Hi all-
I got interested in the Pioneer players capable of playing laser discs and also five CDs or CD-Video discs. Tonight, as I tried some searches, I noticed that each of the Pioneer five-disc-capable players (such as the Pioneer CLD-M401) is described in the CD part of its page as a "multi-charger". Charger, as in charge a battery, not changer, as in change from one disc to another.
In the USA, I am used to calling such players (when I had one for CDs in the 1980s) "five-disc changers" or "5 disc changers". Using those terms or just "changer" or "changers" were not successful at all.
So, is this a mis-spelling bug, or is the word "charger" appropriate in non-USA languages or translations?
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Re: Bug, or language difference? "charger" versus "changer"
That would be a mis-translation from French to English 
"chargeur" in French means "loader" (as in "loading a disc"), but not the same in English.
Changer definitely sounds better.
Julien
"chargeur" in French means "loader" (as in "loading a disc"), but not the same in English.
Changer definitely sounds better.
Julien