Table of Contents
Important safety information ..................................................................................... iv
General safety summary ..................................................................................... iv
Service safety summary..................................................................................... vii
Terms in this manual ........................................................................................ viii
Symbols and terms on the product......................................................................... viii
Compliance information .......................................................................................... ix
EMC compliance ............................................................................................. ix
Safety compliance ............................................................................................ xi
Environmental considerations.............................................................................. xiv
Getting Started ... .................. ........................................ .................. ....................... 1
General Features ............................................................................................... 1
Installation...................................................................................................... 2
Functional Check .............................................................................................. 4
Probe Safety .................................................................................................... 5
Manual Probe Compensation................................................................................. 6
Probe Attenuation Setting............................................ .......... .......... .......... .......... . 6
Current Probe Scaling ......................................................................................... 7
Self Calibration ................................................................................................ 7
Firmware Updates Through the Internet .................................................................... 8
Operating Basics.................................................................................................... 9
Display Area ................................................................................................... 9
Using the Menu System...................................................................................... 11
Vertical Controls .............................................................................................. 11
Horizontal Controls........................................................................................... 12
Trigger Controls............................................................................................... 13
Menu and Control Buttons................................................................................... 13
Input Connectors.............................................................................................. 15
Other Front-Panel Items...................................................................................... 16
Understanding Oscilloscope Functions ....... .............. ........................ ........................ .... 17
Setting Up the Oscilloscope ......... .................. .................................................. .... 17
Triggering...................................................................................................... 18
Acquiring Signals............................................................................................. 20
Scaling and Positioning Waveforms .. ................................................ ...................... 21
Taking Measurements ........................................................................................ 23
Application Examples............................................................................................. 25
Taking Simple Measurements ............................................................................... 26
Using Autorange to Examine a Series of Test Points ..................................................... 30
Taking Cursor Measurements ............................................................................... 30
Analyzing Signal Detail...................................................................................... 34
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