diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 0ab944f6..8f5430d8 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7824,3 +7824,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - cDevice::IsPrimaryDevice() now also checks whether the primary device actually has
   a decoder and returns false otherwise. This should improve device allocation on
   systems that are only used as a receiver and don't actually display anything.
+- Increased the value of MAXRETRIES to 20 to reduce the probability of disturbances
+  in transfer mode.
diff --git a/transfer.c b/transfer.c
index 653e93b4..41193666 100644
--- a/transfer.c
+++ b/transfer.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: transfer.c 2.8 2013/03/01 09:50:15 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: transfer.c 2.8.1.1 2013/08/22 12:37:02 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "transfer.h"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void cTransfer::Activate(bool On)
      cPlayer::Detach();
 }
 
-#define MAXRETRIES     5 // max. number of retries for a single TS packet
+#define MAXRETRIES    20 // max. number of retries for a single TS packet
 #define RETRYWAIT      5 // time (in ms) between two retries
 
 void cTransfer::Receive(uchar *Data, int Length)