RIGOL  Chapter 8 Reference Waveform 
8-2    DS2000E User’s Guide 
To Enable REF Function 
 
Press REF in the vertical control area (VERTICAL) on the front panel to enable the 
REF function.  
Note: When the time base is in X-Y mode, REF function cannot be enabled.  
 
DS2000E provides 10 reference waveform channels. Press Channel, rotate   to 
select the desired reference channel and press down   or Channel to turn the 
selected channel on or off. A channel icon (for example, 
) of the channel enabled 
will be displayed at the left side of the screen grid. 
 
When the REF function is enabled, you can select different color for each reference 
waveform, set the source of each reference channel, adjust the vertical scale and 
position of the reference waveform and save the reference waveform to internal or 
external memory as well as recall it when needed. For the details, please refer to the 
introductions below. 
 
To Set the Color 
 
The DS2000E series oscilloscope provides five colors (light gray, green, light blue, 
magenta, and orange) to mark the reference waveforms of different channels in 
order to distinguish them.  
 
Press Current and use   to select any of the reference channels (Ref1-Ref10) 
enabled. Then, press Color to specify a different color for the reference waveform of 
that channel. The corresponding icon at the left of the channel currently selected will 
be filled with the specified color, for example, 
. 
 
To Select REF Source 
 
Press Current and use   to select any of the reference channels (Ref1 to Ref10) 
enabled and then press Source to specify a reference source (CH1, CH2, or MATH) 
for this channel. Only the currently enabled channels can be selected.