It's radio equipment and has a mode switch with a "standby"...

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    It's radio equipment and has a mode switch with a "standby" position. Some pilots believe you should switch to "standby" before switching codes to negate the risk of switching to an emergency code. Others don't bother.

    Am emergency code puts a red square around your marker on the screen.
 
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