Garage Door Programming
Thread Starter
Advanced
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 84
Likes: 1
Garage Door Programming
I have a 2005 C6 and trying to program the homelink visor transmitter to my garage door. Problem is that I don't have the hand held transmitter/opener, which according to everything that I read, is necessary to program the car to the opened. I pushed both outer buttons on the visor until the light blinked. The next steps instructs me to place the hand held transmitter next to the visor and push both buttons simultaneously (this is the missing piece). It then instructs me to push the learn button on the opener to sinc both.
So here's the question: has anyone programmed or found a way to program homelink without having the hand held transmitter? Any thoughts/help is greatly appreciated!!
So here's the question: has anyone programmed or found a way to program homelink without having the hand held transmitter? Any thoughts/help is greatly appreciated!!
Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 3,285
Likes: 1,282
From: Phoenix, AZ to Quakertown, PA.
C6 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
This is how I programmed my home link for garage door opener, press home link buttons till flashing then hit learn on opener hanging in garage. Didn't need or use the remote opener, I also followed instructions in owners manual which I believe is the same as stated previously.
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 1,924
Likes: 392
From: Atlanta - - - - - Save the manuals
<Same as above posts> My garage opener (20 yr old Genie) requires that I put it in learn mode. Then I press open button in the car to install the programming. If it blinks quickly its programmed. It is VERY temperamental and you might need to try it more that once.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2018
Posts: 972
Likes: 44
From: Michiana
The keypad is probably a battery operated remote. You can probably unscrew it from the wall and carry it to your Vette. Enter the keypad code to activate it at the proper time. the Homelink should receive the signal. The hang up may be that the keypad doesn't transmit long enough for the Homelink to scan through the frequencies. You may get lucky, though.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,999
Likes: 242
From: Surprise, Az
Here's another thought, just go to the hardware store and buy a hand held transmitter for your garage door model and set it up for your door opener. Then use the new hand held opener to program the one in the car. Just did this on a new townhouse I bought that didn't have the hand held door opener I needed. Now the car opens the door and I have a spare opener that I can use.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvette Engines RANKED by Peak Torque (70+ Years of Muscle!)
Joe Kucinski
Corvette ZR1X Will Be Pacing the Indy 500, And Could Probably Race, Too!
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Corvettes Coming to Mecum Indy 2026!
Brett Foote
Top 10 C9 Corvette MUST-HAVES to Fix These C8 Generation Flaws!
Michael S. Palmer
10 Revolutionary 'Corvette Firsts' Most People Don't Know
Joe Kucinski
5 Reasons to Upgrade to an LS6-Powered Corvette; 5 Reasons to Stay LT2
Michael S. Palmer
2027 Corvette vs The World: Every C8 vs Its Closest Competitor
Joe Kucinski
10 Most Common Corvette Problems of the Last 20 Years!
Joe Kucinski
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,183
Likes: 85
From: Castle Rock CO
St. Jude Donor '15
Crap, we just spent some dollars putting in a high lift bay door and converting the rest of the openers to 8500W shaft drives.........I still need a repeater device to use GMs stupid garage system. ALL of my other cars connected and learned with just the buttons.......Don't like this GM system on the C6s.