How to Connect an External Monitor
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B, and 8166A/B User's Guide, Fourth Edition
How to Connect an External
Monitor
You can connect a standard VGA monitor to the Agilent 8164A/B
Lightwave Measurement System and the Agilent 8166B Lightwave
Multichannel System. This is a useful feature for making presentations
or for training courses.
N O T E
You cannot connect a monitor to the Agilent 8163A/B Lightwave
Multimeter or Agilent .8166A Lightwave Multichannel system.
Figure 40
Rear Panel of the Agilent 8164B Lightwave Measurement System
• Place your monitor on a flat sturdy surface.
• Before you make any connections make sure the Lightwave
Measurement System and monitor are turned off.
• Connect the power cable to the video input on the back of your
monitor. Tighten the thumbscrews on the plug.
• Connect the video cable (it has a 15-pin plug) to the video outlet on
the back of the Lightwave Measurement System. Tighten the
thumbscrews on the plug.
• Connect the power cord to the display.
• Plug the power cord into the power outlet.
N O T E
Refer to the user's guide that came with your monitor, if necessary, to
locate your monitor's output and input ports.
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