Index: libs/libmythtv/eitscanner.h
===================================================================
--- libs/libmythtv/eitscanner.h (revision 13732)
+++ libs/libmythtv/eitscanner.h (working copy)
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 
     bool             ignore_source;
 
+    uint             idle_time;
+
     static QMutex    resched_lock;
     static QDateTime resched_next_time;
 
Index: libs/libmythtv/eitscanner.cpp
===================================================================
--- libs/libmythtv/eitscanner.cpp       (revision 13732)
+++ libs/libmythtv/eitscanner.cpp       (working copy)
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "tv_rec.h"
 
+#include "libmyth/mythcontext.h"
+
 #include "channelbase.h"
 #include "iso639.h"
 #include "eitscanner.h"
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@
     QStringList langPref = iso639_get_language_list();
     eitHelper->SetLanguagePreferences(langPref);
 
+    idle_time = gContext->GetNumSetting("idleTimeoutSecs", 0);
+
     pthread_create(&eventThread, NULL, SpawnEventLoop, this);
 }
 
@@ -125,8 +129,13 @@
             }
 
             if (activeScanNextChan == activeScanChannels.end())
+            {
+                activeScanNextTrig = QDateTime::currentDateTime()
+                    .addSecs(idle_time);
                 activeScanNextChan = activeScanChannels.begin();
- 
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if (!(*activeScanNextChan).isEmpty())
             {
                 eitHelper->WriteEITCache();