TDS3000 Series User Manual
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Getting Started
In addition to a product and feature description, this chapter covers
the following topics:
H How to perform a quick functional check, install and compensate
passive probes, and compensate the signal path
H How to install the power cord, battery pack, and operate the
oscilloscope safely with battery power
H How to install application modules and communication modules
H How to use the menu system
H How to identify the oscilloscope controls and connectors
Initial Setup
The following procedures describe how to quickly verify that the
oscilloscope is powering up and functioning correctly, compensate
passive probes using the built-in compensation signal, and run the
signal path compensation (SPC) routine for maximum signal
accuracy.
H You should perform all initial setup procedures the first time you
use the oscilloscope.
H You should perform the probe compensation procedure whenever
you attach a passive probe for the first time to any input channel.
H You should run the signal path compensation routine whenever
the ambient temperature changes by 10_ C or more.