855lm Chamberlain OEM Homelink Compatibility Bridge

I purchased this to help setup the on-board door opener in our vehicles. Due to the age of our vehicles compared to the recent door opener we put in, we couldn’t program the on-board openers. This product resolved that problem. We have a Liftmaster 8500 wall mount opener. Our vehicles are a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee and 2006 Jeep Commander. I mounted the device in an outlet near the door and both vehicles programmed on the first try. Now we have our Jeeps programmed for all the garage doors we have so that either Jeep can park in either place. This device made it so we could continue using old technology with new, it’s out of the way and does what it’s supposed to. I anticipate using the same device in our next home as well. I would buy again.

I could not get my garage door to sync with the home link in the car. (I am not new to home link and have used it successfully many times with numerous garage door openers.) This compatibility bridge solved the connectivity problem. It acts as a "go between" that receives the signal from the car's home link, and sends it to the receiver on the door opener. For lack of a better analogy, the home link in the car could not "talk" directly to the door opener without this device to "translate" the signal. It was easy to install (just plug it in), sync the units and you are done.

Let me start off by saying that this unit works on both my garage doors and has solved the problem of my older home link vehicle not being able to connect properly to my MyQ garage door openers! What’s frustrating, though, and why I’m taking a star away, is because the unit ship with absolutely zero documentation! No instructions no setup document no nothing! Ultimately, I solved the install by going to YouTube, and finding a couple of videos that walked me through the simple-but-not-intuitive install process. In the end, everything works perfectly, and I’m really very happy about it! It would’ve been much better had there been some documentation in the box, or links to some YouTube videos, or some sort of easy way to get started… So if you have an old version of HomeLink that you want to use on a new garage door opener, this is a fantastic solution at a reasonable price! Just make sure you check YouTube to learn the install.

This review is for the sake of the lovers of older model cars that were equipped with homelink. I have a 2009 vintage BMW. Current home was built in 2021 with MyQ WiFi garage door openers (x2). I tried every combination of Jeeeny, LiftServant, Dehomepot and aftermarket transmitters and even stand alone receivers to "Train" my old BMW to work with the new openers but they all failed. Yes yes, even when I got the independent receivers to click acknowledgement of receiving a signal, the MyQ openers would not respond to the hardwire connections. They have become too smart. Last ditch try was to get this Homelink Compatibility bridge. well what do you know, It works! Not only does it work, the single unit works on all 3 doors. Just have to train each homelink button separately using the same "trainer" remote and link each button in the car to each door. Yes, no confusion, no button one closes door 2 while opening door 1. It just makes homelink in the old BMW work the way it used to. I got 3 garage doors to work, I do not know how many would max it out. But it does seem to be locked to that trainer remote that comes as a set. It won't respond when I tried to train the old homelink with a different (old) remote with matching frequency. The car will take the programming, but the bridge will not respond. Must clear all other old learned remotes from the car first before it correctly accept the new training. Works as claimed and yes, can confirm that one bridge unit operates 3 separate MyQ WiFi garage door openers.

I'm about ready to return my Chamberlain opener and get something that is actually compatible with Homelink in my vehicles. This requirement of a "bridge" to try and make an opener work with the millions of older Homelink mirrors out there is just stupid and unnecessary. It's just another thing to go wrong and it does that a lot! First, it limits the range compared to both the original remote and the Homelink range with my old opener. I used to be able to open my door from around the corner before it was even in sight, probably a good 300-400' away. Now, I'm lucky to get half that range and sometimes I have to be in my driveway. This would be frustrating enough if this was the only problem, but it's not. Occasionally this won't work while I'm in my driveway and even in my garage!! I've moved the "bridge" to different outlets throughout the garage and it doesn't help, it still intermittently just plain won't work. I'm about fed up with this and will be looking for another opener that will work with my "ancient" 2010 vehicle with the old technology Homelink mirror! Ever heard of backwards compatible?? If you upgrade a product, at least let it work with the millions of old units out there!! This BS "bridge" is not good enough, there was nothing wrong with the way my old homelink mirror talked to my garage door opener from 2012, why "upgrade" it to this new technology? Anyway, I'd avoid this product and any opener made by Chamberlain (Liftmaster, Craftsman) that requires this product if you actually want to be able to open your door with your Homelink mirror. Anyone know of a good quiet opener that works with older Homelink mirrors? Let me know. Guess I'll be going back to Genie, hopefully their new ones are still compatible.

no issues with the device, and was straight forward for compatibility with my car

I have 2 cars with older Homelink systems built in that will not speak to my modern garage door heads. So I bought this product and voila now both cars open the garage doors. What's nice is that I can set up each garage door for any button. So both cars can open both doors individually. The training is no different than how you set up your garage door opener now: use the provided new remote to train the car, press the train button on the garage door head and press the button in the car you just trained. The head learns the code magically via this product and the garage door opens.

Got this so I could operate our Chamberlain garage door with our homelink in our 2011 Nissan Murano, works as it should, extra expense but works....

This Compatibility Bridge works like a charm (as advertised!). Can now use my 'old' vehicles visor buttons to operate the garage door; no need for the clip-on device that came with our new Liftmaster door opener.

The receiver has extremely poor sensitivity, you have to be pretty much right on top of it to pick up the signal from the in-car Homelink transmitter. Tried with with two different vehicles, both worked equally poorly. Not worth the hassle of returning, tossed it in the trash.