Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I have moved from Europe to Japan 12 years ago with all my circus  
(really lot of instruments and other gear) and had to solve similar  
problem. My experience is:

- very few machines have PSU which accepts wide range of voltages and  
switch automatically to any input voltage (example - Emu Systems  
instruments, Apple computers...)

- only few instruments has universal transformer and voltage selector  
- mainly older machines (for example some Yamaha, Roland, Korg,  
Casio...)

- very few machines have voltage selector but quite unusable for my  
case as it can switch only 100 or 120 Volts, or 200 or 240 (example -  
Yamaha active speakers MS60S)

- few machine have universal transformer and inside are pins enabling  
reconnecting to different voltage (example - Korg mixer 168RC)

- very few machines have universal transformer but it's necessary to  
solder cables to different location (for example Roland JD800)

- most machines were manufactured for different world zones and can't  
be switched to different voltage without changing transformer. I have  
to use  step-up transformer changing Japanese 100 Volts to European  
220 Volts. I have custom made big transformer  - 5 kW - for all  
machines in my studio, one 2.5 kW which I use for concert gigs, and  
few more smaller for different tasks and reserve.

Let's not forget when you change the voltage, it's necessary to change  
also fuses! Try to find some information about this.

Daniel Forro


On Aug 31, 2015, at 11:16 PM, '350ypvs@...'  
350ypvs@... [CZsynth] wrote:

> Jerome, please post what you discover if you find a solution to your  
> Europe to Canada CZ-1 voltage problem. I have emigrated to the USA  
> and next year I will be shipping over my synth collection from the  
> UK, which includes mains powered CZ-1, FZ-20M and VZ-1. I was  
> looking at buying some 110v - 240 voltage converters, but if there's  
> a simple switch inside the Casios that can make them run on 110v  
> that would be much better.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Chas