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Fri Aug 08, 2014 6:55 am
I had struggled with this for a while until stumbling across a solution on a different site. I had gone over the instructions multiple times, even had Homelink customer support on the phone while programming, and it still didn't work. They told me my Homelink might be defective, to have it checked out at the dealer. NOT! The last thing I want to do is stop by a dealer for service.
I have a Genie GDO with a remote that is grey and white, and it has three buttons. One large center button, and two smaller buttons on either side. To cut to the chase, this remote can operate on TWO DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES, and there is a switch on the side of the remote that allows you to change the frequency. If your switch fell off, then open the remote and flip the switch from inside. If you were having trouble syncing your genie remote with your homelink, then this may be the solution for you. It should be able to sync with the homelink once you change your frequency. I hope it works for all you Genie sufferers out there!
Here's the original post I found on another forum:
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I know this is an old thread, but I am going to add some information for those who are searching for a solution to their homelink programming problems:
Genie door openers (and presumably others as well) use both 315 MHz and 390 MHz frequencies, and the Genie openers are set to 315 MHz by default. The Dodge Homelink system will only program on 390 MHZ, so you must first switch your remote to the 390 MHz setting. On my Genie remote, the switch was sticky and I had to pull the back off to make sure that it was actually on the 390 setting and not stuck between the two. The LED on your door opener head unit should flash when you press the button on your handheld, so you can use that feature to check that it is actually transmitting and that the battery is OK.
Once you have the handheld set to 390 MHz, you should be able to train the car to the remote using the well documented Dodge procedure. Incidentally, I have a Canadian door opener, but did not require the "press multiple times" Canadian training instructions to get it to work - just pressing and holding the button was good enough.
I also noted that when resetting the homelink system in my 06 SRT8 Magnum, the EVIC never actually says "Codes Cleared", but you will know it is reset if pressing one of the Homelink buttons says "Training" in the EVIC.
For a rolling code system, which is most of them now, once the car is trained to the remote and pressing the homelink button causes the EVIC to say "transmitting", your car is the equivalent of a fresh unprogrammed remote for the garage door opener. You need to go ahead and program the homelink to the head unit using the manufacturer's instructions for a new remote, which are usually the same as the "rolling code" programming instructions from Dodge.
If you have everything set to 390 MHz and the remote works with the door opener, but you still can't get it to work, try resetting all the codes in the door opener itself and starting again from the beginning. For a Genie opener holding the learn button for 10 seconds or until the LED goes out resets all of the codes.
I hope these tricks help someone else out because it can be a frustrating procedure getting this system to work, and if you don't do it just right it will never program!
-Matthew
Last edited by Matthewp; 12-23-2009 at 06:04 PM.
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