USING THE GARAGE DOOR TWO-
WAY COMMUNICATION
HomeLink® has the function of commu-
nicating with garage door opener sys-
tems. If your garage door openers are
compatible with HomeLink®, the
HomeLink® can:
.receive and display “closing” or “open-
ing” status from your garage door
opener.
. recall and display the garage door
being “closed” or “opened”.
HomeLink® can receive the status from a
garage door opener at a range up to 820
ft (250 m), but it varies depending on the
environment. You may need to reduce
vehicle speed to successfully receive the
garage door opener communication.
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Using two-way communication
Press and hold the HomeLink® buttons (1
and 2) simultaneously for 2 seconds to
recall and display the last recorded gar-
age door status communicated to
HomeLink®. HomeLink® will display the
last recorded status for 3 seconds.
If two-way communication programming
is successful, HomeLink® will display the
status of your garage door opener with
the status indicator
, which changes
depending on the status. The garage
door opener status indicator shows the
garage door opener status as follows:
Flashing in orange – Closing
Flashing in orange – Opening
Illuminating in green – Closed
Illuminating in green – Opened
The status indicator stops to flash after
an open/close signal is received or no
signal is received within 30 seconds from
the garage door opener.
PROGRAMMING HomeLink® FOR
CANADIAN CUSTOMERS AND GATE
OPENERS
Canadian radio-frequency laws require
transmitter signals to “time-out” (or quit)
after several seconds of transmission –
which may not be long enough for
HomeLink® to pick up the signal during
programming. Similar to this Canadian
law, some U.S. gate operators are de-
signed to “time-out” in the same manner.
If you live in Canada or you are having
difficulties programming a gate operator
or garage door opener by using the
“Programming HomeLink®” procedures,
replace “Programming HomeLink®” Step
3 with the following:
NOTE:
When programming a garage door
opener, etc., unplug the device during
the “cycling” process to prevent possi-
ble damage to the device components.
Step 3: While the HomeLink® indicator
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