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"GBA SP - Question relating to Overeas usage"

I'm going to America in the Summer, and I suddenly thought. The GBA SP (UK) has a three pin plug (Obviously) so to use it in America, would it be possbile to use a plug adapter (Ie. A two- prong to three pin thingy) or would I have to go splash out on a step-up converter?

Another thing, do American cars have the same voltage flowing through cigarette lighters? I mean, I guess an in-car charger is in planning/ already produced so it would be helpful to know if I could use a UK one there.


Help apprechiated.

I still think the Li-ion battery is a good idea, batteries are so expensive these days.

I said this when it was first announced and you all said I was wrong

IT SHOULD JUST USE NORML BATTERIES

Lithium ion batteries suck, a whole 10 hours of play before it has to be recharged, and then after a while it will only last about 8 hours, yippee.

Microchips wrote:
> If it doesn't work, he'll pay, oh yes,
> he'll pay.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Oh, wait.

Never mind.

I already have a step-down converteor for my Cube, but the thing is, I want a UK one. If it breaks, I can get it fixed here, you see. My dad says it should work fine, considering the plug will actually have a transformer in it anyway. If it doesn't work, he'll pay, oh yes, he'll pay.

.....Or the other way around - yep, you can get step up converters too. Just take that to america with you.

It's no big deal.
Get one in america, then when you get back to the UK, go to Maplin or someother electrical shop and get a 240 - 110v stepdown transformer and a plug adaptor. It'll come to around a tenner.

Magic. I got a reply from Nintendo of America stating:

"Like other electronic products, there are important electrical differences to
consider. As a result, there are safety considerations as well.

For these reasons, and others, Nintendo products have notices printed on the box
letting you know in which country the product is designed to be sold and used.
For example, the United States have "FOR SALE, RENTAL AND USE ONLY IN USA,
CANADA, MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA" printed on the boxes.

To resolve this situation, we recommend that you contact the retail outlet where
the product will be purchased. As you can see, we don't recommend the use of
electrical products in other countries."



Great.... What's the use of having a Gameboy that's designed to be played ON THE GO when it's reccomended to leave it at home?


Congrats, Nintendo. You've buggered up. *applauds*


"There you go; I hope this helped. Thanks for your email and good luck with all
your games!"


Heh, you mean the games that I'd have liked to have played whilst in America, but nevermind. It;s going to be a long summer....


*sigh*

Oh dear. Mixed opinions really.

Hmmm... I think an Email to Ninty is required here. Thanks though.

My brother used a 3 pin to 2 pin adaptor in America to charge his mini-disc player, but it didnt work, there wasnt enough power running through the circuit.

america uses 115 V while UK uses 230-240!

my brother bought a digital camera in america, he got an adaptor from two pin to 3 pin. the camera worked ok!