Naim Audio NDX - Manual (Page 2)

NDX Quick Start Guide English
1 Installing and Connecting
• Stand the NDX on an appropriate, stable surface. Make sure it is well ventilated.
• Check that the mains supply specified on the NDX rear panel is appropriate for your
territory. Connect the NDX to the mains using the supplied cable but do not switch it on until
all other connections have been made.
• Identify the Signal Ground Switch and select the “chassis” option unless the NDX 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 NDX is
switched on.
• To play audio from a UPnP ™ server or from internet radio stations, the NDX 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 NDX DAB/FM module is fitted, a suitable aerial should be connected to the DAB/FM
aerial socket. The DAB/FM module cannot operate without an aerial. Contact your local
Naim retailer or distributor for advice on selecting and installing an aerial.
• If the NDX is to play audio files stored on an iPod, iPhone or on USB memory hardware,
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 NDX, connect them,
using the appropriate BNC coaxial, phono coaxial or optical cables, to the digital inputs.
• Connect one of the NDX outputs to an appropriate preamplifier or external DAC input. The
NDX DIN output is the default active analogue output. To select an alternative analogue
output, press the handset setup key ( ) once the NDX is switched on and select
Analogue
Outputs . Select Digital Output to activate the digital output.
• NDX 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 NDX, or for n-Stream transport functions to control
a CD player. To take advantage of System Automation, connect one of the NDX
Remote
Out sockets to a preamplifier, CD player or DAC Remote In socket. Use a cable terminated
with a 3.5mm jack plug at one end and a 3.5mm jack or phono plug as necessary at the
other end.
Note: NDX System Automation is switched off by default. A full description of its use can be
found in the NDX Reference Manual.
Full NDX installation and operational information can be found in the Reference Manual
available on line at www.naimaudio.com
Note: If your NDX is to be
powered by an external
XPS or 555 PS power supply,
remove the NDX power
supply upgrade socket
link plug and connect the
external power supply using
the appropriate Burndy
cable. Do not connect the
NDX mains cable.
Important: XPS power supplies
with serial numbers below
188015 are not compatible
with the NDX and should not
be used. Contact your local
retailer or distributor for more
information.
mains input
and fuse
power switch
network
socket
DAB/FM aerial
socket
signal ground
switch
digital
output
wireless network
(Wi-Fi) antenna
socket
power supply
upgrade socket
(link plug fitted)
remote
in
remote
out 1 & 2
digital inputs
3, 2 & 1
analogue
output
(phono)
analogue
output
(DIN)
USB update
interface