TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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Table of Contents 
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................................................... 5 
GETTING STARTED ......................................................... 10 
GDS-2000A Series Overview................. 11 
Appearance .......................................... 16 
Set Up .................................................. 29 
QUICK REFERENCE ......................................................... 41 
Menu Tree / Operation Shortcuts ........ 43 
Default Settings ................................... 61 
Built-in Help ........................................ 63 
MEASUREMENT .............................................................. 64 
Basic Measurement ............................. 65 
Automatic Measurement ...................... 72 
Cursor Measurement ........................... 85 
Math Operation ................................... 93 
CONFIGURATION .......................................................... 101 
Acquisition ........................................ 103 
Segmented Memory Acquisition Overview
 .......................................................... 111 
Display............................................... 124 
Horizontal View ................................. 130 
Vertical View (Channel) ...................... 137 
Trigger ............................................... 144 
Search ................................................ 163 
System Info / Language / Clock ......... 168 
OPTIONAL SOFTWARE and APPS. ................................. 174 
Applications ....................................... 175