GDS-800 Series Digital Storage Oscilloscope Operation Manual 
 
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DISPLAY: Press the DISPLAY pushbutton to change the appearance of the display 
and select how waveforms are presented.   
Note: Always 250 points plotted to screen on each acquisition. 
Type Vector/Dot:  
z  Type Vector: Press the F1 softkey to select vector display style. The instrument 
draws a vector between each pair of waveform points.   
z  Type Dot: Displays only the individual sample points. 
z  Accumulate (On/Off): The “Accumulate” mode can acquire and display a 
waveform record that shows the totally variation over entire acquisitions. 
z  Refresh: Press F3 softkey to refresh the waveforms. 
z  Contrast (0~100%): Press F4 softkey to adjust the contrast of LCD screen. Use 
the VARIABLE knob to vary LCD screen contrast. 
For GDS-806 and GDS-810 series only: 
: Rotate the VARIABLE knob to vary LCD screen contrast. Rotating 
clockwise is increasing the contrast; Rotating counter-clockwise is decreasing 
the LCD contrast. 
z   : Press F5 softkey to select three different graticular 
display mode. 
z 
: Only X and Y axial are displayed. 
z  : Only outer frame is displayed. 
z  : Full grids are displayed