garage door opener AUDI Q7 2012 Owner´s Manual

156 Hom eli nk®
Homelink ®
Universal remote
control
General information
Applies to vehicles: with Home link® universal remote
control
The Homelink ® feature can learn up to three
radio frequency codes for most current trans­
mitters used for operating garage doors, es­ tate gates, home or outdoor lighting sys­
tems, and other devices.
You must first program the Homelink ® trans­
mitter before you can use the system
~ page 157, Programming the Homelink ®
transmitter.
In order to program the Home link ® transmit­
ter for devices utilizing rolling code, a second
person on a ladder who can safe ly reach the
garage door opener motor is recommended. I t is also necessary to locate the "learn" but­
ton on your garage door opener motor . Refer
to the operating instructions for the opener,
as the location and color of this button may
vary by manufacturer.
You can still use the origina l remote control
for the device at any time .
.&_ WARNING
-
- Never use the Homelink ® transmitter
with any garage door opener that does
have not the safety stop and reverse fea­
ture as requ ired by federa l safety stand­
ards. Th is includes any garage door open­
er model manufactured before April 1,
1982.
- A garage door opener which cannot de­
tect an object, signa ling the door to stop
and reverse does not mee t current feder ­
al safety s tandards. Using a garage doo r
opener without these features increases
risk of serious inj ury or death.
- F or sa fety reasons never release the
parking brake or start the engine w hile
anyone is stand ing in front of the vehicle . -
A garage door or an estate gate may
sometimes be set in mot ion when the
Homelink ® remote control is being pro­
grammed. If the device is repeatedly ac­
tivated, this can overstrain motor and
damage its e lectr ical components -an
overheated moto r is a fire hazard!
- To avo id possible injuries or property
damage, please always make abso lutely
certain that no persons o r objects are lo­
cated in the range of motion o f any
equ ipment being ope rated .
(D Tips
-If you would like more information on
Homel ink ®, where to purchase the
Homel ink ® compatib le produc ts, or
would like to purchase the Homelink ®
Home Lighting Package, please call to ll­
free: 1-800-355-3515 .
- For Declaration of Compliance to United States FCC and Ind ustry Canada reg ula­
tions~
page 322.

Programming the Homelink®
transmitter
A pplies to vehicles: with Home link® universa l remote
co ntrol
The transmitter is programmed in two phas·
es. For rolling code transmitters, a third
phase is also necessary .
.- :-::::: . ... ........ -. ----· . ...... ........ .l
-·-·-· -·-· -·..: ··-· ---- -·- ·· ..._~ -- · ····
111111
-
Fi g. 1 79 Overhead console: Homelink ® keypad
Fig. 1 80 Front bumper, d rive r side: loca tion of tra ns­
mitter un it
Pha se 1:
programming the o verhead keypad
l. Make sure your vehicle is wit hin ope rating
range of the remote controlled garage
door ope ner .
2 . Set the pa rking brake
c:> .& in General in­
formation on page 156.
3 . Turn the ignition o n. D o not sta rt the en­
g ine!
4. Press and hold the two outs ide Home­
Link ® buttons
(D and ® for approxi­
mately 20 seconds until indicator light @
c:> fig. 179 begins to flash. Then release
both buttons. Do not hold the buttons for
l onger than 30 seconds .
~ This procedure only needs to be perfo rmed
on ce .
It erases the factory-set default codes
and does not have to be repeated to p ro­
gram ad dit io na l remote contro ls .
Homelink ® 15 7
5. Press and ho ld the Homelink ® button (D ,
0 or ® until the indicator light@
starts flash ing
slowly . Release the button.
~ The system will remain in programming
mode for 5 minutes.
Go to the front of the
vehicle and proceed with phase 2 .
Phase 2 :
programming the bumper mounted trans
mitter
6 . Hold the
original remote control at a d is­
tance between
0 -6 in. (0 -15 cm) from the
bumper below the appropr iate headligh t
f or yo ur vehicle
c:> fig. 180 (u se the short­
est distance possible) .
7 . Aim the remote control just below the
driver s ide headlight.
8. Press and ho ld the activation button on
the remote control.
~ May be different in Canada. If so, press and
re-press (cycle) the activation button on your
remote cont ro l every two seconds .
9. The emergency flashers w ill flash
three
time s
(a fter about 15 -60 seconds) when
the programming is successful. Re lease
t h e button on the remote contro l.
~ To program more devices, repeat steps 4 to
9.
10. Press and hold the trained Homelink ®
button and observe the indicator light @
c:>fig . 179 .
~ If the indicator light is solid/contin uous,
programm ing is comp lete and your device
should a ctivate when you press and release
t he t rained Homelink ® bu tton.
~ If the ind icator light blinks rapidly for 2 sec­
onds and is then a solid/continuous light,
proceed w ith phase 3 to program a rolling
code device.
Phase
3: rolling code programming
~ A se con d person o n a ladde r who c an safe ly
reach the garage door opener motor is rec ­
ommended .
11. Locate the "learn" button on the garage
door opener motor (refer to the operating
instruct ions for the opener, as the loca·
t ion of t his button may vary by manufac-
turer) . .,.

