Phil Allison wrote:
** That radio is no use in the UK.

Sony's specs say it is 120 volt and 60 Hz only - means the clock will be
way out and you will need a step down tranny.

Plus the AM channel spacing is set to 10 kHz instead of 9 kHz as in the UK .

Get one from a local UK supplier.

You dumb smartalec.

Phil, you charmer, I didn't see this earlier message from you. But
thanks.

The trouble with the model from the "local UK supplier" is that it ain't
got a backup battery, which is pretty damn stupid, wouldn't you agree
for a brilliant machine that will store 20 or so pre-sets . . . not to
mention the time.

So I would do as you say and buy the local version (an old version, BTW)
if there were some way of installing a backup battery between it and the
socket in the wall! :-) :-)

Eddy.

Eddy wrote:
Phil Allison wrote:
** That radio is no use in the UK.

Sony's specs say it is 120 volt and 60 Hz only - means the clock will be
way out and you will need a step down tranny.

Plus the AM channel spacing is set to 10 kHz instead of 9 kHz as in the UK .

Get one from a local UK supplier.

You dumb smartalec.

Phil, you charmer, I didn't see this earlier message from you. But
thanks.

The trouble with the model from the "local UK supplier" is that it ain't
got a backup battery, which is pretty damn stupid, wouldn't you agree
for a brilliant machine that will store 20 or so pre-sets . . . not to
mention the time.

The Sony UK website says it has a backup battery.
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/2899053311.pdf

--
Eiron.

Eiron wrote:
The Sony UK website says it has a backup battery.
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/2899053311.pdf

Thanks a lot, Eiron. I will go and check this out. (I've been reading
all these reviews on various sites of the UK version of this machine and
many bemoan the "fact" that it has not backup battery. Are we talking
about the same machine? Anyway, will check out your link!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...c-21/ref=nosim)

Eddy.

Eiron wrote:
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/2899053311.pdf
This pdf is all about the
Sony AM/FM/MP3/CD Black Clock Radio - ICFCD7000BLK
which isn't available in the UK, I understand, . . .

The Sony UK website says it has a backup battery.

however, you imply you found the pdf on the Sony UK website . . . so
maybe . . . hmmm . . . I'll go look

Eddy.

Eiron wrote:
The Sony UK website says it has a backup battery.
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/2899053311.pdf

You're RIGHT, Eiron, the technical page at Sony UK clearly states is has
"battery backup".

http://www.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProdu...lock+Radio#tab

But reviewer after reviewer states it hasn't!

Lasky's sells the model that reviewers say does, i.e. the one that's
going cheap at £30 in the States, but Lasky's is selling it for £117.

The only thing to do is for me to contact Sony tomorrow morning and get
the facts.

Ah . . . there's still hope I may yet get the "Dream Machine"!

Good night.

Eddy.

Eddy wrote:

Eiron wrote:
The Sony UK website says it has a backup battery.
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/2899053311.pdf

Thanks a lot, Eiron. I will go and check this out. (I've been reading
all these reviews on various sites of the UK version of this machine and
many bemoan the "fact" that it has not backup battery. Are we talking
about the same machine? Anyway, will check out your link!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...c-21/ref=nosim)

That's not even remotely the same item. It's got a completely different model
number.

Graham

"Eddy the Idiot "

Phil Allison wrote:

Ah, thanks a lot, Don. That's just fantastic! Worth the £17, I think,
given the delighted gasps of pleasure surrounding the particular
machine
in question!

** You are a ****ing IDIOT !!!

......... Phil

Phil, I think you and I live in completely different worlds.



** Firstly - YOU have no capacity for thinking.

Secondly - YOU live in an alternative universe - one that is full of
****wits.



........ Phil

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:47:52 GMT, Eddy
wrote:


Can anyone tell me if a radio that has a United States 110 Volt AC plug
on it can be used in the UK?

Years ago I bought a radio alarm-clock with a 110 Volt AC plug on it in
Far East and I have been using it here in the UK for the last ten years.
However, I have just turned it over and looked at it carefully and on
the back it states: power supply 110 Volts - 220 Volts.

The machine I want to buy can be seen at the following address, although
I think I can buy it from another US supplier. (I don't think
Amazon.com will ship to the UK anymore.)

http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ICF-CD700...=cm_cr_pr_pb_i

Thanks,

Eddy.

You can certainly buy a mains voltage converter for it (won't cost you
much more than a new clock radio, probably :-). But if this is like
most of them, it uses the mains frequency to run the clock. 50Hz vs
60Hz mains will make it run very slow.

**Unlikely. Given the level of automation and the fact that it has a battery
back-up, it is likely to be crystal locked. I purchased a Sony clock radio,
back in 1995, which was crystal locked, battery backed, digitally tuned, for
US$29.95. I installed an original Sony 240VAC transformer (cost AUS$3.00),
reset some thoughtfully labelled links (for 9kHz AM spacing) and am still
enjoying the rather respectable clock radio today. The cost of that product,
in Australia, was AUS$125.00.

Trevor Wilson

In article , Eddy eddy.bentle
scribeth thus
Eiron wrote:
The Sony UK website says it has a backup battery.
http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/2899053311.pdf

Thanks a lot, Eiron. I will go and check this out. (I've been reading
all these reviews on various sites of the UK version of this machine and
many bemoan the "fact" that it has not backup battery.

Whydda want a battery backup for?, dontcha need some excuse for being
late for work as the alarm didn't go off?...
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Tony Sayer

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:40:02 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Don Pearce wrote:
You can certainly buy a mains voltage converter for it (won't cost you
much more than a new clock radio, probably :-). But if this is like
most of them, it uses the mains frequency to run the clock. 50Hz vs
60Hz mains will make it run very slow.

Mains locked? The few I've had apart are crystal locked - necessary if you
wish battery backup. Which most radio alarms have.

Yup, you are probably dead right.

d

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