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Products => Test Equipment => Topic started by: xwarp on October 09, 2014, 11:43:12 pm

Title: She's alive!!! The TDS460 works!!!
Post by: xwarp on October 09, 2014, 11:43:12 pm
Picked up a TDS460 locally for dirt cheap.

Failed the typical acquisition stuff due to the typical leaking caps.

Replaced all the caps and she runs!

Now to RTFM since I don't use DSO's too much.

I'm thinking it should compliment my 2246a fairly well since about all I do on the side at home is vintage stereo repair.
Title: Re: She's alive!!! The TDS460 works!!!
Post by: radhaz on October 10, 2014, 04:04:35 am
Looks like a nice score.
Title: Re: She's alive!!! The TDS460 works!!!
Post by: T3sl4co1l on October 10, 2014, 05:50:23 am
Nice!

I bought mine online, working for an average price; took about six months before I had to recap.  Found every one of the bastards, works fine now.

Now if only the slow menus could be "recapped"... ::)

Tim
Title: Re: She's alive!!! The TDS460 works!!!
Post by: Richard Head on October 10, 2014, 06:25:49 am
I've got a TDS480 and the time between sweeps when the menus are displayed is really slow.
So far no cap problems but I suppose it's just a matter of time.
I really drool when I see the fancy Agilent scopes that Dave shows from time to time.
Title: Re: She's alive!!! The TDS460 works!!!
Post by: T3sl4co1l on October 10, 2014, 08:10:22 pm
What's sad is the contemporary 546xx series HP/Agilent scopes have always had real time menus. The acquisition and measurement is still top notch at least.

Tim