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gamingmtx
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21. May 2009 @ 18:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello everyone,

This is my first time on AfterDawn.com. I apologize if this question has already been asked but I could not find it by using the Search field.

I want to import a UK PlayStation 2 (PS2) (fat) console to the USA. I would like to connect the console to my NTSC Samsung LCD HDTV.

How do I go about connecting the UK PS2 (fat) to my NTSC LCD HDTV so that I can play PAL PS2 games?

What connectors and converters do I need to purchase? How do I plug in the UK PS2 (fat) to my USA wall plug?

Please let me know how this can be done. Thank you everyone.
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21. May 2009 @ 22:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, so what me and my family did was instead of buying a damn converter, we just looked around craigslist and got a PAL/NTSC TV that works in the US. Than, we bought Swap Magic, which is useless now because of Memento + Memor32.


gamingmtx
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21. May 2009 @ 23:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi OmriSama,

Thanks for the reply. A PAL/NTSC TV might be something that I should look in to.

How did you take care of powering on the UK PS2 in the U.S.? Do I need to purchase a plug converter and a voltage converter?

Can you recommend any?

What was your solution?

Thanks.
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22. May 2009 @ 00:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just went to Fry's and got the appropriate voltage converter.

Than when I (unfortunately) got my PS2 hardmodded, I got my electricity adapter in the PS2 replaced with an American rather than European one.


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22. May 2009 @ 01:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi OmriSama,

Did you use the existing power cable that came with your European PS2? Did you have to purchase a plug adapter since the European plug ends are different from the USA plug ends?

Why do you regret modding your PS2? I thought it was advantagious to do that?
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22. May 2009 @ 09:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by gamingmtx:
Hi OmriSama,

Did you use the existing power cable that came with your European PS2? Did you have to purchase a plug adapter since the European plug ends are different from the USA plug ends?

Why do you regret modding your PS2? I thought it was advantagious to do that?
Well, when I got it modded I also got a American PS2 cable, but I used some sort of 'plug end' converters, from UK to US. Those are kinda easy to find I guess.

Modding is an advantage, but, it's not good when 4 or 5 years after you mod your PS2 the modchip dies and takes your whole PS2 with it.


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