How to find the right the garage door remote

1  Find the frequency your receiver transmits on. Regardless of brand, model, or coding style all garage door opener remote receivers work at a certain frequency (usually written on the motor or receiver). Possible frequencies include: 288, 300, 310, 318 and 390 MHz. 2  Establish the receiver's coding technology. The type of coding used will fall under two main categories:   a  Rolling Code – digital coding technology that cycle through millions of codes after every remote use. Each brand has a name for its rolling code system (such as Megacode, Intellicode, Security+).   b  Dip switch – a set of small switches that attached to a circuit board that can be set in specific patters in order to perform functions (in this case open and close a garage door). The more dip switches there are the more pattern combinations are possible thus increasing the systems security. You should expect to see a set of 8, 9, 10 or 12 dip switches. After finding the set, determine whether the dip switches are binary (each has only two options, on or off) or trinary (each has three options, "+, 0, -"). See the examples below: 3  Find a matching remote. Now that you have the frequency and coding technology, just find a remote that matches those specifications. 4  Program your remote. When you receive your remote program it to the receiver and the remote will be ready for use. Follow the instructions provided to program the remote correctly. VisitClickerDepot.comto find the garage door remote you need, or call us for help.