Programming the transmitter (version B)
Applies to vehicles: with Horne link
Fig. 118 D istance between t he rad ia to r gr ille a nd the
h and trans mitter
Programming: phase 1 on the control unit
1. Sw itch on the ig nit io n (do no t start the
engine ).
2. Press and hold bot h of the outer Home
Link buttons
r=> page 115, fig. 116 until
the LED @ turns off completely (about
20
seconds). Th is procedure clears the stand
ard codes that were set at the factory and
does
not need to be repeated agai n to
p rog ram the othe r buttons.
3 . Briefly press the Homelink button that
you would like to prog ram .
4 . Wai t unti l the LED @ beg ins to blink
q ui ckly . The Home Lin k modu le wi ll now
remai n in learning mode for
5 minutes .
5. Now stand in front of your vehicle with
the original hand transmitter for the ga rage door opener or for the device that
you would like to allocate to the Home
Link button.
Programming: pha se 2 on the radiator
grille
6 . Hold the orig inal hand t ransmitter some
what towa rds the center o f you r vehicle 's
radiato r gr ille
r=> fig . 118 .
7. Now activate (p ress) t he hand transmit
ter.
8 . Pay a ttention to the t urn sign als for yo ur
vehicle when activating the ha nd trans
mitter . If t he emergency flashers b link
three times, the programming was suc
cessful. If the emergency flasher only bli nks one t ime, the 5 minute t ime limit
Homelink 11 7
for the adaptat ion has expired or the pro
gram ming was unsuccessful. Repeat the
programming from step 3 on the controls
o r se lect another distance from the radia
tor grille.
9. If the garage door or other devices sti ll
fail to be activated w it h the Homelin k
control buttons after p rogramming is
comple ted, it is possib le tha t these sys
tems might be w ork ing wi th a roll ing co de
ins tead of the normal fixed co de.
A Roll
ing code programming must be per
formed
r=> page 118 .
Program the rema ining tw o butt ons accor ding
to the instructions mentioned above . Beg in
similar ly w ith the 3rd step if the program
m ing connection was successful for t he fi rst
button .
Remote con trol units fo r garage door opene rs
in Canada are set to stop tra nsmitting radio
frequency signa ls after two seconds . This t ime
may not be suffic ient for the Homelink sys
tem to learn the radio frequency signa l. Per
form all other steps as described above.
Erasing the buttons
.,. Switch on the ignition (do not sta rt the en
gi ne).
.,. Press and hold both o f the outer buttons un
til the LED@ turns off completely (abo ut
20 seconds) to e rase a ll of the buttons si
m ultaneously .
.,. Programmed b uttons ca nnot be erased ind i
vidua lly. Reprogram the butto ns if necessa
ry .
Reprogramming the buttons
.,. Switch o n the ignition (do not start t he en
gine) .
.,. To reprogram an individua l bu tto n, press
and hold the button unt il the LED @ starts
t o f lash quickly (a fter ab out ten seconds) .
Release t he bu tton imme dia tely. The Home
L ink module will now remai n in learning
mo de for 5 min utes.
.,. Continue with step 5.
118 Homelink
-Programming using the Homelink but
tons is not poss ible with all infotainment
systems. If this is the case, program Homelink as described in vers ion A
¢ page 116.
-The requ ired distance between the hand
transmitter and the Homelink module in
the radiator grille
¢ fig . 118 depends on
the system that you are programming.
- Depend ing on the model of the garage
door opener, you may need to release the
button o n the remote and press it again
when prog ramming . W hen p rogram
ming a new dev ice, keep the button
pressed for a t le ast 15 se con ds before
trying again wi th the transmitte r in a dif
ferent posit ion . Watch out for the emer
gency flasher during that time.
Programming the rolling code
App lies to vehicles: with Home link
Additionally, a rolling code programming for
the Homelink universal remote control is re
quired for some systems.
Identifying the rolling code
"' Press the prev io usly progr amme d Homelink
bu tton aga in and ho ld it down .
"' Look at th e LED @¢
page 115, fig . 116 . If
the LED b links quickly, the features, s uch as
the garage door opene r, are equipped with
t he rolling code .
"' Program the rolling code as follows :
Activating the g arage door opene r motor
unit
"' Locate the setting button on the garage
door opener motor unit . The exact location
and co lor of t he button may vary depend ing
on the ga rage door opener ma nufactu rer .
"' Press the sett ing button on the ga rage door
opener motor unit (usually th is w ill act ivate
a "se tting ligh t disp lay" on the mo to r u nit).
Now you w ill have abo ut
30 second s time to
perform the Homelink button programming
on the cont ro ls.
Programming on the controls
"' Press the Homelink bu tton tha t was a lready
programmed and hol d for two seconds .
"' To end ro llin g code programming , press and
hold t he Home link button for two seconds
aga in.
"' The Home link button may need to be press
ed a t hird t ime to end the adjustment proce
dure for some ga rage doo r openers .
After the controls have been programmed, the
garage door opener shou ld recognize the
Homelink signa l and operate when the Home
Lin k button is pressed . N ow you may prog ram
t h e other buttons as needed .
(D Tips
- Programming the rolling code can be
perfor med quicke r and more easily with
the help of a se cond person .
- If d iff iculties should ar ise when pro
gramming the rolling code, consult the
operating instructions fo r th e garage
door opener or o ther dev ices for po ssible
so lutions.
