hello i have in my rearview mirror 3 progrmmable buttons to open my garage and i have my normal garage door control, how do i program it for it to open with my rearview mirror button?

 

Unplug your garage door, put the remote about 6 inches away from the mirror's sensor, press and hold the button on your garage door remote AND the mirror. It'll blink slow at first and when it blinks fast you're done. Also if you have a "learn" button on your garage door, be sure to press that button before starting. Good luck.

 

The process is detailed in the owner's manual, but it goes something like:
(please keep in mind that this is from memory, having last dine this 3-4 years ago)

Somebody needs to get (on a ladder) up to the opener, and press the "program/learn" button.
Then the light on the opener will flicker, and you press the desired button on the rearview mirror, holding it until the light on the opener blinks. Then, in theory, the button in the car is programmed.
(the light thing may vary from one opener make/model to another)


Hopefully, the manual has better instructions, or somebody who has done this more recently can fill in the details.

good luck.



PS: I found the manual on my computer from the '04 owner's manual):

1. To begin, press and hold the 2 outer
HomeLink buttons (to clear the memory)
until the indicator light blinks slowly (after
20 seconds). Release both buttons.
2. Position the end of the hand-held transmitter
1-3 inches away from the HomeLink
surface.
3. Using both hands, simultaneously press
and hold both the HomeLink button you
want to program and the hand-held transmitter
button.
DO NOT release the buttons until step 4
has been completed.
4. Hold down both buttons until the indicator
light on the HomeLink flashes, changing
from a “slow blink” to a “rapidly flashing
blink”. This could take up to 90 seconds.
When the indicator light flashes rapidly,
both buttons may be released. The rapidly
flashing light indicates successful programming.
To activate the garage door or other
programmed device, press and hold the
programmed HomeLink button - releasing
when the device begins to activate.
5. If the indicator light on the HomeLink
blinks rapidly for two seconds and then
turns solid, HomeLink has picked up a
“rolling code” garage door opener signal.
You will need to proceed with the next steps
to train the HomeLink to complete the
programming which may require a ladder
and another person for convenience.
6. Press and release the “smart” or “learn”
program button located on the garage door
opener’s motor to activate the “training
mode”. This button is usually located near
the antenna wire that hangs down from the
motor. If the wire originates from under a
light lens, you will need to remove the lens
to access the program button.
NOTE:
Once you have pressed and released the
program button on the garage door opener’s
motor and the “training light” is lit, you
have 30 seconds in which to perform step
7. Use the help of a second person for
convenience to assist when performing
this step.
7. Quickly within 30 seconds of pressing and
releasing the garage door opener program
button, firmly press and release the
HomeLink button you’ve just programmed.
Press and release the
HomeLink button up to three times to
complete the training.
8. Your HomeLink button should now be
programmed. (To program the remaining
HomeLink buttons for additional door or
gate openers, follow steps 2-8 only.
NOTE:
Do not repeat step one unless you want to
“clear” all previously programmed
HomeLink buttons).
If you have any questions or are having difficulty
programming your HomeLink buttons,
please refer to the HomeLink web site at:
www.homelink.com or call 1-800-662-6200.

 

nice thanks! im trying to do this now with my G and FX

 

does this work with a gate at an apartment complex?

 

yes

 

That's how I programmed my buddy's gated community. My gf got tired of getting out of the car to enter the code.

 

cant get mine to work for the neighborhood gate.. do i need to be at the gate to program it?