158 Homelin k®
12. Press and release the learn button on the
garage door opener motor.
• Note: once the button is pressed, there are
30 seconds in which to initiate the next
step.
13 . On the Homelink ® keypad inside the vehi ­
cle, firmly p ress a nd hold the Homelink ®
button previously p rogramm ed in phases
1 and 2 for two seconds and release. Re ­
pea t this sequence
twi ce .
• Some vehi cles may require the p ress/hold/
release sequence up to t hree times to com ­
plete the training p rocess.
• HomeLink ® should now activate your rolling
code equipped device.
If t h e 5 minute time limit is exceeded, the
emergen cy flashers will flash one time to in­
d icate that the process has been terminated.
In th is case, repeat steps 4 through 9.
If t he emergency flashers do not flas h
three
times (after about 15-60 seconds), program­
ming was not successful. In this case, repeat
steps 4 through 9.
Remote control units for ga rage doo r openers
in Canada are set to stop transmitting radio
frequency signals after two seconds. This time
may not be sufficient for the Homelink ® sys­
tem to learn the radio frequency s ignal. Per­
form all other steps as described above .
Operating the Homelink® transmitter
App lies to vehicles: with Home link® universa l remote
co ntrol
The HomeLink ® transmitter works in the
some manner as the original hondheld re­ mote control that come with the system.
- ·­······-··
········-·· •••••• . -.-.----·-·..: ··-·-·-·-·-··
··-·-·-·-·-·· .. -.... - - - ~-. -
fillTI ffUll
-
Fi g. 18 1 Overhead co nsole: Homelink ® keypad
• Press the appropr iate programmed b utton
(D , ® or@ to activate the desired remote
cont ro l function
~ A in General informa­
tion on page 156.
Reprogramming a single button
Applies to vehicles: wit h Ho meli nk® uni versal remote
contro l
A HomeLink ® button can be reprogrammed
individually wi thou t affe cting the o ther but­
ton allocations .
Programming the overhead keypad
.. Press the appropr iate Homelink ® button
until the i ndicator light begi ns flashi ng
slowly .
Programming the bumper mounted trans
mitter
1. Hold the original remote control at a dis­
tance between 0-6 i n. (0 -15 cm) from the
bum pe r below the appropr iate headlight
f or yo ur vehicle (use the shor test dis tance
possible).
2. Aim the remote control just below the
driver s ide headlight .
3. Press and ho ld the act ivation button on
the remote control.
4 . The emergency flashers w ill flash
three
tim es
(after about 15 -60 seconds) when
the p rog ramming is successful. Now re­
l ease the button on the remo te control.
.. If the dev ice utilizes a rolling code, p lease
follow phase 3 of¢
page 157, Program­
ming the Home Link ® transmitter
for ro lling
code programming.
This procedure will cause the existing pro­
gramming on the Homelink ® button to be
erased !