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Harry · Jul 11th, 2002, 01:54 PM

I received a similar e-mail a few days ago. Here is my answer:

Unfortunately U.S. Ps2 and Australian Ps2 are not compatible.
First of all, the U.S. Ps2 are NTSC, while the Australian ones are PAL - in other words, they are designed for different video systems; adding to that, in Australia 220V sockets are used , while in U.S. 110V ones.

In order to play with your U.S. console in Australia, you'll need:

1- A Television which supports the NTSC signal - great part of the new TVs from Philips, Sony and others have this feature - or an NTSC/PAL adapter. This can be bought on Internet shops like www.lik-sang.com
2 - A stepdown converter to connect the Us console to the Australian sockets. You can find it in the shop mentioned above.

Also remember that with a U.S. console, you will be able to play only U.S. games and DVDs.

Hope this helps.

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Jul 11th, 2002, 01:54 PM	#2
Harry Administrator Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Here Posts: 1,222	I received a similar e-mail a few days ago. Here is my answer: Unfortunately U.S. Ps2 and Australian Ps2 are not compatible. First of all, the U.S. Ps2 are NTSC, while the Australian ones are PAL - in other words, they are designed for different video systems; adding to that, in Australia 220V sockets are used , while in U.S. 110V ones. In order to play with your U.S. console in Australia, you'll need: 1- A Television which supports the NTSC signal - great part of the new TVs from Philips, Sony and others have this feature - or an NTSC/PAL adapter. This can be bought on Internet shops like www.lik-sang.com 2 - A stepdown converter to connect the Us console to the Australian sockets. You can find it in the shop mentioned above. Also remember that with a U.S. console, you will be able to play only U.S. games and DVDs. Hope this helps.