Will a Bose Wave Music system purchased from USA work in the UK especially the radio (FM) ?
filed in Uncategorized on Oct.23, 2008
I already have a transformer to convert the voltage. My wife is in the USA on a visit and the Bose Wave music system there is nearly half price (500 dollars vs. 450 pounds here) . My only concern is that will I be able to pick up UK FM radio signals ? The sales guy in the USA bose store was saying the USA bose radio only tunes into odd channel numbers.. i.e. 98.7 …or 105.9… etc.. where as in UK there are even numbered stations. eg. 98.5… 106.2… etc… So will it work here..? Surely the user must be able to manually tune into any FM frequency he / she chooses ? . any help much appreciated. Rgds.
This is a great question. The sales guy was right. It won't tune properly because the UK standard of tuning goes in even increments and the US standard goes in odd increments. For example, UK- 98.2, 98.4, 98.6 American- 98.1, 98.3, 98.5
Some high end tuners allow you to tune both odd and even, but the Bose wave radio most definitely is NOT high end. I would never spend $500 for a clock radio. You can do much better for much less.
October 23rd, 2008 on 5:54 pm
I think so, all AM, FM, or PM are RF(radio frequency). It not only works on earth it will work on other planet. The only problem you may have is the station numbers. For example, 98.5 FM may be for rock station in US, but it will be something else in your country.
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October 23rd, 2008 on 6:32 pm
This is a great question. The sales guy was right. It won't tune properly because the UK standard of tuning goes in even increments and the US standard goes in odd increments. For example, UK- 98.2, 98.4, 98.6 American- 98.1, 98.3, 98.5
Some high end tuners allow you to tune both odd and even, but the Bose wave radio most definitely is NOT high end. I would never spend $500 for a clock radio. You can do much better for much less.
References :