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An opener for your garage door is an undervalued convenience that's come with modern engineering. Merely how do you program one? In this guide, we'll show you how to fix up your Chamberlain garage door opener with a remote control or door opener keypad. Pretty soon, it'll be easier than ever for yous to open your garage door and get inside every bit fast as possible. Read on for our comprehensive walkthrough on how to plan a Chamberlain garage door opener.

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    Printing the "Learn" button on your door command, if it has one. Not all door controls (the device on your wall you can use to open your door) will have learn functions, but yours may. If your door command has a plastic cover that'south able to be lifted off, it may exist located right underneath it. Printing this button one time to admission the door command'south pairing manner.[1]

    • If your door command looks more than similar a doorbell, you may exist able to admission the "Learn" function by belongings the light button on the side of the device while pressing and releasing the front end button.[two]
    • If yous have a smart door control, you can activate pairing way through its menu. Navigate to the program tab of the menu, and then select "remote."[three]

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    Push a programmable button on your remote control. Select and press ane of the face buttons on your remote control—it doesn't matter which one. The garage lights volition flash, or you might hear ii clicks. This tells yous that y'all've successfully programmed your remote control.[iv]

    • Some types of remote controls, like the Chamberlain Universal Remote, may need to be put into pairing mode before they tin be programmed. If you printing the lesser button for fifteen seconds, so release it, the remote volition be in pairing mode for 60 seconds.[five]

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    Use your remote command to exam out your garage door opener. If the garage door opens, the device has been successfully programmed. If not, you may have objects near the door obstructing it. If this isn't the problem, you lot may have to effort programming the remote control with the garage door opener (the box attached to your ceiling).[half-dozen]

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    Observe the "Larn" button on your garage door opener. The "Acquire" button is how you lot'll exist programming your remote. Information technology'southward located above the antenna wire that hangs from the garage door opener's motorhead (the garage door opener is located on your ceiling). It may exist covered past a light encompass, which you lot'll need to remove to admission information technology. Next to the "Acquire" button is a small LED light, which is used to bank check the compatibility of the opener with remote controls.[vii]

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    Cheque the LED calorie-free inside the opener for compatibility. The color of the LED light lets you know if your remote is uniform. The LED light next to the learn button tells you which radio frequency the garage door opener uses. You tin see what kinds of openers your remote is capable of working with past checking its manual.[eight]

    • Garage door openers come with a few dissimilar colors for their "Learn" buttons—cherry, yellowish, greenish, and purple. Keep in mind that over time, red buttons can await orange, and purple buttons may appear brownish.[9]
    • While current Chamberlain garage door remotes are compatible with nigh all doors produced afterwards 1993, some older remotes may have more limited compatibility.
    • If your garage door opener isn't compatible with your remote, yous may want to purchase a newer model.

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    Articulate your garage door opener'due south memory (optional). If your door was previously programmed, clear its memory. Have your garage door opener forget its previous connections by holding the "Learn" button for near vi seconds. The LED light for the "Acquire" button should plough off, at which point you'll know that your garage door's previous connections accept been cleared.[ten]

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    Push the learn button on your garage door opener. Switch on the programming manner of your garage door opener. This just takes a elementary button button—press the learn push on your garage door opener, then immediately release information technology. Your garage door opener tin can now exist to be paired with a remote control.[11]

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    Press a programmable button on your remote control. After pressing the larn button, you have xxx seconds to program the remote. Push one of the face buttons on your remote control—it doesn't matter which i. The garage lights should wink, or you may hear 2 clicks. This lets y'all know that yous've successfully programmed the remote control.[12]

    • Some types of remote controls, like the Chamberlain Universal Remote, may need to be put into pairing mode before they can exist programmed. If you press the bottom push button for xv seconds, then release it, the remote will be in pairing way for 60 seconds.[13]

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    Examination out your garage door opener. Push the programmed button on your remote again to test the connection. If your garage door opens, you've successfully programmed your remote. If not, you lot may have to practice some troubleshooting. Try some of the following steps:[14]

    • Make certain that the expanse around the garage door is clear.
    • Check your transmission once again to make certain that your opener is uniform with your garage door.
    • Redo the programming process.
    • If zilch else works, get in contact with Chamberlain customer service.

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    Find the "Learn" push on your garage door opener. This button is higher up the antenna wire that hangs from the garage door opener's motorhead. If your button is hidden by a calorie-free comprehend, y'all'll need to remove this encompass offset. Next to the "Learn" button is a small-scale LED light, which is used to identify the blazon of garage door opener y'all have.[15]

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    Look at the LED light inside the opener to observe your opener ID. The color of the LED lite indicates the type of garage door you have, which determines your opener ID. Check the manual of your door opener keypad to figure out what ID corresponds to your garage door.[16]

    • Although there are exceptions, a dominion of pollex is that doors with a ruby-red/orange LED accept an ID of two, doors with a regal LED take an ID of 3, doors with a dark-green LED have an ID of 4, and doors with a yellow LED have an ID of 8.
    • However, your specific garage door make may take a unlike ID, and so double-bank check your manual to exist certain.

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    Press and hold the * and # buttons on your keypad. Your keypad volition wink for a scrap, then stop, at which point you lot tin let go of the buttons. It's now gear up to exist programmed.[17]

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    Programme your keypad. Enter a 4-digit Pivot, which can exist anything you choose, then press the # sign. Later this, enter your ID number, and press the # sign again. Your keypad is now programmed.[xviii]

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    Printing the "Learn" button on your garage door opener. Y'all don't take to concur information technology for long—a simple push, and so immediately release information technology. Your garage door opener can at present be to be paired with the keypad.[nineteen]

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    Enter your PIN number, and so the "0" key. For most garage door models, after entering this code, your keypad will be paired to the garage. If y'all take a Genie or Overhead Door unit, press the "0" key twice.[twenty]

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    Exam your keypad. Wait until the lights of your garage turn off. And so. enter your Pivot into the keypad, before hit the "0" key. If your garage door opens, you lot've successfully programmed your device.[21]

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    Change your Pivot (if needed). If y'all're looking to reprogram your Pin lawmaking, simply enter your existing PIN code, press *, enter your new PIN, and press * again. Test your new lawmaking by entering it into the keypad and pressing the "0" key.[22]

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