For users of Naim Uniti Atom, Uniti Atom Headphone Edition, Uniti Star, Uniti Nova, ND5 XS 2, NDX 2 and ND 555
We are pleased to offer Firmware 3.8, which offers a range of improvements and minor bug fixes. It also fully prepares these products for the upcoming change in TIDAL authentication – so is an essential upgrade for anyone streaming TIDAL.
The update will be available from today, and is easily installed via the Naim App: please ensure you are running the latest version: 2.22 (Android devices) or 5.22 (Apple iOS devices) or greater.
Improved:
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System automation - preamp input is selected when changing source, content and transport state
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Updated Roon implementation
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Updated AirPlay implementation
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CD Ripping - analysis carried out on FLAC rips and indication given in the rip monitor if an error is detected
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CD Ripping – ripping will now only start if music store has sufficient space, and provide an error message if not. This improves previous situation where rips could start then fail
Fixes:
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Multiroom - New platform device could not connect to legacy master device after being disconnected
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Multiroom - Intermittent small burst of audio on master device when changing to track of a different sample rate
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Internet radio stations which use HTTPS would fail to play
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USB - .m3u playlists would fail to play
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Bluetooth input did not auto select at start of playback
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Front panel - Artwork from some services would fail to load
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Front panel - Display off when not playing timer was not reset on standby cycle
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Front panel - Disabled external inputs were shown under the inputs menu
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Bluetooth - no metadata show on now playing after input auto select
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Tidal favourites could fail to sync on some accounts
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Display - processing of very large artwork images could cause a crash
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Roon - progress bar was shown on the front panel for live radio stations
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Front Panel - Period of black screen on track transitions as new artwork loads
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Playing a large playlist could result in only the first 15 tracks being queued
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Rovi lookup would fail on some CDs (Uniti Star only)