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Re: TAKING T.V TO AUS!!!!!!!!
Thanks to everyone whao has replied with useful bits of info. I will bring lamps and spare bulbs to fit them from here. Have already got a lot of multi extension/surge protect sockets so hopefully wont have to change too many plugs.
Cheers, Caroline:thumbup: |
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Originally Posted by donovandenese
(Post 6469391)
the tv will only work through a set top box eg if you get foxtel (Oz equivalent of sky) then the tv should work fine
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Originally Posted by squeezzii
(Post 6473751)
we brought a tv here and you will ususally find that with uk tv's, if plugged in normally you will have either the sound and no picture or picture and no sound but we have put ours thru the video and it works with no probs hope this is helpful:)
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Originally Posted by GinaUK
(Post 6473850)
The voltage in Australia is the same as in the UK. It's the US that has different voltage.
Actually I'm pretty sure its not the same but near enough no one will notice! All your electronic equipment will work in Oz as far as voltage is concerned. (TVs don't work unless Australia is included as a choice in the TV's country set-up menu. But that's nothing to do with voltage. It's to do with the frequency used for sound transmission. Oz uses a different one from the UK.) Again not strictly true, it depends on your make and model of TV. I have such a TV which has only EU choices of country but by changing other menu settings can get analogue signals working fine. Gina TVs as a generalisation are impossible to answer. Some work 100% on both analogue and digital, some work on analogue only. There is nearly always a workaround though as others have suggested which work perfectly well. |
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well after reading this post and panicking about the 3 LG lcd tv,s we have just bought to take with us. Lol. I phoned Lg and was told they will work fine. Just got to set it up like I did here, but instead of using Uk settings I use Europe. What a bloody relief!
He said that most of the new tv's would work with no problems. Shabee x |
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Originally Posted by EvannTel
(Post 6474997)
Gina wrote: The voltage in Australia is the same as in the UK. It's the US that has different voltage.
Actually I'm pretty sure its not the same but near enough no one will notice! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_power_systems (Go to "voltage ranges" and scroll down table.) Gina |
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TVs - may work straight away. If not an Ozzie set top box costing $29.99 from Aldi can be placed between the aerial and the TV, then they will all work.
Plugs - cut your UK plugs off and leave them in the UK. Buy Bunnings plugs BEFORE your container arrives. Change plugs yourself (OK in VIC, you're not allowed to in some states such as QLD and have to get an electrician). Lightbulbs - Australia is about to become the first country in the world to make the sale of the globe light bulbs illegal, and they will shortly be followed by the less efficient of the halogen ones being banned too. CFL (compact fluorescent light) and LED (light emitting diode) technology will replace them gradually, it's not quite up there yet but will be soon. Buzzy |
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Originally Posted by GinaUK
(Post 6476884)
According to Wikipedia the mains supply voltage in the UK is 230V and in Australia it is ... 230V. Looks the same to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_power_systems (Go to "voltage ranges" and scroll down table.) Gina Thanks |
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Originally Posted by shabee
(Post 6476002)
well after reading this post and panicking about the 3 LG lcd tv,s we have just bought to take with us. Lol. I phoned Lg and was told they will work fine. Just got to set it up like I did here, but instead of using Uk settings I use Europe. What a bloody relief!
He said that most of the new tv's would work with no problems. Shabee x |
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Originally Posted by EvannTel
(Post 6478018)
And Pioneer told me the same thing and the digital (Freeview) tuner doesn't work even trying EU settings. But don't panic - there are solutions.
Caroline |
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Originally Posted by carolinephillips
(Post 6478192)
Enlighten us please!!!
Caroline |
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Originally Posted by EvannTel
(Post 6478433)
As posted earlier - $20 set top box - aerial in that, hook up to TV and hey presto - some of the finest television in the world at your fingertips.
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Originally Posted by mollybailey
(Post 6485283)
thankyou for all your replys my OH has just been told it will cost him 3.5th for 1/2 a 20ft container and has said we are going with just our suitcases omg . i think he thinks everything is so cheap in oz but thats not true hes driving me mad !!!!!!! very stressed out now i'll feel like a backpacker with 2 kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Originally Posted by carolinephillips
(Post 6472039)
??? no I am not taking the p*** -wondered ifthe fittings screw or bayonets like here, and as the voltage is different I was not sure they would work properly. Excuse me not being practical or technical, but then I am only a female - you must be an aussie if not in fact, then at heart!!:p
Caroline and no, I am not Australian (well not for another 3 years) |
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Originally Posted by mollybailey
(Post 6469323)
Hi there im hoping this is not a really dumb question but we finally have our visas and are going to adelaide in jan 09 my OH decided to buy a 50" plasma and thinks it will work in aus ive told him it won't as the PAL thingy is different can anyone help with this many thanks!!!!p.s just read a thread re: passports does anyone know how long has to be left on passports on entry to aus?????
molly and maybe stupid OH!! The tv will work fine.:D |
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