Program the remote control in the visor? [Homelink home link]

[1SIKZ31]

Hey guys!
SEARCHED EVERYWHERE, but only found "how to program homelink"

I basically bought the entire sun visor off my friends 98 eclipse for the homelink "system", but im confused on wiring!

It has a 2 wire connector sticking out the car, but the homelink visor itself's connector is only single wire?!
Any ideas?
Very odd...

If the single wire is a +12, where is the ground?
Thanks!

 

[Defiant]

Should be two wires, power and ground. Are you putting this in a DSM? On my '95 talon, it was only a matter of unplugging the power connector to the illuminated mirror and plugging the Homelink into it. I have to turn on the parking lights to power the Homelink, but that's not much of a bother.

 

[gst96spyderman]

Alright. I've read EVERY suggestion and complaint. I even called homelink (which were closed) watched the video and read all the instructions. I have tried steps 1-4 about14 times. Still I can not get this thing to actually work.

96 Spyder GST. I'm even missing the Lakers beat the crap out of the Clippers to try this out. I need some help. Like I said, I've read ALL the postings. Any suggestions or comments.

And yes. I've done the memory clear step. Hold original remote 1-3 inches from homelink buttons. Pressed the button on garage door motor. And pressed homelink button every 2 seconds up to three times. 1-4 have been done over and over. I"ll die knowing what the steps are. Am I missing something?

 

[ArticNemesis]

Alright. I've read EVERY suggestion and complaint. I even called homelink (which were closed) watched the video and read all the instructions. I have tried steps 1-4 about14 times. Still I can not get this thing to actually work.

As already stated, if the garage door opener is new-ish, it probably has rolling-code security system. If it does, the homelink device will NOT work.

 

[hdoerr]

I am a garage door installer and the remote for your opener should not be pressed intermittently but rather continuously about one inch from the home link button you are pushing. Of course the clearing procedure needs to be done before hand which is accomplished by holding down the outside two buttons until the light in the little house flashes very fast. In order for the program to stick the ignition needs to be on but the engine should be off. Once cleared the choice of three buttons is irrelevant but the opener remote and the button chosen needs to be pressed simultaneously and continuously until that light inside the little house flashes fast. Then the learn code button needs to b pushed on the garage door opener...now if you have a Genie then after the learn code button has been pushed the visor button will need to be pressed once...twice...and on the third time the opener should move. If it is a chamberlain, liftmaster, or craftsman (also known as sears) then the learn code button should be pressed and the visor button that was programmed should be held down until the garage door opener button flashes. That is the process by which I can get any modern day garage door opener, scrolling codes or not, to be used by the home link system in any car. Let me know if you all need anything else garage door related.

 

[gst96spyderman]

Okay. On the website I visted for homelink, it stated that once the "learn" button is pressed and released, you have 30 seconds to program a remote or the codes will have to be reset on all remotes. I have a chamberlain system, and am afraid of resetting codes to other remotes due to pressing "learn" button and Homelink not working.

Also is it hard to find visor? I'll purchase homelink system seperately if need be. I'm busy as hell and don't have a lot of time right now...

Feedback please.

 

[silvercoupe97]

As already stated, if the garage door opener is new-ish, it probably has rolling-code security system. If it does, the homelink device will NOT work.

I do not agree with that.
Our Home-Link WILLwork with rolling codes. I just moved into a new house with a new opener with rolling codes and got both my 97 Home-Link and my wife's 05 grand caravan Home-Link to work.

To make our Home-Link to work, you have to press the garage remote button once every two seconds while holding down the Home-link button of your choice. Do this for about a minute or until the visor blinks like it does for the non-rolling code procedure. Be sure that you're holding the garage remote about an inch from the button area. I have tried an inch from the visor with no avail...so, hold it an inch from the buttons instead.


I used the Canadian procedures since they had the rolling code issues back in the day and have the procedures to program your Home-Link visor to rolling codes...

HomeLink Training Instructions
Process: Program a garage door opener
Vehicle: 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse
HomeLink Location: Visor
Garage Door Opener: Manufacturer...

During programming, your hand-held transmitter may automatically stop transmitting. Continue to press and hold the desired HomeLink button while you press and re-press (“cycle”) your hand-held transmitter every two seconds until the frequency signal has been learned. The indicator light will flash slowly and then rapidly after several seconds upon successful training. If necessary, follow steps 5-7 to complete the training for a rolling code device.

Retain the original transmitter of the RF device you are training for use in other vehicles as well as for future HomeLink training. It is also suggested that upon the sale of the vehicle, the trained HomeLink buttons be erased for security purposes. Refer to step 1 only.
1. For first time training, press and hold the two outer HomeLink buttons, releasing only when the HomeLink indicator light begins to flash after 20 seconds. (Do not perform this step when training the additional HomeLink buttons.)
2.

Position the hand-held transmitter 1-3 inches away from the HomeLink surface (located on your overhead ) keeping the HomeLink indicator light in view.
3.

