Instructions

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Digital Storage Oscilloscope 7
1.6 Probe Introduction
1.6.1 Safety
When using the probe, keep your fingers behind the guard on the probe body to avoid
electric shock. Do not touch metallic portions of the probe head while it is connected to
a voltage source. Connect the probe to the oscilloscope and connect the ground
terminal to ground before you start any measurements.
1.6.2 Probe Check Wizard
Every time you connect a probe to an input channel, you should use the probe check
wizard to verify that this probe is operating correctly.
Use the vertical menu (for example, push the [CH1] MENU button) to set the Probe
attenuation factor.
1.6.3 Manual Probe Compensation
Upon the first connection of a probe and an input channel, you should manually
perform this adjustment to match the probe to the input channel. Uncompensated or