Finally, after acquiring this oscilloscope almost a year ago I managed to test it out the other day. Before firing it up I took the side panels off and carefully dusted off the internal components with an air hose. With safety glasses on I plugged it in, stood back and flipped the switch - all good. While it warmed up I read over the Philips manual I found online for a different model that is within the same time period (that's the best I could do).
Not sure how well calibrated this unit is but I decided to play around and see what it could do with a basic circuit. I put together a simple bridge rectifier circuit and applied about 5 VAC using a Variac. Placed the probe across L1 to ground and then across the capacitor and got predictable sine waves. Not going into business with this scope but it's a starting point. Here's some images:

With scope across L1 to ground:

[Linked Image from i60.tinypic.com]

Scope across cap:

[Linked Image from i58.tinypic.com]


A malfunction at the junction
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Dwayne