RIGOL  Chapter 4 To Set the Sample System   
4-8  MSO7000/DS7000 User Guide 
 
Note: The sample rate is displayed both in the status bar at the upper part of the 
screen and in the CH  SampleRate menu. To indirectly modify the sample 
rate,  rotate  the  Horizontal    SCALE  knob  to  adjust the  horizontal time 
base or modify the memory depth. 
 
The impact of low sample rate on the waveform: 
 
1.  Waveform Distortion: when the sample rate is too low, some waveform 
details are lost, and the sample waveform displayed is rather different from the 
actual waveform of the signal. 
 
2.  Waveform Aliasing: when the sample rate is twice lower than the actual 
signal frequency (Nyquist Frequency), the frequency of the waveform rebuilt from 
the sample data is smaller than the actual signal frequency. 
 
 
 
3.  Waveform Leakage: when the sample rate is too low, the waveform rebuilt 
from the sample data does not reflect all the actual signal information. 
 
 
 
Tip 
Single-channel mode: only one of the four channels (CH1/CH2/CH3/CH4) is 
enabled. 
Dual-channel mode: either CH1 or CH2 is enabled; and either CH3 or CH4 is 
enabled. 
4-channel mode: CH1/CH2 are both enabled or CH3/CH4 are both enabled.