Hi

We have just moved here and our stuff fromUK has now arrived my sons xbox doesnt work cananyone please advise what we need to do

many thanks
Sharon

Ah divn't knaa what an xbox is, but its mebbe summat to dee with yer tele, pet.

(welcome to canada like)

hey good attempt at the geordie accent lol!! since your sooooo well known on this site perhaps you could use your sources to help me out and thanks for the welcome!!

Read the wiki on electrical devices, it can be a number of issues, mainly power and how you are connecting to a TV.

If you need any more help let me know.

JB

the xbox will work and uk games will work..however any games purchased in Canada will not work in a UK Xbox and vice versa..i think.

also, if you have xbox live there is no way to pay using a canadian credit card without starting fresh with a new profile

hack the box and play canadian games - you dont HAVE to play copied games

You will definitely need a new power brick, as it doesn't act as a voltage converter.

After bringing my UK xbox, I called up Microsoft, gave them my serial number and they sent me a North American power bar specific to my model, cost around $40 including shipping.

If you connect via HD to an NTSC tv, you will have no problems tv wise, but you can't use the AV option on an NTSC tv.

Not entirely true with regard to Canadian games not working. I'd say the vast majority do work, they just don't advertise the fact.

Check out this site for compatibility information for each game - http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-00-3-x...ide-49-en.html I check this before buying a game out here. Had no trouble yet.

Region 1 DVD's will not work however.

Your XBOX live account remains UK based, so you need a UK credit card to renew.

If you need more advice, give me a shout.

I went into GameStop and got a 'pre-owned' power brick for about $12, works a treat!

I tried that but unfortunately there was none in stock!

MS sent me two bricks though in the end, as the 1st one had a massive hole in the cable...

You have to be careful too, as I think there are now 3 different types of XBOX, each with a different motherboard, and so a different type of power brick and connector plug to the xbox. I posted a picture of the different types of plug in a thread about a year ago.

ours is hooked up to one of these

http://www.voltageconverters.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=VC500W

why dont you just buy another one when here..i sold my sons in the UK and picked up a brand new one here for $99...so im pretty sure it cost me nothin in the end.

Good idea - use the website I suggested back in post #7 to check if your UK games would be compatible with a North American XBOX first though.