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REVIEW - Rigol DS2072 - First Impressions of the DS2000 series from Rigol

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ted572:
Re. The new DS/MSO2000/A/-S Firmware (00.03.05.00.01) {July 25, 2016} and the provided Release Notes with it.

1. The PDF file version is not applicable to the new Firmware.  So why did Rigol provide it?  Who knows!
2. The Text file version (provided in the ZIP file) is valid, except that it should have stated that  FW 00.03.05.00.01 is for 'All the DS/MSO2000/A/-S Series Digital Oscilloscopes', and 'Not just the DS/MSO2000A Series'.

Muxr:
Haven't used my DS2072 in a while but I might upgrade to this firmware.. skipped the last few due to bugs.

luchog:
About my last post.
-After 3 years waitinf for a good update, i put my DS2202 in the oblivion room.

Because:
- Knobs are very imprecise and slow.
- Sometimes trigger doesnt work.
- When i turn it on most of the times show full screen noise and hangs, sometimes just hungs.
- Sometimes it just does not turn on.

After starting most of the time it is working ok, anyway i don´t feel confortable using it.

I like the idea to donate it, here in my country there are a lot of peopple that can need it.

Thanks for your comments.

Muxr:

--- Quote from: luchog on August 05, 2016, 05:33:40 pm ---About my last post.
-After 3 years waitinf for a good update, i put my DS2202 in the oblivion room.

Because:
- Knobs are very imprecise and slow.
- Sometimes trigger doesnt work.
- When i turn it on most of the times show full screen noise and hangs, sometimes just hungs.
- Sometimes it just does not turn on.

After starting most of the time it is working ok, anyway i don´t feel confortable using it.

I like the idea to donate it, here in my country there are a lot of peopple that can need it.

Thanks for your comments.

--- End quote ---
I had issues with my DS2000 when I first got it due to firmware bugs.. mainly the hanging. But I had settled on the 03_03_02 which has worked well for me.. I have not gotten a single hang with it.

Ergonomically speaking you're right.. it's not the easiest scope to use.. it can be sluggish and the knobs aren't the best. However for $800 how much I paid for it, it's par for the course. It does the job.. and it's a fairly capable scope. I think this is common with all the Chinese B-Brand scopes.. some are even worse.

My main scope has been the RTM 1054 (which is awesome) for almost a year now so I haven't really needed to use my DS2000 ever since I got my RTM.

Thought about selling it, but it's a decent enough secondary scope for when I need to take it to a meet up.. or when I need more channels than what RTM can provide.. so I've decided to keep it.

marmad:

--- Quote from: luchog on August 05, 2016, 05:33:40 pm ---Because:
- Knobs are very imprecise and slow.
- Sometimes trigger doesnt work.
- When i turn it on most of the times show full screen noise and hangs, sometimes just hungs.
- Sometimes it just does not turn on.

--- End quote ---

It sounds like your DSO didn't work properly (or stopped working properly). Aside from the occasional imprecision of the knobs (which I've also experienced on other Chinese brands), I haven't had any of those problems with my DS2000.

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