Stupid me ordering from usa

Hi guys

I have ordered a Sony CDX-M850MP ABP FACE CD MP3 Receiver from the states
and now someone has told me that it may not work in the uk because of tuning
issues.

Is this true? Would it be possible to make it work in the uk?

Dan


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Think its only the radio that has problems working because they operate on
differnt frequencies but if you didn't check that i'm guessing you didn't
check import duties-you could get stung

Sideshow wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I have ordered a Sony CDX-M850MP ABP FACE CD MP3 Receiver from the
> states and now someone has told me that it may not work in the uk
> because of tuning issues.
>
> Is this true? Would it be possible to make it work in the uk?
>
US FM stations are spaced .2 (can't remember the units) apart and the radios
only tune in to those steps.
In the uk we use .1 so you will be unable to get half the stations.

you *may* be able to change the FM stepping through the menus but I doubt
it.
You'll probably also be caught for VAT at 17.5% and import duty at about 5%
plus a fixed processing charge.
That will be a big bill for a stereo that probably won't work fully.
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:

> Sideshow wrote:
>
>>Hi guys
>>
>>I have ordered a Sony CDX-M850MP ABP FACE CD MP3 Receiver from the
>>states and now someone has told me that it may not work in the uk
>>because of tuning issues.
>>
>>Is this true? Would it be possible to make it work in the uk?
>>
>>
> US FM stations are spaced .2 (can't remember the units) apart and the radios
> only tune in to those steps.
> In the uk we use .1 so you will be unable to get half the stations.


And of course it wont have RDS.

John

"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOOOO!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c27vih$1ql1c1$1@ID-46820.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Sideshow wrote:
> > Hi guys
> >
> > I have ordered a Sony CDX-M850MP ABP FACE CD MP3 Receiver from the
> > states and now someone has told me that it may not work in the uk
> > because of tuning issues.
> >
> > Is this true? Would it be possible to make it work in the uk?
> >
> US FM stations are spaced .2 (can't remember the units) apart and the
radios
> only tune in to those steps.
> In the uk we use .1 so you will be unable to get half the stations.
>
> you *may* be able to change the FM stepping through the menus but I doubt
> it.
> You'll probably also be caught for VAT at 17.5% and import duty at about
5%
> plus a fixed processing charge.
> That will be a big bill for a stereo that probably won't work fully.

You used to be able to get a plug in module to convert stereo's to tune
correctly over here, not sure if it's available for modern stereo's tho,

RE: import duty, i just ordered some LED marker lights from america, they
were 6 dollars each for 12 led ones, over here they sell 6 led ones for 18
quid!!
my bill was 59 dollars, about 30 quid, and i got a 77p customs charge, £4
VAT, and £6 something bloody post office charges,

The vat and customs charges i can live with, but bloody post office charges,
made me pay an extra 11 quid on a 30 quid order, i was ok with this only
because even with the charges i got 4 times the ammount of lights that i
could have got over here for that price, and mine were bigger

Next time i'm sticking under the magical £18, then you don't attract customs
charges, it would have been cheaper for me to order 2 seperate lots of
lights i guess, postage was 5 dollars to the UK on my order, so i guess even
3 orders under £18 would have still saved me money.. mind how you can do
that with a stereo i don't know.. ask them to take it appart and post bits
of it over the next few months for you to re-assemble over here

<snip>
> That will be a big bill for a stereo that probably won't work fully.

Thanks for all your info.

I have managed to get the order changed to a Kenwood headunit that has a
switch to enable use in europe. I never really use RDS.

The guy is sending it to me as its a birthday present, hopefully i won't
have to pay customs charges.

Dan Coop


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Sideshow wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>That will be a big bill for a stereo that probably won't work fully.
>
>
> Thanks for all your info.
>
> I have managed to get the order changed to a Kenwood headunit that has a
> switch to enable use in europe.

Good-o!

> I never really use RDS.

Fair enough.

> The guy is sending it to me as its a birthday present, hopefully i won't
> have to pay customs charges.

Gifts still 'attract' duty and VAT'.

Guy
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