To Set The Horizontal System; To Adjust The Horizontal Time Base - Rigol MSO8000A Series User Manual

To Set the Horizontal System

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To Set the Horizontal System
6.1

To Adjust the Horizontal Time Base

Horizontal time base, also called the horizontal scale, refers to the time of each grid in
the horizontal direction of the screen. It is usually expressed in s/div. The adjustable
range of the horizontal time base is related to the model type.
While you change the horizontal time base, the displayed waveforms of all channels
are expanded or compressed (please refer to "
relative to the current selected horizontal Expand baseline. The horizontal time base
at the upper-left corner of the screen will be changed accordingly, as shown in the
figure below.
You can adjust the horizontal time base with the following three methods:
• Rotate Horizontal
available range (clockwise to reduce the horizontal time base and
counterclockwise to increase).
• Enable the touch screen function and adjust the horizontal time base with the
pinch & stretch gesture on the touch screen. For details, refer to the "
Stretch
• Enable the touch screen function, and tap the Horizontal Scale label
the top of the screen. The following window is displayed. Tap the icon at the
right side of the Scale input field to decrease or increase the horizontal time
base.You can also tap the Scale input field to input a specific value with the
displayed numeric keypad.
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SCALE to adjust the horizontal time base within the
" section.
Decrease the timebase Increase the timebase
Horizontal Expansion
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