spacemanspiff Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 one thing i forgot to check was, does the ac adaptor for the HD5 take voltage from outside the USi mean like do i need a power converter or just the plug adaptor to charge my hd5 abroad?thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MDX-400 Posted February 9, 2006 Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 I believe that the US adapter is going to be 120V only, unfortunately. I don't know why Sony does that because the adapters for other countries are universal voltage and carry the same or similar model numbers but differ in their plug pins and the fact that they are universal voltage.I believe the adapter is the AC-ES608K or something? The US ones I've seen are 120V only and the UK ones I've seen (for example) have UK prongs but are 100V-240V AC input capable.To be sure about your particular adapter, look on the adapter itself... It should have a line that says "INPUT". There it is either going to say 120V AC or it will say 100V-240V AC. If it is the former then you do not have a universal voltage adapter and will need a voltage converter; if it is the latter it can use any voltage provided you adapt the plug to fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2006 grr i think your rightanother 20 dollars i have to dropunless i find a cheap one at radio shack hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 yeah the ac adaptor isnt for international voltagegay gay gay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 (edited) could i just use the USB adaptor to charge the mp3 player? because the usb is standard across the world right?no big deal to charge it somewhere else? Edited February 14, 2006 by spacemanspiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Stuge Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 could i just use the USB adaptor to charge the mp3 player? because the usb is standard across the world right?no big deal to charge it somewhere else?You can charge your unit with USB but it will take about 6-7 hours to charge it fully (Depends upon how much battery was depleted ).Charging the unit with A/c adapter is very quick i. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 does anyone know the wattage of the HD5, if it is less than 50 Watts, i think i can use one of those voltage convereters.thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MDX-400 Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 does anyone know the wattage of the HD5, if it is less than 50 Watts, i think i can use one of those voltage convereters.thanks50W??? You're joking right? LOL. Way less than that. From the AC the adapter is around 7W, should say right on the adapter as well, right where the input voltage is it will say the power consumption as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 so one of those converters should be ok to use?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Stuge Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 so one of those converters should be ok to use??Which voltage converter do you want to use ??Specifications of voltage conveter also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 something like this:http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=searchor this:http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=2-...asin=B0000SVSL2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 MDX-400 Posted February 15, 2006 Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Yep either of those will be fine. Personally I'd probably go with the one from Target though, as it seems to offer more for the same price... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 spacemanspiff Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 coolthanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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one thing i forgot to check was, does the ac adaptor for the HD5 take voltage from outside the US
i mean like do i need a power converter or just the plug adaptor to charge my hd5 abroad?
thanks!
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