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Front-Panel Key Reference
Auto Couple
The Negative Peak detector displays the minimum of the signal within 
the bucket.
Neither average nor sample detectors measure amplitudes of CW 
signals as accurately as peak, because they may not find a spectral 
component’s true peak, but they do measure noise without the biases of 
peak detection.
The detector in use is indicated on the left side of the display. A # will 
appear next to it if the detector has been manually selected. 
Key Access: 
Auto Couple
Auto
  The system selects peak detection as the default, but if 
a condition arises where a different type of detection 
scheme provides greater accuracy, the system will use 
the alternate scheme. For example, when using the 
Marker Noise function, Auto mode selects Average 
detection for Res BWs > 300 Hz and Sample for Res 
BWs 
≤ 
300 Hz as shown in Figure 2-1. 
Key Access: 
Auto Couple, Detector Auto Man