Lear Car2U vs. Homelink
#1
Lear Car2U vs. Homelink
I know there have been several threads on this topic, LearCar2U and Homelink.
Some of us have LearCar2U, identified by 3 individual LED's on the sunvisor and some of you have Homelink, identified by a single LED light.
I also know that some of you have been successful in programming your LearCar2U systems and others like myself have been unsuccessful, until now.
I have two Liftmaster 8550 garage door openers with the "MyQ" intellisystem, which allows me to open my doors remotely from my smartphone.
I contacted Liftmaster and after explaining which system I have in my 2009 Corvette and 2008 Tahoe (LearCar2U), I was told that I needed the LearCar2U bridge kit, which allows communication between my garage door openers and remote buttons on my vehicle(s).
I purchased one "bridge kit" from Liftmaster, since they told me I only needed 1 kit. After receiving the module, I plugged it into an outlet closest to the garage door opener. Programmed my Tahoe and Corvette pursuant to the instructions and now I can open either garage door from within my 2 cars.
Link to Liftmaster:
https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes...del-CAR2U-RPTR
Link to Car2U programming instructions for rolling code garage door openers:
http://www.learcar2u.com/rolling-gar...e-instructions
I just thought this might be useful to those who are having difficulty programming their sun visor garage door buttons.
A
Some of us have LearCar2U, identified by 3 individual LED's on the sunvisor and some of you have Homelink, identified by a single LED light.
I also know that some of you have been successful in programming your LearCar2U systems and others like myself have been unsuccessful, until now.
I have two Liftmaster 8550 garage door openers with the "MyQ" intellisystem, which allows me to open my doors remotely from my smartphone.
I contacted Liftmaster and after explaining which system I have in my 2009 Corvette and 2008 Tahoe (LearCar2U), I was told that I needed the LearCar2U bridge kit, which allows communication between my garage door openers and remote buttons on my vehicle(s).
I purchased one "bridge kit" from Liftmaster, since they told me I only needed 1 kit. After receiving the module, I plugged it into an outlet closest to the garage door opener. Programmed my Tahoe and Corvette pursuant to the instructions and now I can open either garage door from within my 2 cars.
Link to Liftmaster:
https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes...del-CAR2U-RPTR
Link to Car2U programming instructions for rolling code garage door openers:
http://www.learcar2u.com/rolling-gar...e-instructions
I just thought this might be useful to those who are having difficulty programming their sun visor garage door buttons.
A
#3
It's $30.00 from Liftmaster.
There is a short delay after pushing the button on the visor. Quite frankly the handheld remote works faster.....
I just thought this information might be useful to those who want to program their visors.
There is a short delay after pushing the button on the visor. Quite frankly the handheld remote works faster.....
I just thought this information might be useful to those who want to program their visors.
#4
Melting Slicks
I just installed a new Chamberlain wi-fi equipped garage door opener. I was able to program the Homelink on my 2015 Dart but could not program my wife's 2012 Elantra or the Car2U on my 2013 vette. Called Chamberlain and they ran the VIN for my wife's car and told me I needed the Homelink repeater. Instructions for the garage door opener stated that all cars with a Car2U would need a Car2U repeater. Ordered both from Amazon and they should be here over the next few days. Bought a triple tap so I will be able to plug-in the repeaters at the ceiling, close to the unit.
#5
Drifting
I don't have any problem with programming my garage door with the Car 2U car system, but I can't program the gate to our community!
Last edited by ROJ#79; 04-06-2016 at 01:07 PM.
#7
I just installed a new Chamberlain wi-fi equipped garage door opener. I was able to program the Homelink on my 2015 Dart but could not program my wife's 2012 Elantra or the Car2U on my 2013 vette. Called Chamberlain and they ran the VIN for my wife's car and told me I needed the Homelink repeater. Instructions for the garage door opener stated that all cars with a Car2U would need a Car2U repeater. Ordered both from Amazon and they should be here over the next few days. Bought a triple tap so I will be able to plug-in the repeaters at the ceiling, close to the unit.
The nice part with the MyQ app, is that not only can you operate your door(s) remotely, but you can also set up the app, to notify you (either via text or e-mail) when the door is activating. This is great, especially when your away from home, it'll give you a heads up if someone who shouldn't be, is entering your garage.
#8
Instructor
Also, on another related thread it was mentioned that LED or CFL lights can produce radio frequencies that interfere with the Car2U signal. I have LED bulbs throughout the inside and outside of the garage, and have not experienced any problems.
Last edited by dbischoff; 04-07-2016 at 08:48 AM.
#9
Racer
I know there have been several threads on this topic, LearCar2U and Homelink.
Some of us have LearCar2U, identified by 3 individual LED's on the sunvisor and some of you have Homelink, identified by a single LED light.
I also know that some of you have been successful in programming your LearCar2U systems and others like myself have been unsuccessful, until now.
I have two Liftmaster 8550 garage door openers with the "MyQ" intellisystem, which allows me to open my doors remotely from my smartphone.
