diff -Bur ./apps/gui/gwps-common.c ../settings/apps/gui/gwps-common.c
--- ./apps/gui/gwps-common.c	2007-11-06 11:10:01.000000000 +0100
+++ ../settings/apps/gui/gwps-common.c	2007-11-06 11:11:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -2072,16 +2072,13 @@
     display->update();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKLIGHT
-    if (global_settings.caption_backlight && state->id3)
+    if ((global_settings.caption_backlight>0) && state->id3)
     {
         /* turn on backlight n seconds before track ends, and turn it off n
            seconds into the new track. n == backlight_timeout, or 5s */
-        int n = backlight_timeout_value[global_settings.backlight_timeout]
-                * 1000;
-
-        if ( n < 1000 )
-            n = 5000; /* use 5s if backlight is always on or off */
-
+        int n = caption_backlight_timeout_value[global_settings.caption_backlight] * 1000;
+        if ( n < 1000)
+            n = 50; /* use 50ms as min */
         if (((state->id3->elapsed < 1000) ||
              ((state->id3->length - state->id3->elapsed) < (unsigned)n)) &&
             (state->paused == false))
diff -Bur ./apps/settings.h ../settings/apps/settings.h
--- ./apps/settings.h	2007-11-06 11:10:01.000000000 +0100
+++ ../settings/apps/settings.h	2007-11-06 06:52:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
     int jump_scroll_delay; /* Delay between jump scroll screens */
 #endif
     bool fade_on_stop; /* fade on pause/unpause/stop */
-    bool caption_backlight; /* turn on backlight at end and start of track */
+    int caption_backlight; /* turn on backlight at end and start of track */
 
 #if CONFIG_TUNER
     int fm_freq_step;    /* Frequency step for manual tuning, in kHz */
diff -Bur ./apps/settings_list.c ../settings/apps/settings_list.c
--- ./apps/settings_list.c	2007-11-06 11:10:01.000000000 +0100
+++ ../settings/apps/settings_list.c	2007-11-06 11:14:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -229,6 +227,22 @@
         return LANG_ON;
     return TALK_ID(backlight_timeout_value[value], UNIT_SEC);
 }
+
+static const char caption_backlight_times_conf [] ="off,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,15,20";
+static void caption_backlight_formatter(char *buffer, size_t buffer_size, int val, const char *unit)
+{
+    (void)unit;
+    if (val == 0)
+        strcpy(buffer, str(LANG_OFF));
+    else
+        snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "%d s", caption_backlight_timeout_value[val]);
+}
+static long caption_backlight_getlang(int value)
+{
+    if (value == 0)
+        return LANG_OFF;
+    return TALK_ID(caption_backlight_timeout_value[value], UNIT_SEC);
+}
 #endif
 /* ffwd/rewind and scan acceleration stuff */
 static const unsigned char ff_rewind_min_stepvals[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10,15,20,25,30,45,60};
@@ -562,8 +576,7 @@
 /** End of old RTC config block **/
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BACKLIGHT
-    OFFON_SETTING(0,caption_backlight, LANG_CAPTION_BACKLIGHT, 
-        false,"caption backlight",NULL),
+    INT_SETTING_W_CFGVALS(0, caption_backlight, LANG_CAPTION_BACKLIGHT, 6, "caption backlight", caption_backlight_times_conf, UNIT_SEC, 0, 14, 1, caption_backlight_formatter, caption_backlight_getlang, NULL),
 #ifdef HAVE_REMOTE_LCD
     OFFON_SETTING(0,remote_caption_backlight, LANG_CAPTION_BACKLIGHT, 
         false,"remote caption backlight",NULL),
diff -Bur ./firmware/backlight.c ../settings/firmware/backlight.c
--- ./firmware/backlight.c	2007-11-06 11:10:00.000000000 +0100
+++ ../settings/firmware/backlight.c	2007-11-06 08:03:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
 {
     -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 45, 60, 90
 };
+const signed char caption_backlight_timeout_value[14] =
+{
+    -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 20
+};
 
 #define BACKLIGHT_ON 1
 #define BACKLIGHT_OFF 2
diff -Bur ./firmware/export/backlight.h ../settings/firmware/export/backlight.h
--- ./firmware/export/backlight.h	2007-10-08 06:00:25.000000000 +0200
+++ ../settings/firmware/export/backlight.h	2007-11-06 10:53:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 void backlight_set_timeout_plugged(int index);
 extern const signed char backlight_timeout_value[];
+extern const signed char caption_backlight_timeout_value[];
 
 #ifdef HAS_BUTTON_HOLD
 void backlight_hold_changed(bool hold_button);