Hi, after waiting for nearly a year for the worst bugs to be fixed, I finally ordered a Siglent SDS1202X-E from Batronix.com. By now, they should be allright I thought!
And what did I get today? A one year old scope! It is a "BA" serial from June 2017
It's very disappointing, but also a bit funny, haha
Now debating whether to send it back, or just do the cap fix and live with it..
Has there been any other hardware changes in the last year? Or is it only the compensation caps?
Sad state of affairs and I feel for you.
Batronix should've know better than to dispatch a BA unit unless they've reworked it.
Do you know how to do the check to see if this one has been fixed ?
In short, set 1V/div for 10x probe and use Fine to adjust V/div over the 1.2V/div step.
If there's NO change in the waveform it's been fixed in this unit already.If your are to do the rework yourself ensure you get the correct caps from Batronix or Siglent Europe as they must be 500V rated 1206 SMD. If you're comfortable with SMD work great, but be aware the Gnd pad on both channels sucks a lot of heat and unless you're taking care you can end up with a dry joint.
You need 1.2 and 12V p-p square wave source too to complete the front end adjustment after the caps are installed.
Update us on how things pan out.