diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.cpp
index 2f6bf0ce0..a7f94baec 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.cpp
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ using namespace std;
 CSignalBar::CSignalBar()
 {
 	initVarSigBar();
+	sb_name 	= "SIG";
 	initSBItems();
 }
 
-CSignalBar::CSignalBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref)
+CSignalBar::CSignalBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref, const string& sbname)
 {
 	initVarSigBar();
 	sb_frontend 	= frontend_ref;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ CSignalBar::CSignalBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int
 	y 		= ypos;
 	width 		= w;
 	height 		= h;
+	sb_name		= sbname;
 
 	initSBItems();
 }
@@ -115,7 +117,6 @@ void CSignalBar::initVarSigBar()
 	sb_scale 	= NULL;
 	sb_vlbl		= NULL;
 	sb_lbl		= NULL;
-	sb_name		= "SIG";
 }
 
 void CSignalBar::initSBarScale()
@@ -245,36 +246,6 @@ void CSignalBar::paint(bool do_save_bg)
 
 
 //*******************************************************************************************************************************
-CSignalNoiseRatioBar::CSignalNoiseRatioBar()
-{
-	initVarSnrBar();
-#if 0  // called from base (CSignalBar) ctor
-	initSBItems();
-#endif
-}
-
-CSignalNoiseRatioBar::CSignalNoiseRatioBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref)
-{
-	initVarSnrBar();
-	sb_frontend 	= frontend_ref;
-	x 		= xpos;
-	y 		= ypos;
-	width 		= w;
-	height 		= h;
-
-#if 0  // called from base (CSignalBar) ctor
-	initSBItems();
-#endif
-}
-
-void CSignalNoiseRatioBar::initVarSnrBar()
-{
-#if 0  // called from base (CSignalBar) ctor
-	initVarSigBar();
-#endif
-	sb_name	= "SNR";
-}
-
 void CSignalNoiseRatioBar::Refresh()
 {
 	//get current value from frontend
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.h b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.h
index a5730e785..3945cdbb8 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.h
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #endif
 
-// #include <global.h>
-// #include <neutrino.h>
+
 #include <gui/components/cc_frm.h>
 #include <gui/components/cc_item_progressbar.h>
 #include <gui/components/cc_item_text.h>
@@ -116,7 +115,7 @@ class CSignalBar : public CComponentsForm
 	public:
 		CSignalBar();
 		///basic component class constructor for signal.
-		CSignalBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref);
+		CSignalBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref, const std::string& sb_name = "SIG");
 
 		///assigns the current used frontend, simplified a tuner object, see frontend_c.h
 		virtual void setFrontEnd(CFrontend *frontend_ref){sb_frontend = frontend_ref;};
@@ -155,14 +154,11 @@ class CSignalNoiseRatioBar : public CSignalBar
 		///refresh current item properties, use this before paintScale().
 		void Refresh();
 
-	protected:
-		///initialize all needed basic attributes and objects
-		void initVarSnrBar();
-
 	public:
-		CSignalNoiseRatioBar();
+		CSignalNoiseRatioBar(){};
 		///basic component class constructor for signal noise ratio.
-		CSignalNoiseRatioBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref);
+		CSignalNoiseRatioBar(const int& xpos, const int& ypos, const int& w, const int& h, CFrontend *frontend_ref)
+					: CSignalBar(xpos, ypos, w, h, frontend_ref, "SNR"){};
 };
 
 /// Class CSignalBox() provides CSignalBar(), CSignalNoiseRatioBar() scales at once.
@@ -172,7 +168,7 @@ additional of CSignalBar()- and CSignalNoiseRatioBar()-objects.
 
 
 To add a signalbox object to your code add this to a header file:
-#include <gui/widget/signalbars.h>
+#include <gui/components/cc_frm_signalbars.h>
 
 class CSampleClass
 {