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NDS Quick Start Guide

English

1 Installing and Connecting

• The four transit screws located on the underside of the NDS must be carefully removed

before use. Do not invert the NDS to remove the transit screws but work from the underside
by positioning it at the edge of a table. The transit screws must be replaced if the NDS is to
be re-packed or shipped.

Do not invert the NDS during or following transit screw removal.

• Following transit screw removal, stand the NDS on an appropriate, level and stable surface.

Make sure it is adequately ventilated.

• The NDS requires an external XP5 XS, XPS or 555PS power supply connected to one (XP5

XS, XPS) or both (555PS) of its power supply input sockets. Use only the Burndy cable or
cables supplied with the power supply. If an XP5 XS or XPS power supply is used it should
be connected to NDS Power Supply Input 1. If a 555PS power supply is used it should be
connected to both NDS Power Supply Inputs 1 and 2. The link plug must remain fitted to
Power Supply Input 2 unless a 555PS power supply is used. Do not switch on the external
power supply until all required NDS connections are made.

• Identify the

Signal Ground Switch

and select the “chassis” option unless the NDS is

connected in a hi-fi system incorporating another earthed source component (all Naim CD
players, for example), or mains “hum” is audible through the loudspeakers when the NDS is
switched on.

• To play audio from a

UPnP

™ server or from internet radio stations, the NDS

network socket

must be connected to a router using an Ethernet cable, or its

Wi-Fi Antenna

must be fitted.

Internet radio also requires a high-speed internet connection.

• If the NDS is to play audio files stored on a

USB

device, connect it using an appropriate

cable, if necessary, to the front panel USB socket.

• If any external S/PDIF digital audio sources are to be used with the NDS, connect them,

using the appropriate BNC coaxial, phono coaxial or optical cables, to the

digital

inputs.

• Connect one of the NDS outputs to an appropriate preamplifier or external DAC input. The

NDS DIN output is the default active analogue output. To select an alternative analogue
output, press the handset setup key ( ) once the NDS is switched on and select

Analogue

Outputs

. Select

Digital Output

to activate the digital output.

• NDS control can be linked using

System Automation

to the control of some Naim

preamplifiers, CD players and the Naim DAC. System Automation enables for example,
preamplifier inputs to be selected via the NDS, or for n-Stream transport functions to control
a CD player. To take advantage of System Automation, connect one of the NDS

Remote

Full NDS installation and operational information can be found in the Reference Manual

available on line at www.naimaudio.com

Important:

XPS power supplies

with serial numbers below
188015 are not compatible
with the NDS and should not
be used. Contact your local
retailer or distributor for more
information.

network

socket

signal ground

switch

digital

output

wireless network

(Wi-Fi) antenna

socket

power supply

socket 2

(link plug fitted)

power supply

socket 1

USB

upgrade

interface

remote

in

remote

out 1 & 2

digital inputs

1, 2 & 3

analogue

output

(phono)

analogue

output

(DIN)

Note:

NDS System Automation

is switched off by default.
A full description of its use
can be found in the NDS
Reference Manual.