Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
Dec 6th 2013, 12:39 am
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
Well the Kenwood is very old but will check. I don't mind testing on the sewing machine though. Wouldn't it be a step down transformer? (might be me being a bit slow here!)
Dec 6th 2013, 12:42 am
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
No, you need a step up transformer to go from 120V to 230V. Step down would be the other direction, from 230V to 120V.
Dec 6th 2013, 12:55 am
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
Apart from the voltage thing i thought the screen on a UK telly is different from a US one and would'nt work over here ? same thing with a UK dvd, will they play on a US telly 
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Dec 6th 2013, 1:25 am
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
Over the air HD channels won't work as they're different frequencies, unless you got a new aerial for it.
DVD's in most players, if you can hack the player to be regionless will be fine.
The issue with the sewing machine above is really the Hz frequency, if the motor isn't good with the difference, it'll throw out the timing.
Dec 6th 2013, 12:39 pm
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
PAL/NTSC? Yeah, but that died the way of the dodo, with HDMI/Component sockets.
Over the air HD channels won't work as they're different frequencies, unless you got a new aerial for it.
DVD's in most players, if you can hack the player to be regionless will be fine.
The issue with the sewing machine above is really the Hz frequency, if the motor isn't good with the difference, it'll throw out the timing.
Over the air HD channels won't work as they're different frequencies, unless you got a new aerial for it.
DVD's in most players, if you can hack the player to be regionless will be fine.
The issue with the sewing machine above is really the Hz frequency, if the motor isn't good with the difference, it'll throw out the timing.
Charles
Dec 6th 2013, 1:45 pm
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
Not all, but a lot of them you can. Just check before buying one. Some are easier to do than others, with a combo of presses on the remote, but some require a firmware flash, by burning a image to CD and running that and those you want to avoid if you can.
Dec 6th 2013, 5:50 pm
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
Just seen this line of enquiry 
The turntable and cd player will be fine, and if by some quirk they aren't I will make them so.
I can run an external power supply for the turntable or sort out the motor itself (it is high-end enough to use belt drive from the motor). The cd player isn't affected by mains frequency as someone stated.
Yes I do have a turntable and about 1k albums (I lost 1k in a previous divorce), it is my primary source. Although I'm not entirely sure I'll be taking it over.... oh damn it .. of course I will be somehow, sometime.
It would cost me circa £3k to find one good enough to replace it (2nd-hand).
Likewise the cd player would be around £1k for similar.
Both were high end and have been extensively modified since.
I may leave the power amp behind and build a new one. Likewise the speakers, will probably take the drive units and build enclosures to suit the new place.
I can ship the whole system (minus speakers) for about £150-£170 so a no-brainer really.
I'd best go read the rest now and catch up.
The turntable and cd player will be fine, and if by some quirk they aren't I will make them so.
I can run an external power supply for the turntable or sort out the motor itself (it is high-end enough to use belt drive from the motor). The cd player isn't affected by mains frequency as someone stated.
Yes I do have a turntable and about 1k albums (I lost 1k in a previous divorce), it is my primary source. Although I'm not entirely sure I'll be taking it over.... oh damn it .. of course I will be somehow, sometime.
It would cost me circa £3k to find one good enough to replace it (2nd-hand).
Likewise the cd player would be around £1k for similar.
Both were high end and have been extensively modified since.
I may leave the power amp behind and build a new one. Likewise the speakers, will probably take the drive units and build enclosures to suit the new place.
I can ship the whole system (minus speakers) for about £150-£170 so a no-brainer really.
I'd best go read the rest now and catch up.
Dec 7th 2013, 2:38 pm
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
PAL/NTSC? Yeah, but that died the way of the dodo, with HDMI/Component sockets.
Over the air HD channels won't work as they're different frequencies, unless you got a new aerial for it.
DVD's in most players, if you can hack the player to be regionless will be fine.
The issue with the sewing machine above is really the Hz frequency, if the motor isn't good with the difference, it'll throw out the timing.
Over the air HD channels won't work as they're different frequencies, unless you got a new aerial for it.
DVD's in most players, if you can hack the player to be regionless will be fine.
The issue with the sewing machine above is really the Hz frequency, if the motor isn't good with the difference, it'll throw out the timing.
Dec 7th 2013, 5:57 pm
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Re: Converting your UK Appliances to work in the US
In most places you still do, especially for local programming, but people tend to have cable anyway and aren't aware that you can get programming over the air.
