User Manual

Getting Started

1.7 Probe Attenuation

Probes are available with various attenuation factors which

affect the vertical scale of the signal.

You can push a vertical menu button (such as the CH 1

button), and select the Probe option that matches the

attenuation factor of your probe.

Note: The default setting for the Probe option is 1X.

Be sure that the attenuation switch on the probe matches the

Probe option in the oscilloscope. The included probes can

switch between 1X and 10X.

Note: When the attenuation switch is set to 1X, the

probe limits the bandwidth of the oscilloscope to

10 MHz (according to Probe spec). To use the full

bandwidth of the oscilloscope, be sure to set the

switch to 10X.

1.8 Probe Compensation

Perform this adjustment to match your probe to the input

channel. This should be done whenever you attach a passive