diff --git a/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp b/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp
index c19f612dc..17d7197df 100644
--- a/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/infoviewer.cpp
@@ -193,10 +193,6 @@ void CInfoViewer::start ()
 	time_left_width = 2 * g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_INFOBAR_CHANNAME]->getWidth(); /* still a kludge */
 	time_dot_width = g_Font[SNeutrinoSettings::FONT_TYPE_INFOBAR_CHANNAME]->getRenderWidth(":");
 	time_width = time_left_width* 2+ time_dot_width;
-
-	const int lcd_update_time_tv_mode = (60 * 1000 * 1000);
-	if (lcdUpdateTimer == 0)
-		lcdUpdateTimer = g_RCInput->addTimer (lcd_update_time_tv_mode, false, true);
 }
 
 void CInfoViewer::changePB()
@@ -1893,6 +1889,13 @@ void CInfoViewer::showEpgInfo()   //message on event change
 	}
 }
 
+void CInfoViewer::setUpdateTimer(uint64_t interval)
+{
+	g_RCInput->killTimer(lcdUpdateTimer);
+	if (interval)
+		lcdUpdateTimer = g_RCInput->addTimer(interval, false);
+}
+
 #if 0
 int CInfoViewerHandler::exec (CMenuTarget * parent, const std::string & /*actionkey*/)
 {
diff --git a/src/gui/infoviewer.h b/src/gui/infoviewer.h
index acecd909a..e2d5a9b95 100644
--- a/src/gui/infoviewer.h
+++ b/src/gui/infoviewer.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class CInfoViewer
 	CProgressBar *snrscale, *sigscale, *timescale;
 	bool casysChange;
 	bool channellogoChange;
+	uint32_t lcdUpdateTimer;
+
 	void paintBackground(int col_Numbox);
 	void show_Data( bool calledFromEvent = false );
 	void display_Info(const char *current, const char *next, bool UTF8 = true,
@@ -136,7 +138,6 @@ class CInfoViewer
 	bool     chanready;
 	bool	 is_visible;
 	bool	 virtual_zap_mode;
-	uint32_t lcdUpdateTimer;
 	char     aspectRatio;
 	uint32_t sec_timer_id;
 
@@ -170,6 +171,8 @@ class CInfoViewer
 	void    showSNR();
 	void    Init(void);
 	bool    SDT_freq_update;
+	void	setUpdateTimer(uint64_t interval);
+	uint32_t getUpdateTimer(void) { return lcdUpdateTimer; }
 };
 #if 0
 class CInfoViewerHandler : public CMenuTarget