diff --git a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
index a806c7c948..e390670560 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/bin/vdr.start
@@ -154,11 +154,6 @@ 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/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
index 10d29f374a..0a48f9e3ab 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
+++ b/packages/addons/service/multimedia/vdr-addon/source/resources/settings.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		<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="ENABLE_CHARSET_OVERRIDE" type="bool" label="1024" default="false" />
 		<setting id="CHARSET_OVERRIDE_STR" type="text" label="1025" visible="!eq(-1,false)" default="" />
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 		<setting type="sep" />
 		<setting id="PVR_PLUGIN" type="labelenum" label="1053" values="xvdr|vnsiserver" default="vnsiserver" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_IPTV" type="bool" label="1031" default="false" />
-		<setting id="IPTV_NUM_DEVICES" type="labelenum" label="1058" values="1|2|3|4" visible="!eq(-1,false)" default="1" />
+		<setting id="IPTV_NUM_DEVICES" type="slider" option="int" range="1,4" label="1058" visible="!eq(-1,false)" default="1" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_STREAMDEV_CLIENT" type="bool" label="1032" default="false" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_STREAMDEV_SERVER" type="bool" label="1033" default="false" />
 		<setting id="ENABLE_LIVE" type="bool" label="1038" default="false" />