Roon NUCLEUS Owner's Manual

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Nucleus Manual

Introduction

What is Nucleus?

At the heart of every Roon system is a Roon Core. This is the brain behind the entire Roon
experience – it manages your music collection, streams to your audio devices, and stores the
Roon database. Nucleus was developed by the Roon team to provide a silent, high-performance,
power-efficient appliance to host the Roon Core. Every aspect of the hardware, operating system
and software is optimized to make Nucleus the very best way to run Roon-by the same team that
made Roon.

Roon account

Nucleus requires a Roon account with an active subscription, which you can purchase at

https://roonlabs.com/

If you're trying Roon for the first time, getting started is a snap. If you already use Roon on
another device, you can migrate your Roon database to your Nucleus, or you can start from
scratch.

Controlling Nucleus

Nucleus has no display or interactive components. To experience Roon, you'll download the Roon
app on a Mac or Windows PC, iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Note: Only Mac, Windows, and
tablets provide access to all of Roon's features. Due to their smaller screens, the Roon app on
phones has a limited feature set.

Playback

There are three ways to use Nucleus to play audio, and you can use any or all of these at the
same time:

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1. Connect an integrated audio component, DAC, or headphone amp via one of the
two USB ports

2. Use the HDMI port to connect to an audio/video receiver (AVR) or other
multichannel HDMI device

3. Most Popular: Stream over your network. Nucleus supports many networked audio
devices like Airplay, Sonos, 100s of Roon Ready products, and devices with legacy
streaming protocols from Devialet, Meridian, Squeezebox, and KEF

Storing your music files

You can use Nucleus with any or all of these storage strategies:

1. Connect an external hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive (SSD) via USB

2. Install an optional internal HDD (up to 2TB in size) or SSD (up to 8TB in size)

3. Store your files on a network attached storage (NAS) device

4. Connect your TIDAL or Qobuz accounts and import your favorites

What's in the box?

1 Nucleus or Nucleus+
Quick Start Guide
1 Power supply (to be connected to Nucleus)
1 Power cord (to be connected to the power supply)

Device Details & Back Panel Layout

Nucleus Rev A

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