diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 35d36e5a..5406d8a5 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -80,3 +80,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Channel names and timer filenames can now contain blanks. To avoid problems
   with file names that contain blanks, all blanks in recording file names are
   converted to underscores.
+- The polarization can now be given in uppercase or lowercase characters in
+  channels.conf.
diff --git a/dvbapi.c b/dvbapi.c
index d8d2e57a..b6f34143 100644
--- a/dvbapi.c
+++ b/dvbapi.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.13 2000/07/15 16:03:13 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbapi.c 1.14 2000/07/16 15:28:50 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbapi.h"
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ bool cDvbApi::SetChannel(int FrequencyMHz, char Polarization, int Diseqc, int Sr
      front.freq      = freq * 1000000UL;
      front.diseqc    = Diseqc;
      front.srate     = Srate * 1000;
-     front.volt      = (Polarization == 'v') ? 0 : 1;
+     front.volt      = (Polarization == 'v' || Polarization == 'V') ? 0 : 1;
      front.video_pid = Vpid;
      front.audio_pid = Apid;
      front.fec       = 8;