I am trying to sync my opener with my car's Homelink system but it won't sync. Do I need to press the "learning" button at the same time as my Homelink button?

The following are steps to programming a rolling code door opener to the Homelink transmitter in the Touareg.

The instructions in the owner's manual are correct, but after following them, my garage door installer and I discovered a few quirks and fixes for them.

It is important to park the Touareg in front of the garage door. Be careful not to park underneath it.

If your remote garage door transmitters are already programmed to your door opener, you need to do the following steps:

1. On the garage door opener itself, there is a learn button. Press and hold down the learn button until the learn indicator light goes out (approx. 6 seconds). (The learn button is near the antenna on your door opener.) By doing this, you have just reset the codes. At this point your remote door transmitters will most likely not work. This is o.k.

2. In the Touareg, press and hold whichever homelink button you want to program until the light above the homelink buttons slowly blinks. Continue to hold the button in and at the same time, hold your remote transmitter underneath the map lights and press the button. Continue to press both buttons until the homelink light rapidly flashes. Let go of both buttons.

3. You now have 30 seconds to press the learn button on your garage door opener. Press it once. The light will start to blink.

4. Go back to the Touareg, press and hold the homelink button you just programmed for 3 seconds until you get a blinking light. Repeat again. This time, it should open or close the door. The homelink button is now programmed.

5. Now that the homelink button is programmed, you now have to re-program your remote transmitters. Take the transmitters with you.

6. On the garage door opener, press the learn button, the light will blink. Now press the button on the remote transmitter. The light should stop blinking. Repeat the step if you have more than one transmitter. You should be all set. The homelink button should work in the Touareg and your remote transmitter(s) should also work.

In summary, the rolling codes in the door opener receiver have to be reset. For some reason, the Touareg has to be programmed FIRST. Then the remote transmitter units. If the remote transmitter units are already programmed, you will most likely not be able to program the homelink in the Touareg for a rolling code door opener.

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Here is the information I have for homelink.

1. Clear out anything previously programmed into the in-car system from the factory by holding down on the 2-outside buttons simultaneously, until the in-car LED starts flashing rapidly. This may take up to a minute (in most cases, the key should be on auxilary, and/or the car door must be shut).
   

2. Decide which button you want to make to be your in-car garage door transmitter. Hold your transmitter up near the selected button, pressing both the garage door remote and the selected in-car transmitter button simultaneously. Hold down on the buttons until the in-car, LED light flashes rapidly. This sets the in-car remote transmitter to be your garage door openers make transmitter, but you are not done. You now need to make this in-car transmitter your personal transmitter.
   

3. Go to the Learn Button on your garage door opener. The button is usually next to the area where the floppy antenna is connected to the motor head. With Genie it is most often behind the light lens, and an indicator light flashes red when pressed. With Sears or Liftmaster (Chamberlain) it is near, or part of, the terminal screw board, and is a red, green or purple square button with a green, amber or purple indicator light. Press this learn button momentarily. The indicator light will turn on and blink if Genie or otherwise stay lit. For Genie systems, go back to the in-car transmitter button you programmed and press this button 3 or 4 times, or until the door starts moving. This should set your in-car transmitter to your garage door opener. For Liftmaster, Sears, or Linear Megacode press and hold the in-car button you programmed until the garage opener light flashes. Your in-car is now programmed to operate your door.

Press and hold the two outer buttons on the homelink system in the car until the led flashes rapidly or goes out. Then hold the programmed remote up to the homelink system and at the same time press the button on the remote and the button on the homelink until the led light blinks rapidly or goes out. It should take less than 30 seconds. ----- Then go to the motor head and press the colored learn button on the motor head and go back to the home link and press the homelink button 3 times to activate. If your opener has dip switches stop at -----. Thanks BB

Press and hold the two outer buttons on the homelink system in the car until the led flashes rapidly or goes out. Then hold the programmed remote up to the homelink system and at the same time press the button on the remote and the button on the homelink until the led light blinks rapidly or goes out. It should take less than 30 seconds. ----- Then go to the motor head and press the colored learn button on the motor head and go back to the home link and press the homelink button 3 times to activate. If your opener has dip switches stop at -----. Thanks BB

Press and hold the two outer buttons on the homelink system in the car until the led flashes rapidly or goes out. Then hold the programmed remote up to the homelink system and at the same time press the button on the remote and the button on the homelink until the led light blinks rapidly or goes out. It should take less than 30 seconds. ----- Then go to the motor head and press the colored learn button on the motor head and go back to the home link and press the homelink button 3 times to activate. If your opener has dip switches stop at -----. Thanks BB

Press and hold the 2 outer buttons on the homelink until the light goes out or flashes rapidly. Then hold the button down on the remote and the button on the homelink you want to operate the door. Then if your opener has a colored learn button, press the colored learn button on the opener head and then press the homelink button up to 5 times depending on the brand. If it has dip switches ship this step. Your homelink should be programmed.

You have to first have your cars Homelink system learn your current remote (follow owners manual) THEN have the garage door opener learn the cars Homelink (push openers learn button then press the Homelink button you previously had learn your remote. Two learning steps required because the LiftMaster is a 'rolling code system'

GOTO HOMELINK.COM

THEY MAKE THE SYSTEM AND HAVE INSTRUCTIONS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD.

PLEASE NOTE: NOT ALL BRANDS/MODELS OF OPENER WILL WORK WITH THIS SYSTEM.

HOPE THIS HELPS

Press and hold the two outer buttons on the homelink system in the car until the led flashes rapidly or goes out. Then hold the programmed remote up to the homelink system and at the same time press the button on the remote and the button on the homelink until the led light blinks rapidly or goes out. It should take less than 30 seconds. ----- Then go to the motor head and press the colored learn button on the motor head and go back to the home link and press the homelink button 3 times to activate. If your opener has dip switches stop at -----. Thanks BB

The built-in system in your '98 Jeep is made by a company called "HomeLink", a subsidiary of Johnson Controls Inc. The website, www.homelink.com, has a walk through tutorial that should do the trick. It's a matter of taking and existing hand-held remote control for your opener, pressing and holding its button, and pressing and holding the button you wish to use in the visor at the same time (with the remote positioned very close to the visor). The appropriate flashes on the LED above the row of three buttons will let you know when the HomeLink system is set up. Depending on you opener, you may then need to locate a "learn" button on the overhead garage door opener mechanism, and program the HomeLink system into the opener's memory.