Upgrade Your Garage Door Opener with Genie Model GIRUD-1T - Intellicode Security & Frequency Interference Protection

Amazon Customer: Worked great to update my old opener. I can now control it with modern remotes and apps. Took less than an hour to install.

Canada on Dec 19, 2023

caoresi: Quick and easy install with painless remote pairing.
I've upgraded our 65 year old home to a smart home, in our house we have mesh wifi 6E, ZigBee and Z-Wave. I realized with all the wireless signal in our house and neighbors it drowned out our garage door opener remotes. I tried ZigBee and Z-Wave garage door relay but the wife didn't approve. Each time you leave the house and come back the ZigBee and Z-Wave remotes had to sync back up with the hub and this took a few minutes after that you will have to push the button on the remote again for the garage door to actuate. Sometimes the sync process didn't work so you're stuck in the driveway trying the remote.
Next solution was to use a MyQ smart controller, this didn't work at all. MyQ only worked through the app, thus you need to dig out your phone, unlock it, find the app and tap the screen to actuate the door. This was just as bad as the z-wave and ZigBee solution.
So when I came across this product it sounded like a potential solution. Ordered it, once arrived I got it installed and programmed within ~5mins, this thibg WORKS! Wife approved the solution, she gets to use a old fashion garage door remote...

United States on Jan 06, 2023

Peter: Great to make old garage opener to work again.
But it is pricy. Paying hundred more can have a new opener.
This is the one for lazy person like me don't want to change the opener

Canada on Nov 26, 2021

Rockwood Joe: The purpose of this kit is really only two-fold:

1) Eliminate any frequency interference issues (ie. you live near radio towers, military bases, etc.)

and/or

2) Upgrade your old garage door opener to the Genie Remote system.

In my case, number 2 was the primary reason, as I had an obsolete (LYNX) garage door opener that was fine, but the broken remote was unattainable.

As other reviewers have mentioned:

1) Instructions are somewhat inconsistent - very detailed in some parts, too sparse in others. