2. T
o turn off showing the date and time on the screen, tap Display button to Off.
To turn on date/time display again, double-tap in the blank area where the date/time badge was displayed to open the configuration
menu, and set the Display button to On.
3. Select a time format (12 Hour or 24 Hour).
4. Tap the Time Zone field and select the time zone that applies to your location.
5. Tap anywhere outside of the menu to close it.
Functional check
Use this procedure to quickly verify that the oscilloscope can display a waveform and take a measurement.
1. Power on the oscilloscope.
2. Tap Utility > Self test. Check that all tests listed show Pass.
3. Connect an analog probe to the Channel 1 connector.
4. Connect the oscilloscope tip and ground lead to the probe compensation connectors.
5. Push the Autoset button. You should see a square wave in the display. The levels should be approximately 0 V - 2.5 V and 1 kHz.
6. Tap the Measure button.
7. Tap the Time Measurements panel in the Add Measurements configuration menu.
8. Double-tap the Frequency button to add the frequency measurement to the Results bar.
9. Check that the Frequency measurement reads 1 kHz.
10. Repeat these steps to check the other channels on the oscilloscope. Make sure that you set the source in the Add Measurement
configuration menu to use the correct channel before adding the Frequency measurement.
Run Signal Path Compensation (SPC)
Run SPC when you first receive an instrument, and at regular intervals, for best measurement accuracy. You should run SPC whenever
the ambient (room) temperature has changed by more than 5 °C (9 °F), or once a week if you use vertical scale settings of 5 mV per
division or less.
About this task
Signal Path Compensation (SPC) corrects for DC level inaccuracies in the internal signal path, caused by temperature variations and/or
long-term signal path drift. Failure to run SPC on a regular basis may result in the instrument not meeting warranted performance levels at
low volts per division settings.
Before you begin
Disconnect all probes and cables from the front-panel channel inputs and rear-panel signal connectors.
Procedure
1. Power on and warm up the instrument for at least 20 minutes.
2. Tap Utility > Calibration.
3. Tap Run SPC. The SPC Status readout shows Running while SPC is running. SPC can take three minutes approximately per channel
to run, so wait until the SPC Status message changes to Pass before reconnecting probes or cables and using the instrument.
CAUTION: Y
ou can abort the SPC calibration by tapping Abort SPC. This may leave some channels uncompensated,
resulting in possible inaccurate measurements. If you do abort the SPC, make sure to run the SPC procedure completely
before using the instrument to take measurements.
Configure the instrument
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