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Operating the Instrument
Exercise 5. Modifying the Setup
Figure2-2. Signal vertical display
Changing the time base 5To display the Time Base menu and change the horizontal scale, press: 
Time base, Scale
Use the knob, arrow keys or keypad to change the scaling so the horizontal 
width of the positive portion of the signal is about eight divisions. 
Note — Agilent83480A only
You can automatically adjust the vertical scale, instead of following the preceding pro-
cedure by pressing: 
Channel, Channel autoscale 
The amplitude scale is optimized for the input signal while the timebase settings are left 
alone.