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Quick Start
One of the first things to do with your function generator is 
to become 
acquainted with the front panel. We have written the exercises
 in this 
chapter to prepare the instrument for use and help you get familiar with 
some of its front-panel operations. This chapter is divided into the 
following sections:
•
To Prepare the Function Generator for Use on page 15
• To Adjust the Carrying Handle on page 16
• To Set the Output Frequency on page 17
• To Set the Output Amplitude on page 18
• To Set a DC Offset Voltage on page 20
• To Set the High-Level and Low-Level Values on page 21
• To Select “DC Volts” on page 22
• To Set the Duty Cycle of a Square Wave on page 23
• To Configure a Pulse Waveform on page 24
• To View a Waveform Graph on page 25
• To Output a Stored Arbitrary Waveform on page 26
• To Use the Built-In Help System on page 27
• To Rack Mount the Function Generator on page 29
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