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6 Oscilloscope Utility Settings
142 Agilent 1000B Series Oscilloscopes User’s Guide
Setting Preferences
The oscilloscope’s Preference menu lets you set screen saver, expand
reference, and screen persistence options.
To access the Preference menu:
1 Press [Utility] .
2 In the Utilities menu, press Preference .
To set up the screen saver
To set up the screen saver:
1
In the Preference menu (
[Utility]
>
Preference
), press
Screen saver
.
2 Continue pressing the Screen saver softkey or turn the entry knob to
select the desired time or to turn the screen saver off.
Using the screen saver can extend the life of the LED backlight.
To select the vertical scale reference level
When changing the vertical scale of a signal on the display, the expansion
(or contraction) takes place about the selected reference level.
To set the expand reference level:
1 In the Preference menu ( [Utility] > Preference ), press Expand Refer. to toggle
between:
See Also “To adjust the vertical scale” on page 46.
Ground Vertical scale changes take place about the signal ground
(ground position remains at same display location).
Center
Vertical scale changes take place about the center of the
display.