diff -Naur vdr-1.5.8-org/libsi/si.c vdr-1.5.8-current/libsi/si.c
--- vdr-1.5.8-org/libsi/si.c	2008-08-01 05:04:20.638866604 -0400
+++ vdr-1.5.8-current/libsi/si.c	2008-04-16 12:20:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -340,7 +340,8 @@
 // default ISO6937 is returned. If a table can be determined, the buffer
 // and length are adjusted accordingly.
 static const char *getCharacterTable(const unsigned char *&buffer, int &length, bool *isSingleByte = NULL) {
-   const char *cs = "ISO6937";
+//   const char *cs = "ISO6937"; //original
+   const char *cs = "ISO-8859-1";
    if (isSingleByte)
       *isSingleByte = false;
    if (length <= 0)