I got a new garage door opener because my old one died. (After 20 years.) Tried to program Homelink. First of all, it wants you to stand outside the car and point the remote at the front bumper until the car sees it (which can take up to 30 seconds). But of course I cannot tell when the car sees it because I'm outside the car. And what is meant by "point the remote at the front bumper) when the remote is not directional???
Well, after 3 or 4 tries, the car said it got it. But then it wanted me to press the "learn" button on the opener, which I cannot reach because the installer had already left with his ladder. But it says that if the opener has (???) automatic learn (???) I could skip this step, and since I didn't have to do it with the old one I skipped the step. And it didn't work.
What's with pressing a button on the opener? Homelink should just send the same code the remote sends. The opener should not need to learn anything. Homelink should learn to mimic the remote, shouldn't it?
It worked with the old one, and it works with the community gate, but not with the new opener.
Grump!!!
For now I'm just going to use the remote that came with the door opener.
Well, after 3 or 4 tries, the car said it got it. But then it wanted me to press the "learn" button on the opener, which I cannot reach because the installer had already left with his ladder. But it says that if the opener has (???) automatic learn (???) I could skip this step, and since I didn't have to do it with the old one I skipped the step. And it didn't work.
What's with pressing a button on the opener? Homelink should just send the same code the remote sends. The opener should not need to learn anything. Homelink should learn to mimic the remote, shouldn't it?
It worked with the old one, and it works with the community gate, but not with the new opener.
Grump!!!
For now I'm just going to use the remote that came with the door opener.