Hi there, what about changing the colons (Doppelpunkte) in the channels.conf file to some other letter. Many programme labels contain colons (like 16:9 etc). In my personal vdr edition I am using | as separator. Deti -- Deti Fliegl Phone: +49 179 2198419 Fax: +49-1805-05255556258 e-mailto:deti@fliegl.de http://www.fliegl.de