Program Garage Door Remote Without Learn Button

Older model genie garage door openers use dip switches rather than a smart to program the opener and remote controls.

Program garage door remote without learn button.

To program your remote. The opener should program. The 971lm and 973lm remotes have a corresponding amber or red square learn button. You will only have a problem if the garage door opener has a yellow learn button.

This method will work on most remotes and operators from 1993 and newer. You have up to 30 seconds. Press release the learn or. Homelink is the program on the car.

An led light beside the button will turn on. Locate the learn button on your garage door opener. Now press the learn button once. You can use a ball point pen or small flathead screwdriver to move the dip switches up or down if you find it difficult to accomplish with just your fingertip.

It is usually located at the back of the opener. In this video we will show you how to program garage remote with learn button. In most cases erasing remotes from the garage door system is accomplished by pressing the learn button until the indicator light stops blinking. Now your garage door opener is ready to receive a signal from the remote.

A garage door opener can only maintain five remotes or four remotes and one keyless entry so if a remote is lost you might have to erase all codes from your opener before you can add a new one. The 371lm and 373lm have a corresponding purple square learn button. The smart indicator light will glow steadily for 30 seconds. Press and release the square colored smart button on garage door opener motor unit.