Well my scope finally arrived yesterday (introductory offer). Unfortunately it has to go back today
![Sad :(](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
Annoyingly it showed up with (at best) a dead Real Time Clock battery or (at worst) something more fundamentally wrong.
The very first time I turned it on I was met with the following screen:
![](http://i.imgur.com/Vn93AkC.png)
This then lead to:
![](http://i.imgur.com/q2UiPpw.png)
and
![](http://i.imgur.com/LQOx2zD.png)
Interesting that a dead RTC battery will cause the scope to disable features.
The battery does appear to physically be there:
![](http://i.imgur.com/eD5XGhx.jpg)
Unfortunately to get to it I have to remove the rear cover which involves breaking the "Calibration Void if Broken" seal. Ya, I know, just a sticker but I don't have anything else to compare against in case something does go wrong and I don't want any hassles if the problem turns out to be bigger than a dodgy battery.
I was hoping to be able to simply get an exchange from Testforce but they do not have any units to swap. They've just forwarded me to R&S warranty. Not an auspicious start.