diff --git a/src/zapit/include/zapit/getservices.h b/src/zapit/include/zapit/getservices.h
index 7783bcfbb..0233b9016 100644
--- a/src/zapit/include/zapit/getservices.h
+++ b/src/zapit/include/zapit/getservices.h
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ class CServiceManager
 		CZapitChannel* FindChannelByName(std::string name);
 		CZapitChannel* FindCurrentChannel(const t_channel_id channel_id);
 		CZapitChannel* FindChannel48(const t_channel_id channel_id);
+		CZapitChannel* FindChannelFuzzy(const t_channel_id channel_id,
+						const t_satellite_position pos, const freq_id_t freq);
 
 		std::string GetServiceName(t_channel_id channel_id);
 
diff --git a/src/zapit/src/getservices.cpp b/src/zapit/src/getservices.cpp
index 0aa479238..693da3522 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/getservices.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/getservices.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  *
  * (C) 2002, 2003 by Andreas Oberritter <obi@tuxbox.org>
  *
+ * (C) 2007-2009, 2013 Stefan Seyfried
+ *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
@@ -220,6 +222,18 @@ CZapitChannel * CServiceManager::FindChannel48(const t_channel_id channel_id)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+CZapitChannel* CServiceManager::FindChannelFuzzy(const t_channel_id channel_id,
+						 const t_satellite_position pos, const freq_id_t freq)
+{
+	CZapitChannel *ret;
+	ret = FindChannel48(channel_id);
+	if (!ret || !(pos == ret->getSatellitePosition()))
+		return NULL;
+	if (abs((int)ret->getFreqId() - (int)freq) < 3)
+		return ret;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 bool CServiceManager::GetAllRadioChannels(ZapitChannelList &list, int flags)
 {
 	list.clear();