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Nucleus Manual
Introduction
What is Nucleus?
At the heart of every Roon system is a Roon Core. This is the brain behind the entire Roon
experience – it manages your music collection, streams to your audio devices, and stores the
Roon database. Nucleus was developed by the Roon team to provide a silent, high-
performance, power-efficient appliance to host the Roon Core. Every aspect of the hardware,
operating system and software is optimized to make Nucleus the very best way to run Roon-
by the same team that made Roon.
Roon account
Nucleus requires a Roon account with an active subscription, which you can purchase at
https://roonlabs.com/
If you're trying Roon for the first time, getting started is a snap. If you already use Roon on
another device, you can migrate your Roon database to your Nucleus, or you can start from
scratch.
Controlling Nucleus
Nucleus has no display or interactive components. To experience Roon, you'll download the
Roon app on a Mac or Windows PC, iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Note: Only Mac,
Windows, and tablets provide access to all of Roon's features. Due to their smaller screens,
the Roon app on phones has a limited feature set.
Playback
There are three ways to use Nucleus to play audio, and you can use any or all of these at the
same time:
1. Connect an integrated audio component, DAC, or headphone amp via one of
the two USB ports
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