Uniti Nova Spikes Volume on Wakeup

Posted by: Mrsurr on 20 July 2018

So I hop into my car and tap Spotify on in my phone. Before Carplay connects it wakes up the nova and BAM, scares the wife half to death. 

It's the morning, wife is having her cereal, I go to put on some light classical music and wake up Spotify. Point it at the nova and BAM spoon on the floor. 

If I connect Spotify to my nova before independently waking up the nova and manually setting the volume, it sometimes jumps to like 80%. 

Anything to be done about that?

My poor wife is developing a fear of Naim products. 

Posted on: 20 July 2018 by MortalWombatUK

I thought I read that the latest Uniti firmware solved volume spikes... maybe check for an update?

Posted on: 20 July 2018 by Mrsurr

Aha! I had missed the firmware update. Thanks!

Posted on: 22 July 2018 by Mrsurr

Update: still getting volume spikes. Only now the volume bar on my app doesn't reflect the actual volume until I move it. 

Posted on: 22 July 2018 by ChrisSU
Mrsurr posted:

......now the volume bar on my app doesn't reflect the actual volume until I move it. 

I’ve seen this on previous firmware versions too, but not more recently. You should let Naim know, as it seems a fix is still needed. 

Posted on: 25 July 2018 by Alley Cat

I think one of the problems is actually apps and for me user error ensuring I don't play stuff without checking the output device - many apps remember the last used output device and try to reconnect, so for example if I get in the car and assume the iPhone will connect to Bluetooth the using Qobuz app, it actually still tries to connect to my Nova via Chromecast which if within range may scare the heck out of someone as I've pushed the app volume up for in car use.

Also with Spotify I think there's a documented issue where 'guest' users remain able to inadvertently play back stuff on say your Nova say they were playing their stuff to your Nova in the recent past.  Suspect this is not your issue, but there have been a few threads on unexplained music playing at all hours which have been linked to Spotify.