Naim Atom Display to show clock as default?

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Is it possible to have the clock permanently on Atom Display.
I can’t find any function in the app, for this feature.

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nope!

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sadly not, the screen options are fairly abysmal unfortunately

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I’d be worried that having it permanently displaying the clock would have the potential to reduce the life of the screen and, potentially entail an expensive repair.

Roger

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I thought it would last a lifetime and not fade as the older Unitiqute.?

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There does seem to be some paranoia about screen lifespan on the back of the Naim green screen problems. The newer streamers obviously use completely different screens, from a different brand using different technology, so I can’t see any reason to worry about it.
The Naim implementation, on the other hand, is clearly lacking. For me there is no useful view, so I turn them off.

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We have the album art when music’s playing. It just looks nice. People moan about the functionality too much.

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There’s certainly a concern over the lifetime of OLED displays, even new ones. I don’t think Naim use OLEDs but I’m not sure whether there’s long term experience of leaving one of their newer displays permanently turned on.

Roger

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Worried = paranoid??

Roger

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Not really.

The older Unitiqute could show clock anytime, even no good for screen lifetime.

Maybe Naim didn’t want or could install more options on Atom ?

I’m surprised they didn’t improve this on Atom HE ?
Its rather a simple wish really, on a very expensive item.
Maybe next generation ?

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Could we have one that makes tea as well?

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I like complete darkness, so have turned the screen off on my Atom HE and I have a black flannel (!) to cover the illuminated volume and the power on light at the front.

The screen is too far away to see properly anyway and all the info I need is displayed on my mobile.

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Its just bonkers the Atom doesn’t have this feature as an option … I have two original Logi Squeezebox touches who’s screens have been on almost permanently for nigh on 15 years (showing the time when in standby) and show not a single issue still.

Why on a modern device in 2025 can’t I have this from a “high end” company ?

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If it’s that important to you, you’ll have to buy something else. It’s an amplifier, not a clock.

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The point is he shouldn’t have to buy something else to have basic functionality, the screen implementation is absolutely sh1te and the fact it remains so since 2018 is inexcusable

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Why is a clock on a streaming amplifier ‘basic functionality’? How many equivalents of Naim’s streamers actually have clocks? It’s simply not worth mithering about. It doesn’t include a toaster or a coffee maker either. Naim really are letting themselves down.

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It’s not just the clock though, there are other ways the screen could be enhanced if they bothered and I’m fairly sure they’d be simple firmware tweeks, streamers costing a few hundred quid do a far better job

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I do agree that having the track info permanently displayed would be a good thing, though most people don’t sit close enough to see it anyway.

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Yes that’s the one that really gets me, I suggested it to Stevsky a while back and he said he’d put it to the team. All it needs to be is a simple latching toggle on the remote display button - on with album art, on with track info, off, all latching. Also, a lot of track info gets cut off or runs off the screen which is a bit clumsy and I’m sure could be rectified

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Yes, it can’t be hard. When you press play, the info appears, then the art. It could easily work exactly as you suggest. Goodness knows why they haven’t done it. Can’t be arsed would be a poor reason.