Transponder; Transponder Softkeys; Transponder Status Bar; Figure 3-32 Top-Level Softkeys - Garmin G1000 Reference Manual

SECTION 3 – NAV/COM &

TRANSPONDER

3.12 TRANSPONDER
On the G1000 system, the GTX 33 transponder inter-
face resides on the Primary Flight Display (PFD), on the
lower portion of the screen (see figures below).

Transponder Softkeys

When the XPDR softkey is pressed, the following soft-
keys associated with the transponder appear in the soft-
key bar (see Figure 3-33): STBY, ON, ALT, VFR, CODE,
IDENT, BACK.
When the CODE softkey is pressed, the following
softkeys appear in the softkey bar (see Figure 3-34):
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, IDENT, BKSP, BACK.
NOTE: Digits "8" and "9" are not available for
code entry.

Figure 3-32 Top-level Softkeys

Figure 3-33 Mode Selection Softkeys

Figure 3-34 Standby Mode

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NOTE: Pressing the BACK softkey when the Code
Selection softkeys are displayed reverts to the
Mode Selection softkeys shown in Figure 3-33.
Similarly, pressing the BACK softkey when the
Mode Selection softkeys are displayed reverts to
the Top-level softkeys shown in Figure 3-32.
NOTE: After 45 seconds of transponder softkey
inactivity, the system automatically reverts to the
Top-level softkeys shown in Figure 3-32.

Transponder Status Bar

The Transponder Status bar is located to the left of the
System Time box and contains, from left to right, a four-
digit code field, a mode field and a reply status field, as
illustrated in the figures below. In Standby mode, both
the code field and the mode field appear in white; in all
other modes, these fields appear in green.
Pressing XPDR
displays the Mode
Selection softkeys
Pressing CODE
displays the Code
Selection softkeys
Transponder Status Bar
Pressing BACK
displays the Top-
level softkeys
Pressing BACK
displays the Mode
Selection softkeys