diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 05fcd76b..1f722319 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -514,6 +514,8 @@ Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>
  for suggesting to add 'repeat' function keys '7' and '9'
  for fixing handling rc key learning in case cRemote::Initialize() returns 'false'
  for suggesting to change the default "Lifetime" to 99
+ for pointing out that the LNB power needs to be explicitly turned on at startup,
+ because newer drivers don't do this any more
 
 Reinhard Walter Buchner <rw.buchner@freenet.de>
  for adding some satellites to 'sources.conf'
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index fdafdfd5..6bd77457 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -2743,3 +2743,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   cSchedule::Events() that returns the list of events directly.
 - Avoiding occasional bad responsiveness to user interaction caused by assigning
   events to timers.
+- Now explicitly turning on the LNB power at startup, because newer drivers don't
+  do this any more (thanks to Oliver Endriss for pointing this out).
diff --git a/dvbdevice.c b/dvbdevice.c
index 8ed62e1f..6e1d7f95 100644
--- a/dvbdevice.c
+++ b/dvbdevice.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.82 2004/02/24 10:12:13 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbdevice.c 1.83 2004/03/14 14:47:46 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbdevice.h"
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ cDvbTuner::cDvbTuner(int Fd_Frontend, int CardIndex, fe_type_t FrontendType, cCi
   useCa = false;
   tunerStatus = tsIdle;
   startTime = time(NULL);
+  CHECK(ioctl(fd_frontend, FE_SET_VOLTAGE, SEC_VOLTAGE_13)); // must explicitly turn on LNB power
   SetDescription("tuner on device %d", cardIndex + 1);
   Start();
 }