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chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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I am 99% sure they are wired into the truck where your map lights are wired in.

 

 

I love the homelink buttons, at my old job it was nice not having to clutter up my visor w/ the garage door opener from home and the one for the parking structure at work.

 

Now I just have the garage door opener at home (and have to park my truck outside at work), but still looks better than a remote clipped to the visor.

MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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Are you talking about your old truck? Did it have an overhead console too? Mine has a place to but the hand held door opener, and some little posts you stack on the console button that lines up with the remote button. All you have to do is push the console button, and it pushes the remote button. I might look into getting the homelink panel and swapping it out, depends on what all is involved.

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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Are you talking about your old truck? Did it have an overhead console too? Mine has a place to but the hand held door opener, and some little posts you stack on the console button that lines up with the remote button. All you have to do is push the console button, and it pushes the remote button. I might look into getting the homelink panel and swapping it out, depends on what all is involved.

Yeah...Those little posts.....I had my Blazer for two years, and had a neat little do-hicky fabbed up to push the button until I accidentally knocked one of those posts off and figured it out...I felt like quite the :cheers: until I looked at my neighbors 01, and he had done the same thing. Made him feel like the loser when I showed him those little posts had been in there the whole time :wtf:

 

As far as hooking it up, I would think that as long as it doesn't require communication with the 'puter, it should just need a hot and a ground.

 

Even if it does require some computer involvement, the harness is probably set up to accept it just like other options that people have added on later.

99-2door Senior Enthusiast

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I wonder what all is involved in hooking it up? Maybe just a power source and a ground?

 

Anyone know for sure?

 

:cheers:

I know!

All you need is hot, ground and a dimmer feed. jp customs has a kit. I had a unit already and jp sold me a harness to fit it for my Tahoe. Basically the unit is just a programmable remote. Looks much nicer than a clip-on plus I can get into 3 garages this way.

carguru Senior Enthusiast

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Tom,

 

I have the OEM homelink module for the overhead console in mine. I just hardwired it into the maplight power connections. It is so much more convenient than having to have the remote in the compartment and having to line it up everytime you take it out. Since I did not have the connector for the pcb, I soldered the ends 2 stripped wires to the homelink pcb. There is also a pad for lighting when the headlights are on. I'll try to check it out tomorrow if I remember. Here is a pic of the one I have in mine.

 

Homelink.jpg

MountaineerTom Senior Enthusiast

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Excellent, thanks for all the info.

 

How do you program it for your garage doors? Is it pretty much like programming the hand helds that came with the doors?

chevy4x4trucks Senior Enthusiast

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Excellent, thanks for all the info.

 

How do you program it for your garage doors? Is it pretty much like programming the hand helds that came with the doors?

Yeah, you just have to hold it up to the homelink and hit a few buttons, piece of cake. I think for my garage door so it has a roaming (not sure if that's the right word) signal thingamajiggy I had to hit a button on the garage door motor and then do the programming within a few seconds of it.

silverado man Senior Enthusiast

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Excellent, thanks for all the info.

 

How do you program it for your garage doors?  Is it pretty much like programming the hand helds that came with the doors?

Yeah, you just have to hold it up to the homelink and hit a few buttons, piece of cake. I think for my garage door so it has a roaming (not sure if that's the right word) signal thingamajiggy I had to hit a button on the garage door motor and then do the programming within a few seconds of it.

It's called a rolling code. :wtf:

 

And Tom if you visit Jpcustom's site he has the instruction on how to program the homelink system in PDF form. :cheers:

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