RIGOL  Chapter 2 To Set the Vertical System 
2-2  MSO7000/DS7000 User Guide 
To Enable or Disable the Analog Channel 
 
Enable the analog channel: 
Connect a signal to the channel connector of CH1, and then press 1 in the vertical 
control area (Vertical) on the front panel to enable CH1. Then, the backlight of the 
channel is illuminated. At this point, the channel setting menu is displayed at the 
right section of the screen and the channel is activated. The channel status label at 
the bottom of the screen is shown in the figure below. You can also enable the touch 
screen to tap the channel status label to enable the channel. 
     
 
The information displayed in the channel status label is related to the current channel 
setting but irrelevant with the on/off status of the channel. After the channel is 
turned on, modify the parameters such as the vertical scale, horizontal time base, 
trigger mode, and trigger level according to the input signal for easy observation and 
measurement of the waveform. 
 
If CH1 is enabled but not activated, the channel status label is shown in the following 
figure. To activate the channel, press 1 on the front panel in the vertical control area 
(Vertical) or enable the touch screen to tap the waveform activation channel 
displayed on the screen. 
 
 
Disable the analog channel: 
If the setting menu of the channel that needs to be disabled (the current channel is 
activated) is displayed at the right section of the screen, press the channel key to 
disable the channel. If the setting menu of the channel that needs to be disabled is 
not displayed at the right section of the screen, first open the setting menu of the 
channel to be disabled (activate the channel), then press the channel key to disable 
the channel. You can also enable the touch screen to tap the channel status label to 
disable the channel. For example, if CH1 and CH2 are enabled, and CH2 channel 
setting menu is displayed on the screen, then if you need to disable CH1, first 
activate CH1, and then press 1 or enable the touch screen to tap the CH1 channel 
status label to disable CH1. If CH1 is disabled, the channel status label is shown in 
the following figure.