
PRECAUTIONS
SAFETY
Before
connectingtheinstrumenttothepower
source,
care-
fullyreadthe
following
information,thenverifythatthe
powercordandpowerlinefuseareonesforyourpowerline.
The
instrument'srearpanelhasa fuseholderonthe
left
of
theACinletterminal(thefuseholeralso
serves
asa vol-
tageselector).Thevalueunderthetriangle• markedon
theholderindicatesthelinevoltagesetfortheinstrument.
Ifthepowercordisnotapplied
with
thecorrectvoltage,
thereisa danger
from
electricshock.
•Whenconvertingthevoltage,refertotheMaintenance
section.
Line
voltage
This
instrumentoperatesusingac-power
input
voltagesthat
100/120/220/240
V atfrequencies
from
50Hzto60Hz.
Power
cord
)
Thegroundwireofthe3-wireacpowerplugplacesthe
chassis
andhousingoftheoscilloscopeatearthground.Do
notattempttodefeatthegroundwireconnectionorfloat
theoscilloscope;todosomayposea greatsafetyhazard.
The
appropriatepowercordissuppliedbyan
option
that
is
specifiedwhentheinstrumentisordered.
The
optionalpowercordsareshownasfollowsinFig.1.
Line
fuse
The
fuseholderislocatedontherearpanelandcontains
theline
fuse.
Verifythattheproperfuseisinstalledby
replacingtheline
fuse.
EQUIPMENT
PROTECTION
1.
Neverallowa smallspotofhighbrilliancetoremain
sta-
tionaryonthescreenformorethana few
seconds.
The
screen
maybecomepermanentlyburned.A spotwill
occur
onlywhenthescopeissetupforX-Yoperation
and
nosignalisapplied.Eitherreducetheintensityso
thespotisbarelyvisible,switchbacktonormalsweep
operationwhennosignalisapplied,orsetupthescope
forspotblanking.
2.
Nevercovertheventilatingholesonthetopoftheos-
cilloscope,
asthiswillincreasetheoperatingtempera-
tureinsidethe
case.
3.
Neverapplymorethanthemaximumratingtotheos-
cilloscope
inputs.
/J^CH1,
CH2
INPUT
jacks:
500Vp-por250V
(DC
+ ACpeak)
EXT
TRIG
INPUT
jack:50V (DC+ ACpeak)
Z
axis
INPUT
jack:50V
(DC
+ ACpeak)
Never
applyexternalvoltagetotheoscilloscope
out-
putterminals.
4.
Alwaysconnecta cable
from
theearthground(GND)
jack
oftheoscilloscopetothe
chassis
oftheequipment
undertest.
Without
thiscaution,theentirecurrentfor
theequipmentundertestmaybedrawn
through
the
probeclipleadsundercertain
circumstances.
Such
con-
ditionscouldalsoposea safetyhazard,whichthe
groundcablewillprevent.
5.
Alwaysusetheprobegroundclipsforbestresults.Do
notuseanexternalgroundwireinlieuoftheprobe
groundclips,asundesiredsignalsmaybeintroduced.
6.
Operationadjacenttoequipmentwhichproducesstrong
ac
magneticfieldsshouldbeavoidedwherepossible.
This
includessuchdevicesaslargepowersupplies,
transformers,
electricmotors,etc.,thatare
often
found
inanindustrialenvironment.Strongmagneticshields
can
exceedthepractical
CRT
magneticshieldinglimits
and
resultinterferenceanddistortion.
7.
Probecompensationadjustmentmatchestheprobeto
the
input
ofthescope.Forbestresults,compensation
ofprobeshouldbeadjustedinitially,thenthesamepro-
be
always
used
with
the
input
of
scope.
Probecompen-
sationshouldbereadjustedwhenevera probe
from
a
differentscopeis
used.
(Seepage21)
8.
InX-Yoperation,donot
pull
outthe
PULL
x 10MAG
switch.
Ifpulledoutit,noisemayappeareonthe
waveform.
9.
When
turning
onandoffthe
POWER
switchrepeated-
ly,keepanintervalofabout5 seconds.
Faster
onand
offoperationmay
cause
malfunctiontotheinstrument.
10.
Donotusetheprovided
PC-33
Probe
with
other
meas-
uringequipmentbecauseitincorporatesa terminalfor
READOUT
detectionwhich
might
damagetheother
equipment.
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