diff --git a/console/nii_dicom.cpp b/console/nii_dicom.cpp
index e627ee2a..4b658766 100644
--- a/console/nii_dicom.cpp
+++ b/console/nii_dicom.cpp
@@ -4348,7 +4348,7 @@ struct TDICOMdata readDICOMx(char *fname, struct TDCMprefs *prefs, struct TDTI4D
 #define kImplementationVersionName 0x0002 + (0x0013 << 16)
 #define kSourceApplicationEntityTitle 0x0002 + (0x0016 << 16)
 #define kDirectoryRecordSequence 0x0004 + (0x1220 << 16)
-// #define kSpecificCharacterSet 0x0008+(0x0005 << 16 ) //someday we should handle foreign characters...
+//#define kSpecificCharacterSet 0x0008+(0x0005 << 16 ) //someday we should handle foreign characters...
 #define kImageTypeTag 0x0008 + (0x0008 << 16)
 #define kSOPInstanceUID 0x0008 + (0x0018 << 16) // Philips inserts time as last item, e.g. ?.?.?.YYYYMMDDHHmmSS.SSSS
 // not reliable https://neurostars.org/t/heudiconv-no-extraction-of-slice-timing-data-based-on-philips-dicoms/2201/21
@@ -5436,6 +5436,14 @@ struct TDICOMdata readDICOMx(char *fname, struct TDCMprefs *prefs, struct TDTI4D
 			d.isSegamiOasis = true;
 			break;
 		}
+		/* case kSpecificCharacterSet : {
+			char charTxt[kDICOMStr];
+			dcmStr(lLength, &buffer[lPos], charTxt);
+			//issue878 dcm_qa_uih is ISO_IR 192 aka  UTF-8 !
+			if (strcmp(charTxt, "ISO_IR 100") != 0) {
+				printWarning("Issue878: Specific Character Set (0008,0005) is not ISO-IR 100. Non-latin characters may be mangled.\n");
+			}
+		} */
 		case kDirectoryRecordSequence: {
 			d.isRawDataStorage = true;
 			break;
diff --git a/console/nii_dicom.h b/console/nii_dicom.h
index 08657a95..fa8ce8b4 100644
--- a/console/nii_dicom.h
+++ b/console/nii_dicom.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define kCPUsuf " " // unknown CPU
 #endif
 
-#define kDCMdate "v1.0.20241022"
+#define kDCMdate "v1.0.20241024"
 #define kDCMvers kDCMdate " " kJP2suf kLSsuf kCCsuf kCPUsuf
 
 static const int kMaxEPI3D = 1024; // maximum number of EPI images in Siemens Mosaic
diff --git a/console/nii_dicom_batch.cpp b/console/nii_dicom_batch.cpp
index 6be40c84..2aec8038 100644
--- a/console/nii_dicom_batch.cpp
+++ b/console/nii_dicom_batch.cpp
@@ -1452,15 +1452,18 @@ tse3d: T2*/
 			} else
 				isSep = true;
 		}
-		if ((d.isHasMagnitude) && ((strstr(d.imageType, "_M_") == NULL) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_MAGNITUDE_") == NULL)))
+		//issue881 Philips enhanced includes magnitude and Hz images into one file
+		bool isHz = d.isHasReal && d.isRealIsPhaseMapHz;
+		//n.b. issue881 alias `M` does not prevent appending `MAGNITUDE`
+		if ((!isHz) && (d.isHasMagnitude) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_MAGNITUDE_") == NULL))
 			fprintf(fp, "\", \"MAGNITUDE");
-		if ((d.isHasPhase) && ((strstr(d.imageType, "_P_") == NULL) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_PHASE_") == NULL)))
+		if ((!isHz) && (d.isHasPhase) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_PHASE_") == NULL))
 			fprintf(fp, "\", \"PHASE");
-		if ((d.isHasReal) && ((strstr(d.imageType, "_R_") == NULL) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_REAL_") == NULL)))
+		if ((!isHz) && (d.isHasReal) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_REAL_") == NULL))
 			fprintf(fp, "\", \"REAL");
-		if ((d.isHasImaginary) && ((strstr(d.imageType, "_I_") == NULL) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_IMAGINARY_") == NULL)))
+		if ((!isHz) && (d.isHasImaginary) && (strstr(d.imageType, "_IMAGINARY_") == NULL))
 			fprintf(fp, "\", \"IMAGINARY");
-		if ((d.isRealIsPhaseMapHz) && ((strstr(d.imageType, "_FIELDMAPHZ_") == NULL)))
+		if ((isHz) && ((strstr(d.imageType, "_FIELDMAPHZ_") == NULL)))
 			fprintf(fp, "\", \"FIELDMAPHZ");
 		fprintf(fp, "\"],\n");
 	}