"Makeshift" Travel Charger He

I'm travelling to China, Vietnam, and Cambodia 2 days from today. Unfortunately, I did not plan ahead in buying a travel charger for my Zen Micro. I do have the wall charger with only the US plug. There are no local retailers in my area that sell the travel charger, and I don't have time to order one online. Will the standard charger work in Asia by adding on a plug for the specific country I am in (ie these: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2036266&cp=&origkw=travel+adap ter&kw=travel+adapter&parentPage=search)? Or will I need a voltage converter (I believe china is 240v)? Any tips/suggestions? Thanks!
-David

If you check on the charger that you have it should tell you what voltage range it can cope with: my Zen Touch one can do between 00-240v, so yours might be similar. Then if the mains voltage of the country you're visiting is within this range, you can just use the country's plug and your current charger. Obviously, if the country's mains voltage is outside the range of your charger, plugging it directly in without a transformer is probably a bad idea.

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