diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a275edbb..42824d73 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2314,6 +2314,8 @@ Alexander Wenzel <hondansx@gmx.de>
  for fixing the shutdown timeout
  for making the script given to VDR with the '-r' option be also called whenever a
  recording is deleted
+ for making pressing the Play key during normal live viewing mode open the Recordings
+ menu if there is no "last viewed" recording
 
 Jan Lenz <email@JanLenz.de>
  for reporting a bug in deleting recordings that have been removed externally when
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index a1cb40c6..3544f1a8 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7271,3 +7271,8 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   whether a directory is empty. This allows users to continue to use files such as
   ".keep" to prevent a directory from being deleted when it is empty. Currently the
   only file name that is ignored is ".sort".
+
+2012-10-03: Version 1.7.32
+
+- Pressing the Play key during normal live viewing mode now opens the Recordings menu
+  if there is no "last viewed" recording (thanks to Alexander Wenzel).
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index a07310ee..03b6cf0d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: config.h 2.53 2012/09/15 11:51:54 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: config.h 2.54 2012/10/03 09:59:34 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __CONFIG_H
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@
 
 // VDR's own version number:
 
-#define VDRVERSION  "1.7.31"
-#define VDRVERSNUM   10731  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define VDRVERSION  "1.7.32"
+#define VDRVERSNUM   10732  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // The plugin API's version number:
 
-#define APIVERSION  "1.7.31"
-#define APIVERSNUM   10731  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
+#define APIVERSION  "1.7.32"
+#define APIVERSNUM   10732  // Version * 10000 + Major * 100 + Minor
 
 // When loading plugins, VDR searches them by their APIVERSION, which
 // may be smaller than VDRVERSION in case there have been no changes to
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 2e097bae..4ce7b269 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.tvdr.de
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 2.40 2012/09/24 12:43:04 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 2.41 2012/10/03 09:58:46 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -1238,6 +1238,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                      cControl::Shutdown();
                      cControl::Launch(new cReplayControl);
                      }
+                  else
+                     DirectMainFunction(osRecordings); // no last viewed recording, so enter the Recordings menu
                   break;
              default:    break;
              }