The following Quick Start instructions apply to Spectrum Analyzer Mode. For detailed measurement instructions, refer to the Spectrum Analyzer Measurement Guide listed in Measurement Guides.
Set Start and Stop Frequencies
1. Press the Freq main menu key then the Start Freq submenu key.
2. Enter the desired start frequency using the keypad, the arrow keys, or the rotary knob. When entering a frequency using the keypad, the submenu key labels change to GHz, MHz, kHz, and Hz. Press the appropriate unit key. Pressing the Enter key has the same affect as pressing the MHz submenu key.
3. Press the Stop Freq submenu key and enter the desired stop frequency.
Enter the Center Frequency
1. Press the Freq main menu key.
2. Press the Center Freq submenu key.
3. Enter the desired center frequency using the keypad, the arrow keys, or the rotary knob. When entering a frequency using the keypad, the submenu key labels change to GHz, MHz, kHz, and Hz. Press the appropriate unit key. Pressing the Enter key has the same affect as pressing the MHz submenu key.
The center frequency and span is shown at the bottom of the screen.
Select a Signal Standard
1. Press the Freq main menu key.
2. Press the Signal Standard submenu key. The Signal Standards dialog box opens.
3. Highlight a signal standard and press Enter to select.
4. Press the Channel submenu key to change the channel value in the Channel Editor.
The signal standard is shown in yellow at the top of the screen.
Set the Measurement Bandwidth
1. Press the BW main menu key to display the BW menu.
• Press the RBW and/or the VBW submenu key to manually change the values.
• Set RBW and VBW automatically by pressing the Auto RBW submenu key or the Auto VBW submenu key.
2. Press the RBW/VBW submenu key to change the resolution bandwidth to video bandwidth ratio.
3. Press the Span/RBW submenu key to change the span width to resolution bandwidth ratio.