Using both hands, simultaneously press and hold both the desired HomeLink button and hand held transmitter button. During programming, your hand-held transmitter may automatically stop transmitting. Continue to press and hold the desired HomeLink button while you press and re-press (“cycle”) your hand-held transmitter every two seconds until the frequency signal has been learned. The indicator light will flash slowly and then rapidly after several seconds upon successful training. DO NOT release until the HomeLink indicator light flashes slowly and then rapidly. When the indicator light flashes rapidly, both buttons may be released. (The rapid flashing indicates successful training.)
4.

Press and hold the trained HomeLink button and observe the indicator light.

* If the indicator light is solid/continuous, training is complete and your device should activate when the HomeLink button is pressed and released.
* If the indicator light blinks rapidly for 2 seconds and then turns a solid/continuous light, proceed with the following training instructions for a rolling code device. A second person may make the following steps quicker and easier. Please use a ladder or other device. Do not stand on your vehicle to perform the next steps.

5. At the garage door opener receiver (motorhead unit) in the garage, locate the “learn” or “smart” button (usually near where the hanging antenna wire is attached to the unit). If there is difficulty locating the training button reference the garage door opener’s manual or contact us.
6. Press and release the “learn” or “smart” button (the name and color of the button may vary by manufacturer). NOTE: Once the button is pressed, there are 30 seconds in which to initiate the next step.
7. Return to the vehicle and firmly press and hold the trained HomeLink button for two seconds and release. Repeat the “press/hold/release” sequence up to 3 times to complete the training process.

HomeLink should now activate your device.

**To train additional HomeLink buttons, begin with step two.
Once trained, the HomeLink Wireless Control System or the original hand-held transmitter may be used to activate the device (e.g., garage door, entry lock, gate, etc.).

http://www.homelink.com/programming/programming.taf?do=2
By the way, this is the instructions for a 98 Spider.

 

[silvercoupe97]

Okay. On the website I visted for homelink, it stated that once the "learn" button is pressed and released, you have 30 seconds to program a remote or the codes will have to be reset on all remotes. I have a chamberlain system, and am afraid of resetting codes to other remotes due to pressing "learn" button and Homelink not working.

Also is it hard to find visor? I'll purchase homelink system seperately if need be. I'm busy as hell and don't have a lot of time right now...

Feedback please.

You don't have to use the "learn" feature. Just park away from your garage opener range. The visor will light up accordingly if the frequency is programmed correctly. No, it's not hard to program, but you may have to do several times to get it programmed. I used the "one Mississippi, two Mississippi" counting method. It sounds silly, but that's the only method of counting that has worked for me consecutively.

Oh if have an opener with rolling codes, use the instructions above this post.

 

[hdoerr]

Did any of you read my previous post. I do this for a living so if you follow the steps I wrote out above you don't have to worry about anything else.

 

[97gst_707]

I'm new to the dsm worldi jus picked up a 97 stock gst. What are the 3 buttons on the driver side visor for?

 

[knochgoon24]

From left to right...

Warp speed, tractor beam, and smoke screen.

Nope, just the garage door buttons.

 

[IluvmyEclipse]

I'm new to the dsm worldi jus picked up a 97 stock gst. What are the 3 buttons on the driver side visor for?

I know you are new, that's why you should've read more to make up what you've been missing instead of just jump in and ask questions that have been covered.

Anyway, I just programmed my homelinks on 3 of my cars with my garage opener which has a rolling code feature. Pretty simple and easy to do. Clear any stored codes on the homelink by pressing down the two outer buttons until the light flash rapidly. Then choose a button of your choice, press and hold it down WHILE holding the garage REMOTE opener at ONE INCH to the button and keep pressing it until the code is learnt, which will cause the light to flash rapidly. Release all the button and go to your garage opener/motor. There will be a learn/program button on there, mostly square in shape and red in color. press it once and run back to your car, press the same button and keep doing press/release until your garage light blink on and off which indicates it's done. Push the button on the homelink again to close/open the garage door to confirm it then you're done. This instruction goes the same on my Lexus, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, and same as on the aftermarket garage remote controller and keypad opener. DO NOT push and hold the learn button on the garage door opener for longer than 6 seconds unless you want to clear every codes stored on there. That will make every existing remote controller unrecognizabled. But if you did, you can go over the steps above to program everything back. It's best to do ALL the homelinks, remotes at once.

 

[95Eclipse]

Just to clarify the install issue where your car has a visor with a vanity mirror and you bought a visor with homelink form another eclipse/ talon to replace it.
I was having the same problem trying to figure out why there were two wires coming out of the headliner connector and only one going into the sun visor itself, both of the wires coming out of the headliner are positive and they are both connected to the same terminal on the connector, so the one wire that goes into the visor is positive. Homelink gets it's ground from the visor mounting braket..OK. pretty easy huh?
Hope that helps..

