there must be something similar out there as I have on star in my 2003 gmc envoy and it came with a programmable home link in the car I had it programmed to my former home in Houston now here in this house in Dallas and soon the new house we will be moving to so there must be something out there we have a fold out keyboard that provides remote access from the outside of the garage on the new house I need to get a garage door guy come out to reprogram it
best of luck Allen Dunbar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee A. Stone" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question about remote garage door openers > > thanks Al. I did not think of that before. one remote not working > with a different companys product. the one I had before was an old > craftsman and the original remotes were not with the house when we > bought it but there were two fixed buttons inside the house and > ajpartment. again. thanks.Lee > > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at > 09:06:56AM > -0400, Alan & Terrie Robbins wrote: >> Lee, >> >> What I have found in the past is you need to buy an opener that can be >> programmed to the type (brand) door you have. For instance, a couple of >> years ago we installed a Liftmaster garage door opener. Prior to that we >> had Craftsman. There was no way I could get the remotes that went with >> Craftsman to properly program with the Liftmaster. We had to get >> additional >> remotes from Liftmaster. Not sure about others but that was our >> experience . >> There may be a company that makes an opener that accepts numerous >> manufacturers similar to TV remotes. >> >> thanks >> Al >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Lee A. Stone >> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:09 AM >> To: Blind Handyman >> Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] question about remote garage door openers >> >> >> >> >> >> >> let me rephrase this. is there such a thing as a universal garage >> door opener door . and what would be any complications. Lee >> >> On Wed, Jul >> 08, 2009 at 07:57:09AM -0400, Lee A. >> Stone wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > Is there such a thing as a remote garage door opener ? I am asking >> for >> > a FRiend who recently installed a new garage door lock by the way >> which >> > is all plastic but it works. Her antenna inside the garage seems >> > fine but neither the old garage door opener or the new one to include >> > the one in the car works. failure to comply is what I think. she has >> > programmed the remote to the specs. any ideas will be appreciated. >> > thanks. Lee >> > >> > >> > -- >> > T-shirt of the Week: >> > I'm not excited, I'm cold! >> > . >> >> -- >> T-shirt of the Week: >> I'm not excited, I'm cold! >> . >> >> >> >> >> >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> > > -- > T-shirt of the Week: > I'm not excited, I'm cold! > . >
