Reprogram Old Garage Door Opener

The learn indicator light will glow steadily for 30 seconds.

Reprogram old garage door opener.

Push down the same button on your garage door remote. However if you move homes get a new garage door or install a new garage door opener on your existing garage doors the remote door opener will no longer work. This will remove the old code from the garage door openers memory. I recently had one of my remote controls for my linear ldo50 garage door opener stolen.

Older model genie garage door openers use dip switches rather than a smart to program the opener and remote controls. Press and release the learn button on the overhead garage door opener unit. This calibrates the opener and syncs it with your remote control. Unlike their intellicode system which you can program with a press of a button the remotes and the door opener dip switches must match in order for the remotes to work correctly.

Additionally you can easily re link the garage opener to your doors if necessary. Press the remote button 2 more times to reset the opener. How to reset remotes on a liftmaster garage door opener. I reset the unit to forget all remotes and then programmed two universal remotes along with the remaining linear remote which had stopped working as expected.

A code is preset on the motor so the door operates. In this case resetting the door opener will de link it from your garage doors. If you think someone knows the code to open your garage door or your remote has been stolen it is time to change the code on your garage door opener. How to change code for garage door opener.

Within this 30 second time period press and hold the button on the hand held remote.