UK electrical items in the US?
Jul 19th 2004, 12:49 am
#16
Mummy and baby 1982
Joined: May 2003
Location: North West Chicago Suburbs
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Hi Jan. You can buy dance mats in Best Buy too!
My son uses his PS2 with his UK TV using a step up transformer. I bought it in the UK before he arrived here. He also plays his bass guitar & amp using the transformer and also his small practice amp and electric guitar.... not all at the same time of course! The wattage (?) it carries is 500 amps but you can get them much bigger than that. It seems to do the job for us.
Maggie
My son uses his PS2 with his UK TV using a step up transformer. I bought it in the UK before he arrived here. He also plays his bass guitar & amp using the transformer and also his small practice amp and electric guitar.... not all at the same time of course! The wattage (?) it carries is 500 amps but you can get them much bigger than that. It seems to do the job for us.
Maggie
Originally posted by jan_michigan
So that looks like a NO then ..... I suppose i could buy her a PS2 over here, but not sure about the dance mat thing ! Oh well i'll break the news gently to her
Jan
So that looks like a NO then ..... I suppose i could buy her a PS2 over here, but not sure about the dance mat thing ! Oh well i'll break the news gently to her
Jan
Jul 21st 2004, 3:26 pm
#17
"Ted You Big Bollocks"
Joined: May 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 107
Originally posted by jan_michigan
So that looks like a NO then ..... I suppose i could buy her a PS2 over here, but not sure about the dance mat thing ! Oh well i'll break the news gently to her
Jan
So that looks like a NO then ..... I suppose i could buy her a PS2 over here, but not sure about the dance mat thing ! Oh well i'll break the news gently to her
Jan
Jul 21st 2004, 5:28 pm
#18
Can't Wait To Get There
Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Foggy CA
Posts: 47
Originally posted by justboy
The PS2 is a very big NO NO....i took mine hoping that if i got aq convertor it would work...not realizing that i would then need a convertor for the TV aswel.....as for the dance mat.....i have seen them in stores. So you should be able to pick one up easy!
The PS2 is a very big NO NO....i took mine hoping that if i got aq convertor it would work...not realizing that i would then need a convertor for the TV aswel.....as for the dance mat.....i have seen them in stores. So you should be able to pick one up easy!
You can get transformers here http://www.newmarket-transformers.co.uk/ but you will need a PAL to NTSC converter to use your UK PS2 on a US TV unless the TV is Multi-System some good models are as are most Plasma Screens
Convert PAL to NTSC using
http://www.chipzone.com/shop/showdet...Product_ID=229
http://www.goldenshop.com.hk/AI-trad...tm/m_pal2n.htm
http://www.bizrate.com/buy/products_...Converter.html
Last edited by pedro66; Jul 21st 2004 at 5:35 pm.
Jul 22nd 2004, 1:40 am
#19
"Ted You Big Bollocks"
Joined: May 2003
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 107
i ended up just buying a new PS2 and got a MODCHIP so that i could play my games....i am giving my UK PS2 to my Brother when my Mum comes to visit in September!!
Jul 26th 2004, 3:29 pm
#20
Just Joined
Joined: Jul 2004
Location: Dallas TX
Posts: 1
Well it may not be worth messing around with your PS2 the dance mats and controllers etc will still work if you buy a US one (and they are cheaper in the states) its just the software you will need to buy again - having said that the dance mats aren't expensive!!
