Will a European PS2 work in Brazil?
 

Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

Thanks in advance...

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Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

Thanks in advance...

The M system is 60 Hz. So, there's your first problem.

http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm

That page tells us Brazil has no standard voltage (110/220 V), and use
different plugs to us.

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Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

Thanks in advance...


There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v ??cycles and
220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are available in
hotels, so are probably generally available.
As for the TV system, I've no idea!

See here for more detail http://kropla.com/electric2.htm

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Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v ??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are available
in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette record
players?

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Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v ??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are available
in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette record
players?

Unless you're taking a TV or monitor with you, this will not help you,
as the 50Hz PAL-I video output will not display properly (or at all) on
a Brazilian 60Hz PAL-M monitor.


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Tim Mitchell

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Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v ??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are available
in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette
record players?

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Max Demian
21st century Nokia 8310 phone charger - 230v and 50 cycles only!
Happy to say that later Nokia phones came with a multi lingual charger.

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There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v ??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are available
in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette
record players?

21st century Nokia 8310 phone charger - 230v and 50 cycles only!

What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz? They probably
just say 50 Hz because that's all they expect it to run on.

Happy to say that later Nokia phones came with a multi lingual charger.

You mean it only charged in English before?

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There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v ??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are
available in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette
record players?

21st century Nokia 8310 phone charger - 230v and 50 cycles only!

What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz? They probably
just say 50 Hz because that's all they expect it to run on.


Not the kind of thing you want to try when you're n'000's of miles from
home!

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There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v
??cycles and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles
are available in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette
record players?

21st century Nokia 8310 phone charger - 230v and 50 cycles only!

What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz? They probably
just say 50 Hz because that's all they expect it to run on.

Not the kind of thing you want to try when you're n'000's of miles from
home!

Do you understand about electricity? Or do you stick plugs in empty sockets
to stop it from leaking out of the holes?

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Max Demian

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"TerryMcDaniel" wrote in
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Hello all...

I was hoping to use my European PS2 (PAL) in Brazil (PAL M).
Does anyone know if this works?
And, if not, are there converters to make it work?

Thanks in advance...

The M system is 60 Hz. So, there's your first problem.

http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm

That page tells us Brazil has no standard voltage (110/220 V), and use
different plugs to us.
Also the channel structuring in Brazil is based on the USA allocations of
4.5MHz sound vision spacing and the colour subcarrier is close to the NTSC
value of 3.58MHz or thereabouts and not the European 4.43MHz value. Oh and
it's a 525 line standard as well.
Mike Davison.
PS. Argentina uses PAL-N which is a 625/50 standard but again uses the USA
channel allocations and a subcarrier around 3.58MHz.

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There are a variety of voltages in Brasil. 110v 60cycles; 127v
??cycles
and 220v 60cycles. However, convertors to UK 230v 50cycles are
available in hotels, so are probably generally available.

What would travellers need 50 Hz for? 70s clock radios? Old Dansette
record players?

21st century Nokia 8310 phone charger - 230v and 50 cycles only!

What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz? They probably
just say 50 Hz because that's all they expect it to run on.

If it's specced for 50Hz, then 60Hz won't be a problem. A 60Hz specced
transformer, OTOH, is liable to overheat when connected to a 50Hz supply
at the same voltage.

Not the kind of thing you want to try when you're n'000's of miles from
home!

But, now that you know that 230v AC 60Hz is safe for such a plugtop
charger, you can try this "when you're n'000's of miles from home!" :-)

HTH & HAND.


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What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz?

A 230v 60Hz supply won't be a problem for a 230v 50Hz unit. But it won't
work safely the other way round; that is, if you plug a 60Hz unit into a
50Hz supply it will overheat.

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What's supposed to happen if you connect it to 230v/60 Hz?

A 230v 60Hz supply won't be a problem for a 230v 50Hz unit. But it won't
work safely the other way round; that is, if you plug a 60Hz unit into a
50Hz supply it will overheat.

Nicely paraphrased! :-)

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