US ds lite

flogen

Quick question - thinking of getting a DS Lite from the US as it works out at something stupid like €80 - the thing I need to know beforehand is about the charger.

In terms of voltage do I need to use the US one with a US-Irish adaptor when charging in Ireland or can I just dump the US one and pick up a replacement in Dublin once I get it?

Thanks

klingklang

You can dump the US one and pick up this in GAME.

Exar Khun

flogen wrote: »

Quick question - thinking of getting a DS Lite from the US as it works out at something stupid like €80 - the thing I need to know beforehand is about the charger.

In terms of voltage do I need to use the US one with a US-Irish adaptor when charging in Ireland or can I just dump the US one and pick up a replacement in Dublin once I get it?

Thanks

Where are you getting the DS from the States? are you traveling there or buying off the net?

eth0_

Hrmm I wouldn't buy it off the net, too afraid it would get caught by customs at this time of year!

Berns

Got a gold one in New York last week there for $150 with Zelda. Just got a charger for £5 here in game but havin not thought it out earlier bought a USA>UK converter to use the USA charger :rolleyes:

tba

its about the same price cause there is a voltage drop down for those units too.

WhatsGoingOn

Will games bought in Ireland work on the US console, or will they have to be bought in the US too?

tba

The DS is region free so there will be no compatibilty issues.

NabyLadistheman

my auntie in the states has one for me, a oink ds for my girlfriend..will it be sound if she posts it over?

EvaDublin

Hi all,

Just bought a DS Lite from Amazon.com, plus 2 games, for all of €122 - a whole thirty quid cheaper than the DS on its own here! Great deal and the exchange rate is great at the mo.

You might get stung for customs if you have it posted, but if you know anyone in the states, have it delivered to them and get them to stick a birthday card in with it before they post it on - if it's a gift, you don't pay tax!

Someone up there posted about a power supply thingy you can get from Game - I rang them and the guy said i'd be lucky if that didn't blow up the DS because it DOESN'T CONVERT the voltage...

I'm sure there HAS to be something that does it without the whole thing going up in smoke... Any ideas???

NabyLadistheman

EvaDublin wrote: »

ou might get stung for customs if you have it posted, but if you know anyone in the states, have it delivered to them and get them to stick a birthday card in with it before they post it on - if it's a gift, you don't pay tax!

What will customes do, hit me for tax? my auntie bought it in a retail shop and is postin it over...i'll have to see bout the charger though

EvaDublin

Yep, think so - not sure how much it is, but if your aunt hasn't already posted it, tell her to lash a bday card in with it! Even if you are stung for tax, you could just pretend its a present - not sure if that would work though...

tba

my gf got a us ds and is curently using a game adaptor, no blowing up recorded, it wont have to convert the volatge as it is designed for irish plugs...

Lpfsox

EvaDublin wrote: »

Hi all,

Just bought a DS Lite from Amazon.com, plus 2 games, for all of €122 - a whole thirty quid cheaper than the DS on its own here! Great deal and the exchange rate is great at the mo.

You might get stung for customs if you have it posted, but if you know anyone in the states, have it delivered to them and get them to stick a birthday card in with it before they post it on - if it's a gift, you don't pay tax!

Someone up there posted about a power supply thingy you can get from Game - I rang them and the guy said i'd be lucky if that didn't blow up the DS because it DOESN'T CONVERT the voltage...

I'm sure there HAS to be something that does it without the whole thing going up in smoke... Any ideas???

are Amazon shipping them here now? I tried to get one a couple of weeks ago and they would only ship to USA/AFPO; so I got a relative to bring me back 2 from Philadelphia last week (lovely lovely red DS )

NabyLadistheman

Lpfsox wrote: »

so I got a relative to bring me back 2 from Philadelphia last week (lovely lovely red DS )

So whats the deal with a charging the Us versions over here...Can you shed any light on this for us. im sure amazon are shippin if the above poster is getting one...thanks for your help

Star Lord

You buy a european charger, you plug it in, bobs your mothers brother.

As the DS does not have different power requirements in the US as is does here, there will be no problems. The chargers are transformers anyway, they convert the power supply to what the DS needs, so it WON'T blow up your ds!

Mellor

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

You buy a european charger, you plug it in, bobs your mothers brother.

As the DS does not have different power requirements in the US as is does here, there will be no problems. The chargers are transformers anyway, they convert the power supply to what the DS needs, so it WON'T blow up your ds!

The output from a transformer is reletive to the input. So a european transformer that changes 220v to 12v (is it 12, not sure but doesn't matter), won't change all voltages to 12v. For currents that are close together it shouldn't matter, 220-240v, but voltage that is along way off might cause problems, to work with european voltage, a european charger is required.
There are exceptions of course, laptops have to work with a range of voltage and frequency, but the DS transformer may or may not work the same as this

tba

A uk adaptor is designed to charge a DS from a uk socket, so buy a uk adaptor, as I have already said.

Star Lord

Mellor wrote: »

The output from a transformer is reletive to the input. So a european transformer that changes 220v to 12v (is it 12, not sure but doesn't matter), won't change all voltages to 12v. For currents that are close together it shouldn't matter, 220-240v, but voltage that is along way off might cause problems, to work with european voltage, a european charger is required.
There are exceptions of course, laptops have to work with a range of voltage and frequency, but the DS transformer may or may not work the same as this

The only problem would be if you tried to plug an adapted US transformer into a UK socket.

flogen

Exar Khun wrote: »

Where are you getting the DS from the States? are you traveling there or buying off the net?

Had relatives visiting NY over the last week.

Not sure if it was gotten for me or not - gave a list of a few things as potential Christmas presents... will find out in 18 days or so

Rew

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

The only problem would be if you tried to plug an adapted US transformer into a UK socket.

Exactly, such as: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055196814

I had a an US DS Phat from launch day and used my GBA charger with it untill the day I traded it in in GameStop for a DS Lite (great deal by GameStop BTW).

kaimera

I got a DS stateside last summer and bought a little accessory pack with usb cable for charging. Works a charm

flogen

Rew wrote: »

Exactly, such as: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055196814

I had a an US DS Phat from launch day and used my GBA charger with it untill the day I traded it in in GameStop for a DS Lite (great deal by GameStop BTW).

What deal is that?

ShaneU

I'm thining of importing the gold ds that comes with the zelda game from Japan,
it's around €150 but i've heard lots of bad stories about people waiting months for play-asia stock to arrive.

mel123

Has anyone bought one online from America or got a friend to post it over? I am thinking of doing this, but really dont want to get stung paying customs She send a couple of games in the post, envelope was A4 size, a bit bulky, and it arrived no problem.
What do you's reckon???

NabyLadistheman

mel123 wrote: »

Has anyone bought one online from America or got a friend to post it over? I am thinking of doing this, but really dont want to get stung paying customs She send a couple of games in the post, envelope was A4 size, a bit bulky, and it arrived no problem.
What do you's reckon???

Im currently waiting on my pink DS..its for my gf for christmas..my auntie posted it last Thursday from America..fingers crossed there will be no probs...i'll let ya know when the postman comes good for me...hopwefully soon!

oh I think the last day for posting parcels from America is the 11th if ya want it to be here for Christmas..id look into this if I were you

mel123

Cheers, let me know if it arrived without hassle!!

rob316

Are they really in short supply here? I seen the prices on ebay and im astonished at how high they are. I got one pink and a black one in smyths in cork today no problem. just lucky I suppose.