 

[bonez987321]

okay so I know this is kinda old and I don't wanna start up a new one for a similar problem. Anyways I did exactly what it said here and it doesn't work but here's the catch. When I used the original clicker it works, when I used it in my car (97 Eclipse GST) it doesn't work, and when I used them both at once, it doesn't work either. The garage door opener is a craftsman and the back of the clicker says 05/00 I'm guessing that's when it was made. Please help me, thanks in advance!!!

 

[Diplomat]

I tried programming Homelink a few years ago when I first got my 2G and never got it to work. I concluded that I must've had a remote that wasn't compatible with Homelink or that the Homelink unit itself was not working properly.

Recently I moved into a gated community (remotely activated, not keyed or key card) so I decided to give it another shot. Again, no luck but, this time I figured I'd search the forums to see if you guys might have the answer. DSMtuners to the rescue [as always]! It turns out, I wasn't following a particular step properly and that's all it takes.

These are the instructions I followed (Thanks to NJGSX96 and others for posting these):

1.) To clear the memory of all 3 buttons, hold down the outside 2 buttons until the red lights begin to flash rapidly (about 20 seconds), then release both buttons.
2.) Select, press and hold the button you would like to program.
3.) When the indicator turns from steadily lighting to intermittent flashing, continually send a code from your hand-held, holding it about an inch from the HomeLink.
4.) When the indicator flashes rapidly, your code is stored.

During my previous attempts to program the unit, I always held the garage remote casually in my other hand about a foot/foot and a half away during the process. You might think, as I did, that this is more than close enough (especially with a fresh battery). Well, evidently not. After all, that's 12-18 times the distance away from the Homelink device as called for in the programming instructions. After carefully reading the instructions again, I tried it one more time the right way and the damn thing works like a charm!

So, those of you who've been having trouble programming your Homelink, try again and make certain that you're holding the remote within 1 inch

of it.

 

[PossumGouge]

As i understand it, '98 was the official production run with rolling code compatible homelink systems. However, some 97's did come with the compatible version, but many did not. If your original '97 owners manual has the rolling code instructions (after the normal instructions), then you should be fine. If you find that your manual says nothing about rolling codes, then the car is part of the unlucky '97 batch

And of course any DSM homelinks before '97 do NOT work with rolling codes. If you really want the built in system to work, find a junkyard with a '98+ visor and switch it out

 

[GSXeclipsePSI]

It has worked in my car and using a rolling code opeaner and u have to tell the opeaner to learn the remote and its a pia but do it more then once.

I can't get it to work with my genie that's old but I haven't done much research into it yet.

 

[bsbllfit7]

So i have a 1997 talon tsi awd with the homelink remote, I am having no luck getting the buttons to program. I have successfully cleared the codes but when i hold a single button and press the remote button i never get the rapidly flashing light. I have tried this countless times. After getting tired of trying to program it I moved on to my 04 Sequoia and programmed that one using the same method. Hold outside buttons for 20 seconds to clear codes, then press and hold a single homelink button, as well as press and hold the garage remote. This successfully programmed the button but still needed to use the learn feature on the actual motor to learn the control. Pressed learn button and went out and pressed the button i programmed and held for 2 seconds, 3 times. On the third time this opened and closed the door. That same process is what is outlined in the owners manual as well as on homelinks webpage. I dont understand where i could be screwing up? Is there anything i can check for on the homelink in the talon to verify functionality.

 

[gstmammo]

okay my problem is that im pretty sure that I have the remote working, the light flashes and i hit the learn code button on my receiver, and when i hit the button on my home link the light on my reciever flashes but it will not open my garage door, any suggestions?

 

[JMoney]

So yes, it does work on rolling code doors. I had troubles before also but it works just as NJGSX96 explains above. Try it with your ignition on, thats what made it work for me.

 

[Absolut_VIII]

I have the factory visor opener, and yet to this date have I ever been able to get it to sync with my G-door

 

[DropSomeMoney]

I tried for about 3 hours about 3 weeks ago and had no luck myself. I doubt I was missing anything. But I am determined to get this to work. Aaahhh!!!

 

[pauleyman]

I have a factory homelink I got out of a junkyard car (97 or newer) but I don't know which one. If it is in fact true the 97 or older doesn't work with rolling codes I probably have a 97 as I cannot get it to work no matter what I do. I've looked at every link, tried every combination and can't get it to work. Are there any visual clues to the year? Mine has a red oval LED on it. I suspect newer ones might have a house shaped or triangular LED. Anybody with a 97, 98 or 99 care to comment what they have that came with the car? Mine came with the lighted visor and I've read to have the parking lights on. That didn't work either.

 

[DSM IN MN]

I just tried this in my '99 GS-T and nothing happened. It seemed to sync, but it will not open the door. It's whatever though as I already have a garage door opener.

 

[pauleyman]

I can't find anything that says if the visors are or are not compatible with rolling code garage door openers depending on the year of your car. I have a newer craftsman garage door opener with the yellow antenna wire and a learn buton