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    Challenge of Voltage/Digital standards differences between USA and Asia

    Thank you so much for your help; this problem has been fixed now. As it turns out, my step down was causing the problem. I got a new "high end" transformer and the entire setup works like magic now. Had to use the PAL to NTSC converter as well; the US tv didn't understand the refresh rate of...
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    Challenge of Voltage/Digital standards differences between USA and Asia

    Unfortunately i have only 1 step down at the moment; but i have noticed another interesting quirk. I have connected my step down transformer to a fancy belkin surge protector that i have been using for some time. It has two indicators that read "Protected" and "Not Grounded". I noticed that...
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    Challenge of Voltage/Digital standards differences between USA and Asia

    Removed the Apple tv and even when both, TV and STB, are getting their power from the same Step down transformer, the circuitbreaker still trips when i connect the two through an HDMI cable.
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    Challenge of Voltage/Digital standards differences between USA and Asia

    thanks bulejets, is there a way to diagnose the problem?
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    Challenge of Voltage/Digital standards differences between USA and Asia

    thanks for the quick reply davenn. Is there a way to verify that the problem is the different ground levels between the TV/STB. and if so, are there ways to correct it without blowing stuff up :(
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    Challenge of Voltage/Digital standards differences between USA and Asia

    Hello, I recently moved from USA to Singapore and my love for my 5 year old 65 inch plasma TV forced me to bring it along with me. After doing a lot of research, I thought I had covered all bases to address the voltage and digital standards differences between the 2 countries but every time i...
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