Tektronix TDS3VID User Manual

User Manual

TDS3VID
Extended Video
Application Module

071-0328-01

*P071032801*

071032801

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Contents

Safety Summary 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installing the Application Module 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TDS3VID Features 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accessing Extended Video Functions 7. . . . . . . . . . . .

Extended Video Conventions 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Changes to the Video Trigger Menu 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Changes to the Display Menu 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Changes to the Acquire Menu 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Video QuickMenu 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Examples 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Handle Components Carefully. Do not slide sensitive

components over any surface. Do not touch exposed
connector pins. Handle sensitive components as little as
possible.

Transport and Store Carefully . Transport and store sensitive

components in a static-protected bag or container.

Manual Storage

The oscilloscope front cover has a convenient place to
store this manual.

Safety Summary

To avoid potential hazards, use this product only as
specified. While using this product, you may need to
access other parts of the system. Read the General Safety
Summary in other system manuals for warnings and
cautions related to operating the system.

Preventing Electrostatic Damage

CAUTION. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can

damage components in the oscilloscope and its
accessories. To prevent ESD, observe these
precautions when directed to do so.

Use a Ground Strap. W ear a grounded antistatic wrist strap

to discharge the static voltage from your body while
installing or removing sensitive components.

Use a Safe Work Area. Do not use any devices capable of

generating or holding a static charge in the work area
where you install or remove sensitive components.
Avoid handling sensitive components in areas that have a
floor or benchtop surface capable of generating a static
charge.

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Installing the TDS3VID Application Module

Refer to the TDS3000 & TDS3000B Series Application
Module Installation Instructions for instructions on

installing and testing the application module.

TDS3VID Features

Video QuickMenu. Use the video QuickMenu to display

bottom and side menus that contain commonly-used
video functions useful for displaying and measuring
video signals.

Video Autoset. Use the Autoset function to automatically

adjust the vertical, horizontal, and video trigger settings
to display a video waveform triggered on all lines or
fields. You can then manually adjust controls to optimize
the display.

Vectorscope. Use the Vectorscope function with 100%

and 75% color bars to analyze standard video or analog
HDTV color difference video signals using a familiar
display format.

Video Picture. Use the Video Picture function to display a

monochrome picture of a composite or luminance video
signal.

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Video Graticules. Use the video graticule functions to

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Accessing Extended Video Functions

The following text describes how to access the Extended
Video functions in the menu system.

Video QuickMenu. To display the video QuickMenu, push

the QUICKMENU panel button, then the Menu bottom
button to select and display the video QuickMenu.
Vectorscope and Video Picture are accessible from the
video QuickMenu.

Video Triggering. To access extended video trigger

functions, push the TRIGGER MENU button, then the
Type bottom screen button, to display and select Video

triggering.

Video Autoset. There are two ways to access video

Autoset :
To access video Autoset from the ACQUIRE menu, do

these steps:

1. Push the ACQUIRE MENU button to display the

Acquire menu.

2. Push the Autoset bottom button to display the

Autoset side menu.

3. Push the Video Autoset side button to automatically

display a video waveform triggered on all lines.

change the standard oscilloscope graticule to either IRE
(for 525/NTSC signals) or mV (for PAL/SECAM or
component signals) with the vertical scale set to 143
mV/div. The video graticules include labeled marks for
manual component signal measurement. The standard
graticules are also available.

Video On Specific Lines (Line Select). Use the trigger on

lines function to trigger the oscilloscope on specific lines
in broadcast and non-broadcast (custom) video wave­forms.

Analog HDTV. Use the analog HDTV functions to trigger

the oscilloscope on different HDTV formats.

Field Holdoff. Use the field holdoff function to specify a

number of fields to wait before re-enabling triggering.
This lets the oscilloscope always trigger on a single field
(for example, field 1 or field 3 of NTSC) instead of on
both field 1 and field 3.

Custom Video. Use the custom video function to specify

custom horizontal scan rates in order to trigger on
non-broadcast video waveforms, such as those used by
computer monitors and medical equipment displays.

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