiServe is powered by the DigiFi platform; leading edge software technology licensed from DigiFi Ltd of London.
Copyright notice: UnitiServe users are reminded that copying CDs may, in certain circumstances, be illegal.
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device compatible
Southampton Road • Salisbury • England • SP1 2LN
NAIM AUDIO LIMITED
Tel: +44 (0) 1722 426600 • Fax: +44 (0) 871 230 1012
www.naimaudio.com
The music you love, wherever you want it
Upgrade Path
Where do you store your CD collection? On shelves? In a cupboard?
Sometimes scattered, on the floor? With UnitiServe, every CD you own can be stored, catalogued and ready to play at the press of a key, the click of a mouse or the touch of an iPhone.
UnitiServe is a compact, slot-loading, CD ripping, hard disk music player and server based on the technology of the multi-award-winning Naim HDX. It takes the fundamentals of the HDX; a massive internal hard disk drive, Naim bit-perfect ripping, Ethernet connection, UPnP technology and local digital outputs, and combines them with a set of features perfectly suited to music in the home of today, and tomorrow.
All things to all music lovers
An audio system can grow around UnitiServe. It can replay ripped CDs into a digital input-equipped amplifier, such as the SUPERNAIT or a digital to analogue converter like Naim’s DAC, for example, with all the engaging Naim musical insight, musical performance and clarity you would expect. In addition the UnitiServe can operate as a UPnP
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server to stream audio to any UPnPTM playback device over a home network, such as NaimUniti or UnitiQute, to create a simple and fantastic sounding multi-room system. And for those wanting to put sound quality at the centre of whole-home control, UnitiServe is StreamNet-enabled and can also function as the heart of a sophisticated IP-based NaimNet
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multi-room system.
However you choose to use UnitiServe, it can be controlled by an iPhone or iPod touch device running a dedicated Naim app, a touch screen, or a computer anywhere on the home network either via a web browser or the Naim Desktop Client application.
Technology serving music
Our unrivalled expertise in digital audio; expertise that had its beginnings in the Naim CDS, the first genuine high-end audio CD player, is at the heart of the UnitiServe. It extracts the data from CDs using unique, in-house developed techniques and algorithms to ensure that the ripped data represents a faultless replica of the CD. The data is then stored on a 1TB internal hard disk with space for up to 1200 CDs, or on an external Network Attached Storage (NAS) with potential for space that can easily out pace your music collection. UnitiServe also stores the metadata (artwork, track titles, artists, performers, composers) for all ripped CDs, regardless of their storage location, automatically downloaded from allmusic.com. The Naim Extended Music Database format means that music can be found easily by searching for any stored parameter. You’ll never lose track of a CD again.
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server, StreamNet
But there’s far more to UnitiServe performance than bit-perfect CD ripping and storage. Its external power supply is designed to minimise mains injected noise and it incorporates a decoupled hard-disk assembly that both minimises noise and any possibility of disturbance from external vibration. Digital signal management within the UnitiServe is based on techniques developed for the Naim HDX and the digital outputs on the CD5 XS and CDX2 CD players. UnitiServe is a true Naim product that deploys highly innovative and advanced technology simply to serve the music.
CD liberation
UnitiServe is not just limited to CD format audio or its internal storage. It can also play back audio from a USB memory stick and will scan the network for music stored on NAS drives or network shares in WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, OGG Vorbis, AAC, WMA and MP3 formats at up to 24bit/192kHz resolution. A variant of the UnitiServe
- the UnitiServe-SSD is also available. The UnitiServe-SSD has no internal hard-disk storage and is intended for use in network systems where ripped data is stored exclusively on NAS drives.
Welcome to the future
UnitiServe brings very high performance hard disk player and music server technology into the realms of affordable high end audio. It is one of the most versatile and liberating products ever to have worn the Naim logo.
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To find out more about NaimNet visit www.naimnet.com
UnitiServe can be added as a digital audio source to an existing hi-fi system by connecting its high-quality BNC digital output to an external digital
to analogue converter. Naim’s DAC is the perfect partner for UnitiServe when using it as a stand-alone hard disk player.
Being able to upgrade performance is a fundamental tenet of the Naim philosophy.
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