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newcombe6
12-10-2004, 11:47 PM
im going to get an xbox(usa) but live in the uk

thinking about it - it will come with a us power plug on it wont it? can anyone tell me the best way round this?

is it ok to use a us to uk converter like you would with a shaver?

or can you buy european xbox's in america anywhere?

actually peezy - might just pm you mate - you porbably know bout this sort of stuff

cheers lads
Livy
12-11-2004, 03:35 AM
youll need a 110v - 240v inverter, the us run on 110v, so the xbox will be setup for that voltage, where as us brits use 240v.
newcombe6
12-11-2004, 12:23 PM
cheers for that Livy - any idea on price with them?
Peerzy
12-11-2004, 02:34 PM
Arn't they the standard things that you can buy at an airport for like £5. That said if you want a UK box brought, you can send someone he money get them to buy it and send it to you. USA Xbox should work but without a chip the games wouldn't. Meaning you would have to import all your games from USA or chip and play retial UK and copied.
Livy
12-12-2004, 01:07 AM
inverters are quite expensive as they have to change the voltage, the things your on about just change whats at the end of the plug for use in europe which is also 240v,
another option may be a new xbox power supply.
n18
12-12-2004, 04:27 PM
inverters are quite expensive as they have to change the voltage, the things your on about just change whats at the end of the plug for use in europe which is also 240v,
another option may be a new xbox power supply.
when i was shipping out my psone to europe as a gift, i bought a voltage converter and a plug for only 6$...so they are not expensive.
Samurai
12-12-2004, 04:29 PM
you can get them in tesco's, something like £10 for a pack of 2
Livy
12-12-2004, 07:49 PM
oh well, i thought they were more expensive than that.
newcombe6
12-12-2004, 09:05 PM
i saw them in tesco's today actually. and yeah they were £12.99 for two - so not too bad at all.

got a uk chipped xbox in the end due to the power converter and ntsc tv signal probs

cheers for all the help everyone!
Livy
12-12-2004, 09:34 PM
oh yeah, forgot about the different tv signals, mind you most modern tv will support ntsc.
newcombe6
12-12-2004, 09:42 PM
most tv's built in the last 10 years should be fine - but the signal has to pass through a filter from the pal settings - so although it will display ntsc signals - it will never be as crisp or clear as a us xbox running in the usa.

thats what my father in law said anyway - and he should know - hes a tv repair man!