Hi Michael,
You mean you threw on a travel plug adaptor or such like to convert the appalling 110v american electrical system plugs to the much better 240v australian one?
You needed a step-down transformer 240-110v,(same with japanese gear I think) which can supply enough current for the device that you want to run,although I guess you already know this now!
Anyway,you might be lucky and just the fuse in the TX81Z is blown,if not I would buy another one as getting someone to look at it would cost you more than the unit is worth,
I would imagine.
J
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--- In YamahaDX@..., "michaelcairns2011" <michaelcairns2011@...> wrote:
Hey, I'm new to the hardware synthesizer game and recently purchased a YAMAHA TX81Z from the us, overcome by excitement i impatiently threw on a cheap plug converter and plugged it in, at first the unit started to physically hum then within 8 seconds died.
I've opened up the unit and its quite clear to me that i have fried the transformer (everything else appears fine)
Would i have to contact Yamaha directly to get a new transformer ?
HELP!
P.S. I'm located in Australia.
