Well, first, I need to apologize: I have no idea if I am in the right place for my question or not ;-).... but I’ll try anyway!
i have soundbar for my TV, JBL 5.1 (model name jblbar51blk). It comes with a subwoofer as well. As I bought this unit in the US, the soundbar itself shows 110v (the subwoofer has its own plug and shows nothing re: voltage).
I will be moving to Europe in a week, where electricity is 220v. I’d love to bring my soundbar, and I know that most on the market are capable of sensing and adapting to dual voltage (even though sticker on them/user manual sometimes show only one voltage, either 110v or 220v is accepted ... this is likely a way for company to avoid people buying massively from one region and import in another ... eg my soundbar is $449 in the US, but 599 Euros in Europe!).
Now my question: As I don’t trust 100% the label that shows “110v”, is there a way to test with a multimeter, without entirely opening the unit, if my soundbar is capable of sensing input voltage and adapt so it doesn’t blow off if I plug into a 220v outlet? I hate to just take the risk of “trying” to plug it into 220v and “see what happens”.
As a note, there is an equivalent of my jblbar51blk model that is being sold in Europe as jblbar51blkep (not sure if “ep” stands in that case for just “european plugs” or “european power” or something else!
thank you so much!!
i have soundbar for my TV, JBL 5.1 (model name jblbar51blk). It comes with a subwoofer as well. As I bought this unit in the US, the soundbar itself shows 110v (the subwoofer has its own plug and shows nothing re: voltage).
I will be moving to Europe in a week, where electricity is 220v. I’d love to bring my soundbar, and I know that most on the market are capable of sensing and adapting to dual voltage (even though sticker on them/user manual sometimes show only one voltage, either 110v or 220v is accepted ... this is likely a way for company to avoid people buying massively from one region and import in another ... eg my soundbar is $449 in the US, but 599 Euros in Europe!).
Now my question: As I don’t trust 100% the label that shows “110v”, is there a way to test with a multimeter, without entirely opening the unit, if my soundbar is capable of sensing input voltage and adapt so it doesn’t blow off if I plug into a 220v outlet? I hate to just take the risk of “trying” to plug it into 220v and “see what happens”.
As a note, there is an equivalent of my jblbar51blk model that is being sold in Europe as jblbar51blkep (not sure if “ep” stands in that case for just “european plugs” or “european power” or something else!
thank you so much!!