Garmin G1000 Transponder
TM
G1000
Transponder Pilot’s Guide
Record of Revisions
Revision Date of Revision Revision Page Range Description
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C
D
04/30/04
11/29/04
05/3/05
07/20/05
5-1 – 5-7
5-1 – 5-7
5-1 – 5-5
5-1 – 5-5
Initial release.
Added information on flight ID reporting.
Changes per Software 4.02.
New cover plus minor edits.
Garmin G1000 Transponder Pilot’s Guide 190-00382-00 Rev. D
TRANSPONDER DESCRIPTION
5.1 GTX 33 TRANSPONDER
The GTX 33 transponder is integrated into the
G1000 system, offering Mode A, Mode C and Mode S
interrogation and reply capabilities. This pilot’s guide
provides a description of the transponder operation and
information on Mode S capability.
The transponder controls are located on the G1000
Primary Flight Display (PFD) on the lower portion of the
screen (see figures below).
TRANSPONDER SOFTKEYS
The transponder function spans three levels of
softkeys; the Top-level, the Mode Selection and the Code
Selection softkeys.
When the Top-level
following softkeys appear in the softkey bar (Figure 5.1.2):
STBY, ON, ALT, VFR, CODE, IDENT, BACK.
XPDR softkey is pressed, the
When the CODE softkey is pressed, the number
softkeys appear in the softkey bar (Figure 5.1.3):
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, IDENT, BKSP, BACK. The digits
8 and 9 are not used for code entry. Pressing the BKSP
softkey backs up code selection to the previous digit.
Pressing the
BACK softkey during code selection
reverts to the MODE Selection softkeys (Figure 5.1.2).
Pressing the BACK softkey during Mode Selection reverts
to the Top-level softkeys (Figure 5.1.1).
NOTE: After 45 seconds of transponder softkey
inactivity, the system reverts back to the Top-level
softkeys (Figure 5.1.1).
TRANSPONDER STATUS BAR
The Transponder Status bar is located to the left of the
System Time box and contains, a four-digit code field, a
mode field and a reply status indicator. In Standby mode,
both the code field and the mode field appear in white. In
all other modes, these fields appear in green.
Figure 5.1.1 Top-level Softkeys
Figure 5.1.2 Mode Selection Softkeys
Figure 5.1.3 Code Selection Softkeys
Garmin G1000 Transponder Pilot’s Guide190-00382-00 Rev. D
Pressing XPDR
displays the Mode
Selection softkeys
Pressing
CODE
displays the Code
Selection softkeys
Transponder Status Bar
Pressing BACK
displays the Toplevel softkeys
Pressing
BACK
displays the Mode
Selection softkeys
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