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Probe Attenuation
Probes are available with various attenuation factors which affect the
vertical scale of the signal. The Probe Check function verifies that the
Probe attenuation option matches the attenuation of the probe.
You can push a vertical menu button (such as the CH 1 MENU 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. Switch settings are 1X and 10X.
NOTE:
When the attenuation switch is set to 1X, the probe limits
the bandwidth of the oscilloscope to 6 MHz (according to Probe
spec). To use the full bandwidth of the oscilloscope, be sure to set
the switch to 10X
Probe Compensation
As an alternative method to Probe Check, you can manually perform this
adjustment to match your probe to the input channel.