I contacted Liftmaster and after explaining which system I have in my 2009 Corvette and 2008 Tahoe (LearCar2U), I was told that I needed the LearCar2U bridge kit, which allows communication between my garage door openers and remote buttons on my vehicle(s).
I purchased one "bridge kit" from Liftmaster, since they told me I only needed 1 kit. After receiving the module, I plugged it into an outlet closest to the garage door opener. Programmed my Tahoe and Corvette pursuant to the instructions and now I can open either garage door from within my 2 cars.
Link to Liftmaster:
https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes...del-CAR2U-RPTR
Link to Car2U programming instructions for rolling code garage door openers:
http://www.learcar2u.com/rolling-gar...e-instructions
I just thought this might be useful to those who are having difficulty programming their sun visor garage door buttons.
A
Some of us have LearCar2U, identified by 3 individual LED's on the sunvisor and some of you have Homelink, identified by a single LED light.
I also know that some of you have been successful in programming your LearCar2U systems and others like myself have been unsuccessful, until now.
I have two Liftmaster 8550 garage door openers with the "MyQ" intellisystem, which allows me to open my doors remotely from my smartphone.
I contacted Liftmaster and after explaining which system I have in my 2009 Corvette and 2008 Tahoe (LearCar2U), I was told that I needed the LearCar2U bridge kit, which allows communication between my garage door openers and remote buttons on my vehicle(s).
I purchased one "bridge kit" from Liftmaster, since they told me I only needed 1 kit. After receiving the module, I plugged it into an outlet closest to the garage door opener. Programmed my Tahoe and Corvette pursuant to the instructions and now I can open either garage door from within my 2 cars.
Link to Liftmaster:
https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes...del-CAR2U-RPTR
Link to Car2U programming instructions for rolling code garage door openers:
http://www.learcar2u.com/rolling-gar...e-instructions
I just thought this might be useful to those who are having difficulty programming their sun visor garage door buttons.
A
Last week I obtained a 2011 Corvette Convertible and have tried nearly every day to program the garage door and/or the gate entry. Somedays the garage, other days the gate, and some days both. I have tried both the procedure in the Owners Manual and the procedure in LearCar2U. I am one RCH away from giving up and just using the remote I have.
Anyone have any suggestions?
If I purchase the bridge kit, it possibly would take care of my garage door opener but what about the gates in the community? I have never had this level of difficulty before.
#10
I have lived in my new house for three years. Over those three years I have successfully programmed 5 vehicles either using the learn button on the Liftmaster Garage Door Opener and/or the two button remote that was given to me when I bought the house from the builder. The second button being for the gates in the gated community.
Last week I obtained a 2011 Corvette Convertible and have tried nearly every day to program the garage door and/or the gate entry. Somedays the garage, other days the gate, and some days both. I have tried both the procedure in the Owners Manual and the procedure in LearCar2U. I am one RCH away from giving up and just using the remote I have.
Anyone have any suggestions?
If I purchase the bridge kit, it possibly would take care of my garage door opener but what about the gates in the community? I have never had this level of difficulty before.
Last week I obtained a 2011 Corvette Convertible and have tried nearly every day to program the garage door and/or the gate entry. Somedays the garage, other days the gate, and some days both. I have tried both the procedure in the Owners Manual and the procedure in LearCar2U. I am one RCH away from giving up and just using the remote I have.
Anyone have any suggestions?
If I purchase the bridge kit, it possibly would take care of my garage door opener but what about the gates in the community? I have never had this level of difficulty before.
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#11
Melting Slicks
I have lived in my new house for three years. Over those three years I have successfully programmed 5 vehicles either using the learn button on the Liftmaster Garage Door Opener and/or the two button remote that was given to me when I bought the house from the builder. The second button being for the gates in the gated community.
Last week I obtained a 2011 Corvette Convertible and have tried nearly every day to program the garage door and/or the gate entry. Somedays the garage, other days the gate, and some days both. I have tried both the procedure in the Owners Manual and the procedure in LearCar2U. I am one RCH away from giving up and just using the remote I have.
Anyone have any suggestions?
If I purchase the bridge kit, it possibly would take care of my garage door opener but what about the gates in the community? I have never had this level of difficulty before.
Last week I obtained a 2011 Corvette Convertible and have tried nearly every day to program the garage door and/or the gate entry. Somedays the garage, other days the gate, and some days both. I have tried both the procedure in the Owners Manual and the procedure in LearCar2U. I am one RCH away from giving up and just using the remote I have.
Anyone have any suggestions?
If I purchase the bridge kit, it possibly would take care of my garage door opener but what about the gates in the community? I have never had this level of difficulty before.
I understand your pain... I don't understand why this **** just doesn't work like it should... We can put a man on the moon but can't design a system to open a friggin garage door.. I just used my 14yr old remote.. works everytime..
#12
That's too bad because the "remote bridge" that would've adapted the signal to the right frequency that is sold by liftmaster only costs $30 and works flawlessly for me.
