diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
index 27765d19ba..64633faad0 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/bin/tvheadend.start
@@ -72,11 +72,6 @@ for driver_dvb in $(find /storage/.xbmc/addons/driver.dvb.*/bin/userspace-driver
   . $driver_dvb
 done
 
-# (wait for) at least 1 adapter (xbmc allows to set 0)
-# xbmc allows "numeric" type field to be empty. lets handle thaat
-[ "$NUM_ADAPTERS" = "" ] && NUM_ADAPTERS=1
-# 0 does not make sense. should be 1 or more
-[ $NUM_ADAPTERS -lt 1 ] && NUM_ADAPTERS=1
 if [ "$WAIT_FOR_FEINIT" == "true" ] ; then
   while [ true ] ; do
     if [ -e /dev/dvb/adapter$((NUM_ADAPTERS-1))/frontend0 ] ; then
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml
index b1071e5f60..70da9b4c8d 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/tvheadend/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<setting label="1020" type="lsep"/>
 		<setting type="sep" />
 		<setting id="WAIT_FOR_FEINIT" type="bool" label="1022" default="false" />
-		<setting id="NUM_ADAPTERS" type="number" label="1023" default="1" enable="eq(-1,true)" />
+		<setting id="NUM_ADAPTERS" type="slider" range="1,16" option="int" label="1023" default="1" enable="eq(-1,true)" />
 		<setting id="REMOVE_MODULES" type="text" label="1021" values="" default=""/>
 		<setting id="PRELOAD_CAPMT_CA" type="bool" label="1024" default="false" />
     </category>