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American electronics over here??

  • 07-09-2009 8:35am
    #1
    Spon Farmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,265 ✭✭✭


    hi,

    what exactly is different about electrical equipment in the States and over here?
    can a radio with a detachable AC cord bought in the US be safely used in Ireland by just buying a similar power cord here?


    if not, do you guys know of any store or website in Ireland or the UK that sells iLive products (they are iPod docks)?

    cheers


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  • #2
    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    Spon Farmer wrote: »
    hi,

    what exactly is different about electrical equipment in the States and over here?
    can a radio with a detachable AC cord bought in the US be safely used in Ireland by just buying a similar power cord here?



    Only if it is designed to run on 240 volts. Some equipment will run on 100-250(ish) without adjustment. Some has a voltage selector switch and some don't.

    If your talking about regular AM/FM radios, then there are suble differences. Stations boost the higher audio frequencies before its transmitted (pre emphesis). The radio then reduces this boost by the same amount.
    In America, the boost is greater than here. The result is less top end when listening on a American radio here. Usualy can be compensated for with the tone or treble control.
    Channel spacing on AM is also different (9 kHz here, 10 in the States). Normaly can be changed in the radio.
    Lastly, they don't use LW in America so no RTE 252/Radio 4 LW on an American radio!

    I can't help you regarding digital radios.


  • #3
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    Also, FM radios in the US with digital tuning will only tune in 0.2MHz steps so you won't be able receive any stations broadcasting on a frequency where the first decimal place is an even number. So no 104.4MHz, 99.0Mhz, 88.6MHz, etc, etc.
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  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    crosstownk wrote: »
    Also, FM radios in the US with digital tuning will only tune in 0.2MHz steps so you won't be able receive any stations broadcasting on a frequency where the first decimal place is an even number. So no 104.4MHz, 99.0Mhz, 88.6MHz, etc, etc.

    If the increment for tuning FM stations in the US is 0.2 Mhz then surely you meant to say that you can't tune to stations where the decimal place is odd e.g. 98.1 (98FM), 88.5 (RTE1 Three Rock) or 90.7 (RTE2 Three Rock)?


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