I've never had problems programming cars or remotes to my old garage door.....we have cars as old as 2001 Up to 2011 with the homelink system. However our garage door bit the dust after 18 years. So we installed a new liftmaster and naively I figured that it would backwards compatible with older remotes and products.......not true!!! After trying and failing to get ANY of my cars to work I realized that the fine print pretty much explained that I'd have to buy the bridge unit. Sure wish the installer had said something.....can't be that uncommon of a problem. Quick run to the hardware store where they had many of the devices in stock because it's such a common problem and following the instructions had all of my cars reprogrammed to the new door in about 10 minutes.
I've never had problems programming cars or remotes to my old garage door.....we have cars as old as 2001 Up to 2011 with the homelink system. However our garage door bit the dust after 18 years. So we installed a new liftmaster and naively I figured that it would backwards compatible with older remotes and products.......not true!!! After trying and failing to get ANY of my cars to work I realized that the fine print pretty much explained that I'd have to buy the bridge unit. Sure wish the installer had said something.....can't be that uncommon of a problem. Quick run to the hardware store where they had many of the devices in stock because it's such a common problem and following the instructions had all of my cars reprogrammed to the new door in about 10 minutes.
#13
Race Director
Chamberlain and lift master have always been difficult to impossible depending on auto system or any hand held. I’d change the opener to something more common that offers zero resistance.
#14
With a $30 part and 10 minutes I now have 3 cars and 3 separate remotes and a 1 keypad all working just fine.
#15
Melting Slicks
Have car2u (3 LED's) in my 09 Z and as others have stated, it's not the most forward (maybe consistent is a better word) programming process - even for a programmer like me.
Has anyone noticed that the range on the car2u remote is quite limited by comparison to other in car remotes?
TIA, Nick
Has anyone noticed that the range on the car2u remote is quite limited by comparison to other in car remotes?
TIA, Nick
#16
Racer
I’ll respectfully disagree with you. I’ve programmed 6 or 7 different cars with zero problem until I got my new door opener last week. If I’d read the info sooner I’d have realized it wasn’t backwards compatible with my 18 year old technology because they’ve updated the frequency band they use for security and performance.
With a $30 part and 10 minutes I now have 3 cars and 3 separate remotes and a 1 keypad all working just fine.
Old frequency vs. new frequency.
#18
Team Owner
I know there have been several threads on this topic, LearCar2U and Homelink.
Some of us have LearCar2U, identified by 3 individual LED's on the sunvisor and some of you have Homelink, identified by a single LED light.
I also know that some of you have been successful in programming your LearCar2U systems and others like myself have been unsuccessful, until now.
I have two Liftmaster 8550 garage door openers with the "MyQ" intellisystem, which allows me to open my doors remotely from my smartphone.
I contacted Liftmaster and after explaining which system I have in my 2009 Corvette and 2008 Tahoe (LearCar2U), I was told that I needed the LearCar2U bridge kit, which allows communication between my garage door openers and remote buttons on my vehicle(s).
I purchased one "bridge kit" from Liftmaster, since they told me I only needed 1 kit. After receiving the module, I plugged it into an outlet closest to the garage door opener. Programmed my Tahoe and Corvette pursuant to the instructions and now I can open either garage door from within my 2 cars.
Link to Liftmaster:
https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes...del-CAR2U-RPTR
Link to Car2U programming instructions for rolling code garage door openers:
http://www.learcar2u.com/rolling-gar...e-instructions
I just thought this might be useful to those who are having difficulty programming their sun visor garage door buttons.
A
Some of us have LearCar2U, identified by 3 individual LED's on the sunvisor and some of you have Homelink, identified by a single LED light.
I also know that some of you have been successful in programming your LearCar2U systems and others like myself have been unsuccessful, until now.
I have two Liftmaster 8550 garage door openers with the "MyQ" intellisystem, which allows me to open my doors remotely from my smartphone.
I contacted Liftmaster and after explaining which system I have in my 2009 Corvette and 2008 Tahoe (LearCar2U), I was told that I needed the LearCar2U bridge kit, which allows communication between my garage door openers and remote buttons on my vehicle(s).
I purchased one "bridge kit" from Liftmaster, since they told me I only needed 1 kit. After receiving the module, I plugged it into an outlet closest to the garage door opener. Programmed my Tahoe and Corvette pursuant to the instructions and now I can open either garage door from within my 2 cars.
Link to Liftmaster:
https://www.liftmaster.com/for-homes...del-CAR2U-RPTR
Link to Car2U programming instructions for rolling code garage door openers:
http://www.learcar2u.com/rolling-gar...e-instructions
I just thought this might be useful to those who are having difficulty programming their sun visor garage door buttons.
A
When I am ready to replace my GD Opener I will keep this in mind!
Thanks,Matt
#19
Racer
I had a tough time getting the Car2U/Chamberlain programming to work until I straightened out the antenna wires on both devices. Didn't think it would actually matter if the wires were pointing in a horizontal direction, but apparently it does!