RIGOL 
 User’s Guide for DS1000B series 
Manual Mode 
 
Press Cursor→Mode→Manual to display the manual mode menu. 
 
Figure 2-141  Table 2-85 The Cursors menu 
Menu  Settings  Comments 
Mode  Manual 
Adjust the cursor to measure X/Y 
parameters manually. 
Type 
X 
 
Y 
Shown as vertical line to mea
time/frequency values. 
Shown as horizontal line to measure the 
voltage values. 
Source 
CH1 
CH2 
CH3 
CH4 
MATH 
 
Select the measurement signal source. 
 
 
  Time values of a pair X cursors and time increment can be measured in manual 
mode when selecting X type. (Frequency values and its increment of a pair X 
cursors can be measured when selecting MATH source.) 
  Voltage values of a pair Y cursors and time increment can be measured in 
manual mode when selecting Y type. 
 
To do manual Cursor Measurements, please do as the following steps: 
 
1.  Select the Manual mode for cursor measurement by pressing soft button as: 
Cursor→Mode→Manual. 
2.  Select channel Source for measurements by pressing soft button as: 
Cursor→Source→CH1, CH2, CH3, CH4, MATH. 
NOTE: While measuring the channel with MATH, the results are valued with “d” 
(division) as units. 
3.  Select the cursors type by pressing soft button as Cursor→Type→ X or Y. 
4.  Move the cursors to adjust the increment between the cursors:(Details in the 
following Table)