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Smitty Enthusiast

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So I've watched the YouTube video, did the reset with 1 and 3 held together and tried the normal programming procedure of holding the transmitter (next to it) and button 1 or 2 or 3 etc while pushing both at the same time and it won't take!  It's an old LiftMaster remote but I thought it was supposed to start out slow flash to fast flash on the Home Link button but mine always starts with Fast then eventually goes to Slow but never takes!   So frustrating when it should be an easy task.   Yes the normal remote works fine and opens\closes the garage door like it should.   hahaha

 

has anyone ran into this or know if there is a compatibility list for garage door openers etc?!  This shouldn't be this tough. 

 

Thanks in advance! 

 

Smitty

PhilB Enthusiast

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Have you tried doing the learn process by pressing the button on the back of the garage door opener first, then pressing a homelink button within 30 seconds?  I had to do that for my 3rd car garage door to get it programmed.  That opener is 15+ years old.  This process worked for both my '19 Silverado and '19 Traverse.  

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Ravenkeeper Senior Enthusiast

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What Phil said, I had to do that process with both Ridgelines and both Pilots that we've had.  I parked them in the garage, one at a time, and did what Phil described.  I'll be doing this, after I get my garage cleaned out, for all three of our vehicles, hopefully, soon.

GMP Enthusiast

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I had an old lift master to. You had to be within five feet of it to work. Eventually it quit working altogether. Bought an new opener and it programmed fast and works 30 yards from driveway 

Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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I have an old,  15yrs maybe Genie and it worked.  I had to use the Genie remote first, then to to the opener and press the learn button on the opener it's self and then it worked.

bcato Enthusiast

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Don't some of the openers use rolling codes, which complicates the programming process sometimes?

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ShanePoki New Member

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I have a 2020 trail Boss, let me warn anyone who has a Genie garage door opener , follow the specific directions on YouTube or you will never get your opener to work. You have to program your opener to the truck then use the learn feature on your garage door. Spent a hour and a half trying to figure this thing out!

Grandpa1 Enthusiast

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I had the exact problem with an old Liftmaster opener without a learn button. I fought it for awhile and finally put in a new Genie and problem solved.

Now I have 2 Genies and both are programmed with Homelink on my 2020
Silverado.

Oh yeah, I park my truck outside so I rewired my Homelink in the truck so it's on a keyed switch. Don't want some fool breaking in my truck and opening my garage door and going in.

Donnie Summers Enthusiast

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I had to hold the garage door remote inches away from truck opener and go thru that process first then had to go thru the process of the garage door opener, First door went great but had to have my wife in the truck hitting truck button while I was hitting the learn button on garage door opener and it finally took after bout eight try's .. Good luck..

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redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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7 hours ago, Grandpa1 said:

I had the exact problem with an old Liftmaster opener without a learn button. I fought it for awhile and finally put in a new Genie and problem solved.

Now I have 2 Genies and both are programmed with Homelink on my 2020
Silverado.

Oh yeah, I park my truck outside so I rewired my Homelink in the truck so it's on a keyed switch. Don't want some fool breaking in my truck and opening my garage door and going in.

Some wall mounted opener controls have an extra button that can be used to prevent any remote opener from functioning.

Ours, have an LED which is solid to indicate active and flashes to indicate 'locked'. 

 

I do wonder why the vehicles are wired so homelink is active when not keyed on, but for 'here' locking at the control pad is an acceptable solution.

 

 

 

zzrsouth Enthusiast

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I found I couldn't program my 2019LT  home link until I removed the LED bulbs from the opener the previous own installed.

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

redwngr

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13 hours ago, zzrsouth said:

I found I couldn't program my 2019LT  home link until I removed the LED bulbs from the opener the previous own installed.

That's really interesting....

 

High frequency interference form the bulbs?

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