UQ2 Power off

Posted by: Vilya on 13 July 2016

Hello to all

That it's my first post and from Spain so sorry for my english.

I have a UQ2 and i can not power off with the remote, only with the rear on/off switch.

UQ2 always is hot but these is not a real problem, the real problem is that the HDD 500 gb. conected to frontal USB is always on.

Any suggestions?

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by Richard Dane

The USB port isn't really designed for taking a large HDD, rather a USB stick or similar.

The UQ2 only has a proper power switch. Like most Naim kit, it is designed to left powered up at all times. I tend to mute the UQ2 when not using it, only doing a hard power-down if I'm away for more than a day or so.

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by Javi A.

Muy buenas Vilya,

Wellcome to the forum!!

As Richard said, the UQ2 has no power off button. It must be always on. I guess that a great idea will be to use an external SSD (in fact I am thinking in apply this solution to my Superuniti).

Any comment about the use of a SSD?

...Javi

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by Adam Zielinski

Javi A. posted:
Muy buenas Vilya,
Wellcome to the forum!!
As Richard said, the UQ2 has no power off button. It must be always on. I guess that a great idea will be to use an external SSD (in fact I am thinking in apply this solution to my Superuniti).
Any comment about the use of a SSD?
...Javi

Do NOT connect large storage devices to the USB ports of any Naim streamers.

Like the rest of the streamers and the Uniti range, UnitiQute is designed to stream via a wired network (back up via wireless).

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by dayjay

Javi A. posted:
Muy buenas Vilya,
Wellcome to the forum!!
As Richard said, the UQ2 has no power off button. It must be always on. I guess that a great idea will be to use an external SSD (in fact I am thinking in apply this solution to my Superuniti).
Any comment about the use of a SSD?
...Javi

Well I'm getting rather old and my memory is not what it once was but I am pretty sure that the UQ2 does in fact have a power off switch. Personally, as RIchard says, I never used it and left the UQ2 powered up at all times and on mute on an unused input when I wasn't listening to it.

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by gary yeowell

Power off switch on the rear.

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by Vilya

Adam Zielinski posted:
Javi A. posted:
Muy buenas Vilya,
Wellcome to the forum!!
As Richard said, the UQ2 has no power off button. It must be always on. I guess that a great idea will be to use an external SSD (in fact I am thinking in apply this solution to my Superuniti).
Any comment about the use of a SSD?
...Javi
Do NOT connect large storage devices to the USB ports of any Naim streamers.
Like the rest of the streamers and the Uniti range, UnitiQute is designed to stream via a wired network (back up via wireless).

Many thanks to all

I know that Naim streamers are not specifically designed to support HDD but it is a intermediate solution between an usb stick and a NAS system (at least for me) so why no use it?

Javi A,

I have not experience about SSD, with my HDD i had to do a low level format (fat 32) to make it work.

Posted on: 13 July 2016 by Javi A.

I mean that there is no power switch on the front. The one in the back of the UQ2 is just for switch it off for making connections or changing cables.

I have no experince with SSD on the Naim but from the user point of view it works as a regular HDD, in terms of formating.

...Javi

Posted on: 14 July 2016 by docbot

I leave mine on all the time but have set the display to turn off after only a short period.

Posted on: 14 July 2016 by fernar

If you leave the display on all the time - are the Naim display likely to see screen burn?