Can I use an American Airport Extreme in the UK?

Hi guys,
I bought an Airport Extreme in the US sometime ago. I never managed to get it to work and gave up. My Wireless has gone down so I thought I would give it another go. Still can't get it to work.
Will a USA airport extreme work in UK?
I have updated firmware to version 7.4.2
The big issue I think is on the wireless options page I can only select America, Canada or a bunch of South American counties. Do the US have different wifi signals to UK?
Is there anyway of over writing the firmware with UK firmware?
Is it not any of the above and maybe I am just setting it up wrong?
Please help,
thanks.
Jamie

Welcome to the discussions!
+Will a USA airport extreme work in UK?+
Yes
+Do the US have different wifi signals to UK?+
Yes. UK uses channels 1-13. US uses 1-11. You won't be able to use 12 and 13 on your AirPort Extreme. I'm not sure about 5 GHz channels if you plan to use that frequency.
+Is there anyway of over writing the firmware with UK firmware?+
No
+maybe I am just setting it up wrong?+
If you can tell us what modem (make and model number) you are using with the AirPort Extreme, we may be able to help with the setup.

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