
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
The
groundwireofthe3-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.
Neverusetheinstrumentinthe
following
conditions
where:
1)
Theinstrumentisexposedtodirectsunlight.
2)
Thetemperatureand
humidity
istoohigh.
3)
Muchmechanicalvibrationsareproduced.
4)
Theinstrumentisexposedtoexplosivegas.
2.
Neverallowa smallspotofhighbrilliancetoremain
sta-
tionaryonthescreenformorethana few
seconds.
The
screen
maybecomepermanentlyburned.A spotwill
occur
onlywhenthescopeissetupforX-Yoperation
and
nosignalisapplied.Eitherreducetheintensityso
thespotisbarelyvisible,switchbacktonormalsweep
operationwhennosignalisapplied,orsetupthescope
forspotblanking.
3.
Nevercovertheventilatingholesonthetopoftheos-
cilloscope,
asthiswillincreasetheoperatingtempera-
tureinsidethe
case.
4.
Neverapplymorethanthemaximumratingtotheos-
cilloscope
inputs.
CH1
toCH4:800Vp-por400V (DC+ ACpeak)
Z
axis:
50V
(DC
+ ACpeak)
Never
applyexternalvoltagetotheoscilloscope
out-
putterminals.
5.
Alwaysconnecta cable
from
theearthground(GND)
jack
oftheoscilloscopetothe
chassis
oftheequipment
undertest.
Without
thiscaution,theentirecurrentfor
theequipmentundertestmaybedrawn
through
the
probeclipleadsundercertain
circumstances.
Such
con-
ditionscouldalsoposea safetyhazard,whichthe
groundcablewillprevent.
6.
Alwaysusetheprobegroundclipsforbestresults.Do
notuseanexternalgroundwireinlieuoftheprobe
groundclips,asundesiredsignalsmaybeintroduced.
7.
Operationadjacenttoequipmentwhichproducesstrong
ac
magneticfieldsshouldbeavoidedwherepossible.
This
includessuchdevicesaslargepowersupplies,
transformers,
electricmotors,etc.,thatare
often
found
inanindustrialenvironment.Strongmagneticshields
can
exceedthepractical
CRT
magneticshieldinglimits
and
resultinterferenceanddistortion.
8.
Probecompensationadjustmentmatchestheprobeto
the
input
ofthescope.Forbestresults,compensation
ofprobeshouldbeadjustedinitially,thenthesamepro-
be
always
used
with
the
input
ofscope.Probecompen-
sationshouldbereadjustedwhenevera probe
from
a
differentscopeis
used.
(Seepage26)
9.
When
turning
onandoffthe
POWER
switchrepeated-
ly,keepanintervalofabout5 seconds.
Faster
onand
offoperationmay
cause
malfunctiontotheinstrument.
10.
Donotusetheprovided
PC-31
probe
with
other
meas-
uringequipmentbecauseitincorporatesa terminalfor
READOUT
detectionwhich
might
damagetheother
equipment.
11.
Thecalendar,clock,andsetvaluesonthepanelare
backed
upbya
built-in
battery.Ifthebatteryisabout
toexpireitslife,
"BATT.
DOWN"isdisplayedonthe
calendar
andclockdisplay,anddataset
with
controls
onthepanelarenotstoredbutinitialized.Thebattery
shouldbereplaced.Astobatteryreplacement,please
inquireatourdistributerwhereyoupurchasedthein-
strument.
Note:
InitialSetting
VERTICAL
MODE: CH1
AC-DC
coupling: AC
TRIGGERING
MODE:
AUTO
TRIGGERING
SOURCE
:
VERT
orCH1
TRIGGERING
COUPLING
: AC
HORIZONTAL
MODE: A
The
otherswitchesarealloff
CH1
VOLTS/DIV
: 50mV/div
SWEEP
TIME
: 50/is/div
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