diff --git a/src/demoreader.cpp b/src/demoreader.cpp
--- a/src/demoreader.cpp
+++ b/src/demoreader.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-  Copyright © 2017 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
+  Copyright © 2018 Hasan Yavuz Özderya
 
   This file is part of serialplot.
 
@@ -25,21 +25,23 @@
 #define M_PI 3.14159265358979323846
 #endif
 
-DemoReader::DemoReader(QIODevice* device, ChannelManager* channelMan,
-                       DataRecorder* recorder, QObject* parent) :
-    AbstractReader(device, channelMan, recorder, parent)
+DemoReader::DemoReader(QIODevice* device, QObject* parent) :
+    AbstractReader(device, parent)
 {
     paused = false;
-    _numOfChannels = 1;
+    _numChannels = _settingsWidget.numChannels();
+    connect(&_settingsWidget, &DemoReaderSettings::numChannelsChanged,
+            this, &DemoReader::onNumChannelsChanged);
+
     count = 0;
     timer.setInterval(100);
-    QObject::connect(&timer, &QTimer::timeout,
-                     this, &DemoReader::demoTimerTimeout);
+    connect(&timer, &QTimer::timeout,
+            this, &DemoReader::demoTimerTimeout);
 }
 
 QWidget* DemoReader::settingsWidget()
 {
-    return NULL;
+    return &_settingsWidget;
 }
 
 void DemoReader::enable(bool enabled)
@@ -51,22 +53,18 @@ void DemoReader::enable(bool enabled)
     else
     {
         timer.stop();
+        disconnectSinks();
     }
 }
 
-unsigned DemoReader::numOfChannels()
+unsigned DemoReader::numChannels() const
 {
-    return _numOfChannels;
+    return _numChannels;
 }
 
-void DemoReader::setNumOfChannels(unsigned value)
+void DemoReader::setNumChannels(unsigned value)
 {
-    _numOfChannels = value;
-}
-
-void DemoReader::pause(bool enabled)
-{
-    paused = enabled;
+    _settingsWidget.setNumChannels(value);
 }
 
 void DemoReader::demoTimerTimeout()
@@ -77,13 +75,23 @@ void DemoReader::demoTimerTimeout()
 
     if (!paused)
     {
-        double* samples = new double[_numOfChannels];
-        for (unsigned ci = 0; ci < _numOfChannels; ci++)
+        SamplePack samples(1, _numChannels);
+        for (unsigned ci = 0; ci < _numChannels; ci++)
         {
             // we are calculating the fourier components of square wave
-            samples[ci] = 4*sin(2*M_PI*double((ci+1)*count)/period)/((2*(ci+1))*M_PI);
+            samples.data(ci)[0] = 4*sin(2*M_PI*double((ci+1)*count)/period)/((2*(ci+1))*M_PI);
         }
-        addData(samples, _numOfChannels);
-        delete[] samples;
+        feedOut(samples);
     }
 }
+
+void DemoReader::onNumChannelsChanged(unsigned value)
+{
+    _numChannels = value;
+    updateNumChannels();
+}
+
+void DemoReader::onDataReady()
+{
+    // intentionally empty, required by AbstractReader
+}