Is everybody's Home-link reception/reach really bad?

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works like a charm....300 yards maybe?

Do you have any LED lights near your garage door opener? LED light kill RF and can make things like garage door openers not work.

300 yards, I can't get 300 inches! The only led with power in the garage is a small nightlight about 20 feet from the opener that turns itself on when it's dark.
 

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300 yards, I can't get 300 inches! The only led with power in the garage is a small nightlight about 20 feet from the opener that turns itself on when it's dark.

And here I was happy with three inches ... have you tried unplugging the night light?
 

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Mine does not have a great range - 30' maybe from the opener to the visor. Often I have to open the door before the garage door will open. Mine is an Overhead Door brand opener.
 

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Mine works great from about a house length away. Actually works better than the transmitter than cane with my garage door. My previous 18 and 13 Raptor worked great as well.
 

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One thing I did notice on mine is I have to tap it once then the garage door goes up, if I hold it down it doesn’t do anything.
 

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Unlikely to be interference if the regular remotes work correctly. Do the regular remotes work correctly from inside the truck when the Homelink does not?
 

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Same here but... works great during the day but at night I am almost against the door and sometimes flipping the visor down to get it to work. Glad I’m not the only one. Thought it was an opener issue.
 

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Yep mine sucks. Some days (almost seems weather dependent) it works from 100ft. Other days it won't work until I'm stopped with the bumper 5ft from the garage door. I also find that moving the visor vertical seems to help a little. Probably something to do with the Homelink antenna orientation.
 
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