LiftMaster 855lm Homelink Repeater Kit

Emparejado (1) con un operador Liftmaster 87504-267, me permitió mantener funcional el sistema HomeLink en mi vehículo, y evito el tener que llevar en la visera el control remoto del motor. Solo mencionar que debí mantener pulsado el botón programado en el HomeLink durante 10 segundos despues del parpadeo en las luces del motor para que lograr el puente. Lo recomiendo.

Some important things to realize about this product: (1) Their online marketing material is not clear, but the smaller box that looks like a remote control is *ONLY* for programming your older car's HomeLink 1.0 system. You cannot use it as an additional GDO (garage door opener) remote. However, I'm planning on keeping it in case I have to reprogram my old car due to a battery disconnect or I buy a different older model car. (2) Place the repeater (the larger box) as close to the GDO as possible. Mine is about 18" from it, and it works great. Some reviewers had complained about this, perhaps because they don't have an electrical outlet close to the GDO. But I don't understand that rationale because the GDO runs on electricity, so why not just plug the repeater into the same electrical outlet, even if you have to use a power strip? (3) The repeater works as an intermediate relay, essentially taking your old car's HomeLink transmission (v1.0 is at a lower frequency) and converting it to the higher frequency required by the HomeLink v2.0 system (which is probably what your new GDO senses). The higher frequency gives HomeLink an opportunity to offer you control over more devices within your home. (4) Use the smaller box (the thing that looks like a GDO remote) to first sense what frequency your car's built-in HomeLink 1.0 system broadcasts at. Those instructions are per YOUR vehicle and will NOT be included in this HomeLink product. If you don't have the original owner's manual, find one online or call a dealership to ask how to program a new GDO remote. (5) Follow the instructions included with this HomeLink Repeater product to sync it with your car's output. It's super simple; literally the press of two buttons within a 30-second window. (6) IMPORTANT: Straighten the purple antenna wire so that it hangs straight down as much as possible. If it is coiled, it will not sense your car's signal as well, forcing you to get drive closer to the garage to be within range. One reviewer here mentioned you could tie an 18-gauge wire to the end of the purple antenna wire with a wire nut in order to extend your range, but I did not have to do that. (7) The total install took me about 10 minutes, but that included reading the instructions, digging through a drawer, setting up a ladder to reach the electrical outlet above my GDO, and walking between my car (outside the garage) and the ladder inside my garage. :-) (8) When finished, my 2001 BMW's old HomeLink built-in NOW reaches considerably farther than what I had before. I can activate the GDO from the top of the hill, about 300 feet from the garage. It works fantabulous! This is a solid product, easy to install, and gave me more range than my old built-in HomeLink broadcasting unit in my BMW. Good luck!

I have two liftmaster jackshaft garage door openers installed in a new house build. I have two older vehicles (2007, 2008) with the older Homelink remotes (one on the mirror and one on the visor). Both my vehicle Homelink remotes operate and are programmed in the same way. Since I had two garage door openers that would not work with my older vehicles, I had to buy two Homelink Repeater kits....or so I thought. Learn from my experience. Installation was fairly straightforward following my Liftmaster instructions, the Homelink repeater instructions, and the Homelink instructions in my vehicle owner manuals. The problems I had were that the garage door sensitivity was not that great. Sometimes the doors would open and sometimes not. When a door would not open, I would hav eto get out of my vehicle and use the keypad to open it. Very frustrating. What I learned was that the two Homelink repeaters were interfering with one another. The recommendation was to space them further apart. I had them about 6 or 7 feet from one anothre and they were still interfering. I had to unplug one of the repeaters so the other would work consistently (and quite well). One trouble shooting solution said I may have to replace the control board in my Liftmaster opener. I finally came across a helpful customer service support person from Chamberlain who said, in short, I only needed one repeater with one remote to program BOTH my garage door openers. They said if I had three garage doors, I still would only need one repeater with one remote. Sure enough, the one repeater/remote combo was all I needed. Both doors open consistently without fail. Why this isn't documented anywhere, I don't know other than the resellers are trying to sell more of these units. If some people can get multiple repeaters to work without fail, more profit for the resellers. I have had them for 6 months now so likely I can't return the one I don't need. Don't buy more than one, that is all you need unless you have garage doors that are VERY far apart and outside of the repeater range.

I’ve had it 5 minutes...okay 20...but it’s synced up and working! But it was installed in minutes. I had previously watched videos, but it seems nearly everyone does it differently. I think I personally did a hybrid install since I didn’t have to climb Mount Everest (my step ladder) to push the learn button on the actual opener that’s installed on a 20 foot ceiling! My new opener can do a lot, including syncing remotes and keypads without having to seek out the ever powerful learn button. With that said and after doing the initial prep work like clearing memory and aiming the included remote-like device at the Homelink on my mirror, I treated the button on the mirror like it was another remote. Voilà! Done. Sure beats my Homelink not working. I made sure to get an opener that said Homelink compatible with the make and model of my car and even looked it up on the Homelink site. It gave the all too familiar directions for installing with the new opener. Not that I want to suggest that Homelink and Craftsman are liars, but I wonder if we might compare them to Pinocchio? Shame on both of them. One or both should warn about backward compatibility issues or at least be honest and say your vehicle ain’t going to work with it. Ah, but that might make you buy a cheaper opener or God forbid, wait to get a new car! Yikes!! That’s a bit extreme. So, my review for this product...the Homelink Compatibility Bridge...two thumbs up. My opinion of Homelink and ALL the garage door opener makers when it comes to honesty about compatibility issues...well, if only I were an octopus with multiple thumbs that could point downward. But that’s just about the honesty. Homelink is getting a nice profit from those of us that want to keep our already paid for cars that paid extra for Homelink when we bought the car in the first place! Now the part I usually roll my eyes at when reading a review...the part when they say their age. To express how simple this was to install and sync, I have to say I’m a 70 year old woman with height and knee issues (thus the reluctance to climb Mount Everest (my ladder) and mess with the learn button.

The opener is a 2016 Chamberlain belt drive unit (with MyQ). The car is a 2008 Infinti EX35. The HomeLink in the Infinity worked just fine with a 2008 vintage Craftsman opener. But, alas, technology moves on, and it was non-starter with the new opener. This Repeater Kit/Compatibilty Bridge works as advertised. The set up was straight forward - following the instructions for the car and the Bridge, it all worked the first time. My initial observation is that the HomeLink in the car now seems a bit "slow." That is, it seems like you have to hold the HomeLink button on the rear-view mirror until the garage door starts to move. You can't seem to just hit the button for just a moment and have it work. Not a big deal. This will be much better than having to have a separate remote in the car. It will be interesting to see how it performs in the long term, especially during our winters (at -40 and all ;)