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Table of Contents
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .................................. 7
Safety Symbols ......................................................................... 7
Safety Guidelines ..................................................................... 8
Power cord for the United Kingdom ..................................... 10
GETTING STARTED ....................................... 11
Main Features ................................................................... 11
Panel Overview .................................................................. 13
Front Panel ............................................................................. 13
Rear Panel .............................................................................. 17
Display .................................................................................... 18
Setting up the Oscilloscope ............................................... 19
QUICK REFERENCE ....................................... 22
Menu Tree and Shortcuts................................................... 22
CH1/2 key ............................................................................... 23
Cursor key 1/2 ........................................................................ 24
Cursor key 2/2 ........................................................................ 24
Display key ............................................................................. 25
Autoset key ............................................................................. 25
Hardcopy key ......................................................................... 25
Help key .................................................................................. 25
Horizontal menu key ............................................................. 26
Math key 1/2 (+/-/x) .............................................................. 26
Math key 2/2 (FFT/FFT rms) ................................................ 27
Measure key ........................................................................... 28
Run/Stop key .......................................................................... 28
Save/Recall key 1/9 ................................................................ 29
Save/Recall key 2/9 ................................................................ 29
Save/Recall key 3/9 ................................................................ 30
Save/Recall key 4/9 ................................................................ 30
Save/Recall key 5/9 ................................................................ 31
Save/Recall key 6/9 ................................................................ 31
Save/Recall key 7/9 ................................................................ 32
Save/Recall key 8/9 ................................................................ 32
Save/Recall key 9/9 ................................................................ 33
Trigger key 1/6 ....................................................................... 33
Trigger key 2/6 ....................................................................... 34
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Trigger key 3/6 ....................................................................... 34
Trigger key 4/6 ....................................................................... 35
Trigger key 5/6 ....................................................................... 35
Trigger key 6/6 ....................................................................... 36
Utility key 1/4 ......................................................................... 36
Utility key 2/4 ......................................................................... 36
Utility key 3/4 ......................................................................... 37
Utility key 4/4 ......................................................................... 37
Default Settings ................................................................. 38
Built-in Help ...................................................................... 39
MEASUREMENT ............................................ 40
Basic Measurements ......................................................... 40
Activating a channel .............................................................. 40
Using Autoset ........................................................................ 41
Running and stopping the trigger ........................................ 42
Changing the horizontal position and scale ........................ 43
Changing the vertical position and scale ............................. 44
Using the probe compensation signal ................................. 45
Automatic Measurements .................................................. 47
Measurement items .............................................................. 47
Automatically measuring the input signals ......................... 49
Cursor Measurements ....................................................... 52
Using the horizontal cursors ................................................ 52
Using the vertical cursors ..................................................... 53
Math Operations ............................................................... 55
Overview ................................................................................. 55
Adding, subtracting or multiplying signals .......................... 56
Using the FFT function .......................................................... 57
CONFIGURATION ......................................... 59
Acquisition ........................................................................ 59
Selecting the acquisition mode ............................................ 59
Selecting Delay mode ............................................................ 61
Real time vs Equivalent time sampling mode ..................... 63
Display .............................................................................. 64
Selecting vector or dot drawing ............................................ 64
Accumulating the waveform ................................................. 64
Adjusting the display contrast .............................................. 65
Selecting the display grid ...................................................... 65
Horizontal View ................................................................. 66
Moving the waveform position horizontally ........................ 66