Japanese consoles - TV and Power supplies

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Andavive
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Japanese consoles - TV and Power supplies

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Hi

Im starting my japanese hardware setup for videogames and i got two japanese consoles. The problem is they didnt come with a powersupply or TV cable.

I assume they work with the PAL AV cables for the Super Famicom and N64, but what about the power suply?

What type of Power Supply Unit / AC Adapter should i use? Can i use the PAL power suplys one the JAP consoles?

If you can post a guide about this, please do.

Thanks
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The important part is just making sure you have power supplies that output the proper voltage with the proper polarity. I believe SFC is 9V DC 1A, center negative, but double check to be sure.

To my knowledge all N64 power supplies output the same power so it shouldn't matter.
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What region are you in?

If I'm not mistaken, Japanese systems are NTSC which I don't think works on PAL unless you have some sort of signal converter.
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The important part is just making sure you have power supplies that output the proper voltage with the proper polarity. I believe SFC is 9V DC 1A, center negative, but double check to be sure.

To my knowledge all N64 power supplies output the same power so it shouldn't matter.

I read that the Megadrive 1 power supply works with the Super Famicom. But the more i read the more confuses i get.
Isnt there a guide, with images of the correct ac adapter, because all this talk of AC and DC it really confusing...

So can i us an N64 european ac adapter in a japanese N64?

If I'm not mistaken, Japanese systems are NTSC which I don't think works on PAL unless you have some sort of signal converter.

Im from Europe, but with recent TV`s i dont thing that is a problem anymore, as long as i use an AV cable.
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