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aki
July 9th, 2004, 12:31
hi, i just bought a sony cdx-m850mp in New York. We installed and test the player and guess what, the damn radio can't find stations in Sweden. WHY? the guy in the store told us it could play in Europe but Sony in sweden said "no it can't"


and one has this prob?
darkcurves
July 9th, 2004, 15:15
Hmm, weird. What do they use in US and Europe?? FM, AM, SW or something??
Robert
July 9th, 2004, 15:35
We use AM and FM. But FM is the most popular.
darkcurves
July 9th, 2004, 16:39
I think FM is for short distance while AM is for further.
aki
July 9th, 2004, 17:08
no, i meant FM redio stations. there are something about the frequency ( http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/oddno.html )
darkcurves
July 9th, 2004, 22:19
Oh yeah,i heard about that problem. Btw, Malaysia FM is similar to the US freq. What is the FM broadcast for sweden?
Dean
July 10th, 2004, 10:36
Aus its 96 - 110 mhz or somehing
tandoc
July 10th, 2004, 18:59
no no.. the signal is completely different... i forgot the names of them.. but even on my mp3 player/radio it makes you change the settings to detect radio signals in Europe or the US....

similar to teh PAL/SECAM/NTSC thing, but with radio.
Dean
July 10th, 2004, 22:25
Could be a power issue, USA use 150v
darkcurves
July 11th, 2004, 00:12
Could be a power issue, USA use 150v

The radio wont work at all if that's the problem.
Dean
July 11th, 2004, 01:47
Not True
I had a disco ball that worked perfectly here.. untill it started to melt the plastic.
tandoc
July 11th, 2004, 04:13
its 110v... the guy in the store probably ripped you off.. i was in NYC 2 weeks ago.. my friends were interested in buying a cheap NetMD.. they kept asking him questions.. all he said was 'yes'... at least i managed to talk them out of it...
notnamed
July 11th, 2004, 10:05
You didn't buy it off the street I presume, but in some chain- or well-known store?
aki
July 11th, 2004, 17:26
no bought in NY (www.etronics.com). and the frequency are same BUT they use USA has 200khz and sweden use 100. which mean in USA, when u search from 90 and to 91mhz , you will get like this-> 90.1 90.3 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 ect
IN sweden will be like this-> 90.1 90.2 90.3.......91.1 91.2 ect
notnamed
July 11th, 2004, 22:02
which mean in USA, when u search from 90 and to 91mhz , you will get like this-> 90.1 90.3 90.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 ect
IN sweden will be like this-> 90.1 90.2 90.3.......91.1 91.2 ect

I don't see the difference? In the US, it skips around like that because rarely is there a station on each fraction of a frequency. You can still use the "tune" function to hop a fraction at a time.