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Is your Homelink range short?

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Sounds like adding an extension to the antenna wire is easy-peasy.

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Another issue could be if you're using LED bulbs in your opener. My reception was terrible, but then installed low interference LED bulbs (found some on Amazon), and reception improved dramatically.
 

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I’m happy with my Homelink range which is about 6-7 car lengths. I also found that LED bulbs on the garage door opener were previously interfering with the remote signal.
 


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Another issue could be if you're using LED bulbs in your opener. My reception was terrible, but then installed low interference LED bulbs (found some on Amazon), and reception improved dramatically.
Interesting … may need to give these a try. I have a Sommer Direct Drive/Synoris system and there doesn’t appear to be a wire that I can extend for better range (at least that I can find on first glance).
 

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I'm about to get a Liftmaster 98022 direct drive whilst replacing my garage door. It looks like the antenna for this is a 3-4" wire that is wholly inside the unit when the cover is on, and is partly shielded from the outside by the backup battery!

Some additional wiring may be in my future.
 

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My range is just about 100’ for my LIftmaster system (no antenna wire extension).
 


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I found that when mine failed to work I had not pushed the button hard/deep enough.
 

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I came home yesterday and it would not open...I park on left side of my driveway. So I reparked directly in front of the door and it worked fine. So it's a range thing. Good to know.
 

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Interesting how we are having different experiences. Based on my reading this thread earlier, I tested my garage door opener yesterday. From 125 feet away, at a 45 degree angle approaching my driveway then the garage door itself, it worked. However, as I noted above, sometimes I have to insure I press hard/firm/deep onto the activiation button for it to work.
 

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I thought that was the issue too...but sometimes all the pressing I could do would not open the door...until I repositioned the car then it worked first time. I'll try the antenna idea next.
 

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Mine is really short. My driveway is probably 20 feet long and I have to be almost inside of it for it to work. On my MDX I can be about 200 feet away and it will work so don't believe it's a receiver issue. But the more annoying part is that it seems to fail to work about 20% of the time and I have to press it again, sometimes two times for it to work.

I wonder if it has to do with the privacy glass, nano ceramic tint, or the heated windshield? Or did Porsche just use a cheap part like they did with our cameras?
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