diff --git a/device.c b/device.c
index 09055ab..7c59fbb 100644
--- a/device.c
+++ b/device.c
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ cSatipDevice::cSatipDevice(unsigned int indexP)
   isPacketDeliveredM(false),
   isOpenDvrM(false),
   deviceNameM(*cString::sprintf("%s %d", *DeviceType(), deviceIndexM)),
-  channelM()
+  channelM(),
+  createdM(0),
+  mutexM()
 {
   unsigned int bufsize = (unsigned int)SATIP_BUFFER_SIZE;
   bufsize -= (bufsize % TS_SIZE);
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@ cString cSatipDevice::GetInformation(unsigned int pageP)
 bool cSatipDevice::Ready(void)
 {
   //debug("cSatipDevice::%s(%u)", __FUNCTION__, deviceIndexM);
-  return (cSatipDiscover::GetInstance()->GetServerCount() > 0);
+  return ((cSatipDiscover::GetInstance()->GetServerCount() > 0) || (createdM.Elapsed() > eReadyTimeoutMs));
 }
 
 cString cSatipDevice::DeviceType(void) const
diff --git a/device.h b/device.h
index 0514448..53c7873 100644
--- a/device.h
+++ b/device.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public:
 
   // private parts
 private:
+  enum {
+    eReadyTimeoutMs = 2000 // in milliseconds
+  };
   unsigned int deviceIndexM;
   bool isPacketDeliveredM;
   bool isOpenDvrM;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ private:
   cRingBufferLinear *tsBufferM;
   cSatipTuner *pTunerM;
   cSatipSectionFilterHandler *pSectionFilterHandlerM;
+  cTimeMs createdM;
   cMutex mutexM;
 
   // constructor & destructor