What are the three little buttons that are on the driver-side visor of my 97 GLE?

 

Oh brother!! You have a feature I would kill for and you don't even know what it is. Wanna trade visors? Seriously though, read your owner's manual. It is a home-link siystem where you can program garage/gate door codes into it.

 

My car has it, and I was surprised at it's range. It works really well, and is a cinch to set up. Takes like 3 steps or something, read the manual.

 

i have that visor, but i haven't been able to program it to anything, because we don't have a garage like that on my house. it is a cool option if you can use it

 

Its exactly what i'da reckoned!! it's funny how one mans trash is gold to another-I don't even have a garage

 

Man thats a good option, HOMELINK. It programs easily, consult manuel 4 instructions. It saves alot of room on your visor so you dont have like 3 different openers.

 

Man this sucks. My model has it, and my dad owns a 2001 Infiniti I-30t, and it has the 3 buttons, but according to him, it doesn't work on our garage system, for some reason. I might take some time and investigate, because I am more electronicly literate compared to him.

 

Hmmm...good place to put a NOS trigger system...cops in CA would never know.

 

I don't have it myself, but ebmorgan on this board does.

i park in a public garage that can be opened with a remote control after hours.

We tried programming his Homelink into it...no luck.

Any ideas why?

IanS

 

lol. homelink.

 

The Home Link System is incompatible with some of the newer garage door openers. Our garage dooropener changes the code on every use and it will not work with the Home Link System on my 97.

 

Newer garage door systems have rotating codes everytime so people can't grab the code and go steal your car.... they should have a list of models that work with homelink somewhere...

 

Read the homelink card that came with your dad's I30. It has instructions on how to set the homelink on an opener that has automatically rotating codes. You might also need your opener instructions. With mine, there is a button on the actual door opener that I had to push as part of the programming of the visor - as opposed to just holding the remote up to the visor like non-rotating code openers.

 

i have a 95 gxe, is it possible to have the homelink feature incorporated into my car's visor? - or if i goto the junk yard and swap my visor with a later model - would it work, or is there sumthing more complicated behind it?

 

I have a rolling code garage door opener and the homelink in my car works. But then I have a 99 and I think I read on this forum that the 98 and 99s have the new Homelink which is rolling code capable. . Good for me . Works like a charm and even has a longer range the remote they gave me for my opener.

 

It can't be incorporated but buying '97+ visors should not be a problem. I was going to look into this eventually as well. But I have too many things on my immediate mod list.

 

ok - so lets say i get the visor.........what would i have to do to get the homelink thing to function? - just connect it to a power source?

 

Exactly. I'm just guessing but I'm sure two, three wires max. I would look in my FSM but it's a '96. You have a GXE, do GXEs have lighted vanity mirrors? If so, I'm sure you can tap in there.

 

yep, my GXE has lit mirrors.

IanS

 

i don't know if reaching up for your visor while dragging is a good idea!!!!

 

Does anybody who has the homelink want to trade them for my visors plus either money or one of the many items I have in the garage? (Intrax springs, silver PR CAI, '95/'96 Stillen front and rear ground effects, etc.?). Needs to be in gray (but I think all are).

 

not all visors are gray...they match the interior of the car, mine are tan

 

mine are tan as well

 

I didn't know what those buttons were until now.. thanks guys. Now I can get rid of the garage-door opener that covers it Now I have to figure out how to program it

 

Max_Gator is right it works with any garage door opener even ones with rotating codes. You may need to push a button or fiddle with your garage door opening mechanism to get it to work. I "taught" mine ot open my door with oner button, mother in laws with another and my annoying neighbor with the third. I waiting till he opened his garage door one day and taught my car its code. Was hysterical when he'd leave for work and I would hit the button and make his garage door go back up...

 

O.k., ... that wasn't exactly my point though.

 

All you need is a set of maxima visors with the homelink and you can swap them out. The homelink uses the wires that go to the lighted mirror for power. I bought a set on ebay some time ago and installed them in my 96.

 

I have a 98 and it works with the rolling code homelink door openers. I had to get "special" instructions from an infiniti dealer to get the visor switch to work. If you're really interested, I could go dig them out and post them....

 

Please do!

IanS

 

I second that motion

 

http://www.homelink.com/programming/rolling.html