Hello all! Apologies if my first post has been previously answered in another thread. I have a Siglent SDG 5082 function generator, Protek 6506 scope and a Siglent SHS 810 scope. I've encountered an issue that I don't understand. With the function generator set to the 50 ? output, if I generate for example a 1 kHz sinewave at 1 Vp-p, both of my scopes measure 1 V peak, not peak to peak. This is measured without being connected to any circuit, just the scope probes connected to the BNC to alligator clips on the output of the function generator. When I switch the function generator to the Hi Z output setting, my scopes then measure the same peak to peak voltage which is being generated. My instructor at school has touched on impedance matching with me in the past. I took my scopes and generator to school to demonstrate my issue and he had no answer for me. All of the function generators in the lab are older and my instructor isn't familiar with the newer stuff. Does anyone have an explanation for this or a link to an explanation somewhere online?
Many thanks in advance,
Paul N. Wise.