Naim legacy streamers firmware update for TIDAL
29 September 2021
If you are streaming TIDAL using any of these legacy products: Mu-so 1st generation, UnitiQute/Qute 2; UnitiLite; Uniti/Uniti 2; SuperUniti; NAC-N 172; NAC-N 272; ND5 XS; NDX; NDS, it’s time to update your firmware.
TIDAL has implemented a new login authorisation process that affects older generations of products. Without a software update, TIDAL will simply stop streaming.
The 1st Generation Mu-so release – Firmware 2.0.0 – is on Tuesday 28th September as an over-the-air update via the Naim App, while Firmware 4.8 for the other legacy streaming products will be available to download from the Naim website on Thursday 30th September.
These essential updates will ensure the products can continue to stream TIDAL, which has implemented a new login authorisation process that affects older generations of products from many brands, not just Naim. Please note the new TIDAL implementation is also dependent on users running at least version 5.22 (iOS devices) or 2.22 (Android devices) of the Naim App, which itself gets a minor update to 5.22.1/2.22.1 this week.
Firmware 4.8 does NOT apply to products running versions of Naim software prior to 3.00, or to any product with an n-Link connection. These will continue to function as they do currently – please DO NOT attempt the upgrade, which could stop your product from working at all.
Please DO NOT attempt to update your streamer without reading the guide below, it may stop working.
Legacy Streamers Firmware 4.8
New:
- TIDAL login authorisation update. NB: Also requires Naim App 5.22 or 2.22 or later
- HLS encoded stations other than BBC now play (eg. Rock On Radio)
Improved: - Radio – Stations / podcasts that need TLS1.3 HTTPS now play (eg. Wyldwood radio)
Fixed:
- Podcasts under Ireland > Bookish would fail to play
- Multiroom clients would be disconnected from a new platform master when playing unsupported sample rates or entering standby
- Stations under France -> All -> NRJ Nostalgie failed to play
- Playing a track tagged with accented characters would cause Naim app to lose connection
- Error when seeking playback during a gapless transition period
- Long DSD tracks would not play all the way through
Mu-so and Mu-so QB 1st Generation Firmware 2.0.0
New:
- TIDAL login authorisation update. NB: Also requires Naim App 5.22 or 2.22 or later
- HLS encoded stations other than BBC now play (eg. Rock On Radio)
Improved:
- Updated Apple AirPlay 2 library
- Stations / podcasts that need TLS1.3 HTTPS now play (eg. Wyldwood radio)
Fixed:
- WAC setup sometimes fails to reliably gain a connection to the network
- Fatal error obtained when WAC setup is reset after unit fails to connect to the network
- Podcasts under Ireland > Bookish would fail to play
- Multiroom clients would be disconnected from a new platform master when playing unsupported sample rates or entering standby
- Stations under France -> All -> NRJ Nostalgie failed to play
- Error when seeking playback during a gapless transition period