JVC DR-MV5S: using an NTSC/110V in Europe?
 

Does anyone know, if the DR-MV5S (NTSC version) has a switched power supply and will work without a converter in Europe? I know there's also a European/PAL version…

Thanks in advance.

PS: Back of machine says 120V/60Hz only, but the cake might be a lie…

It's hard to tel even in the service manual they list all versions and you can't tel which version of hardware you have, You can do an expensive experiment like one of the members here did by just plugging in the machine and prey to Jesus. A tel tale of a switched transformer is the small size of it but it is not always the case that a switched power supply can work with all voltages.

Post pictures of the back of the machine and inside of the power section.

Thanks for your swift response, latreche34.

The unit I ordered is still in transit, so all I can provide for now is a picture of its back (see attachment).

I'm sorry for the lack of information, was hoping someone has a machine and had details on the power supply.

The unit finally arrived, here are some pics of the power supply.

Oh wow, it took almost two months to arrive. The fuse is marked for 250V which is a good sign. Now, what does the big capacitors say? Can you read the voltages? Capacitor will fail in a short amount of time if they are rated for smaller voltage.

Thanks for your answer. Yep, took quite some time to arrive. Guess it got shipped by sea and not by air (maybe cause of size/weight).
The big capacitor reads 200V/300μF, the smaller ones 10V/150 μF & 16V/680μF.

10V and 16V are rectifying capacitors for DC current, don't worry about those. If you want to take the risk make sure you disconnect the main PCB and other loads so at most you loose the power board only.

The large primary side filter capacitor is normally 400V on switching power supplies in 230V areas. I don't know about that model specifically, but you can see that the power supply on the related DR-MV1S differs between japanese and european model on this schematic. If you look at the schematic e.g the schematics for the multisystem Samsung SV-7000W a 400V cap is used on that too, so I don't know if using this MV5S on 230V is safe.

Thanks for the input, hodgey & latreche34. I play it safe and use a step down/up converter then.