Basic Operation
once  it is captured. The different  styles to display  a  waveform on the  screen  give significant 
information about it.
There are two modes to display waveforms Single-window and Dual-window. Refer to Horizontal 
Controls for more information.
Push the DISPLAY button and the following menu appears.
Options Settings Comments
Type Vectors
Dots
Vectors   fills   up the space between adjacent   sample 
points in   the  display;  Dots   only displays   the sample 
points.
Persist OFF
0.2S-8S selectable
Infinite
Sets the time length to display each displayed sample 
point.
Format YT
XY
YT format shows the vertical voltage in relation to time 
(horizontal scale); XY format displays a dot between 
CH1 and CH2 each time when a sample is acquired, 
where the voltage or current of CH1 determines the X 
coordinate  of  the  dot (horizontal) and the voltage  or 
current of CH2 determines the Y coordinate (vertical). 
For detailed information,   refer to   descriptions on   XY 
format in the following text. 
Contrast  0-15   16   ranks   adjustable,   with   a   progress   bar   to 
display; Press F5 to select this option. Turn the multi-
functional knob to adjust.
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Grid Dotted line
Real line
OFF
Off   only   displays   the   horizontal   and   vertical 
coordinates at the center graticule on the screen.  
Grid Intensity 0-15   16   ranks   adjustable,   with   a   progress   bar   to 
display.
5.6 Fast Action Buttons
 
AUTOSET: Automatically set the oscilloscope controls to generate a usable display of the input 
signals. Refer to the following table for relative content.
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