User`s guide

Getting Started 1
5000 Series Oscilloscope User’s Guide 37
To verify basic oscilloscope operation
To verify that you can display a signal on the oscilloscope:
1 Press the Save/Recall key on the front panel, then press the
Default Setup softkey. (The softkeys are located directly below
the display on the front panel.) The oscilloscope is now
configured to its default settings.
2 Connect an oscilloscope probe from channel 1 to the Probe
Comp signal terminal on the front panel.
3 Connect the probe’s ground lead to the ground terminal that
is next to the Probe Comp terminal.
4 Press AutoScale.
5 You should see a waveform on the oscilloscope’s display
similar to this:
If you see the waveform, but the square wave is not shaped
correctly as shown above, perform the procedure “To
compensate the oscilloscope probes” on page 38.
If you do not see the waveform, ensure your power source is
adequate, the oscilloscope is properly powered-on, and the
probe is connected securely to the front-panel oscilloscope
channel input BNC and to the Probe Comp terminal.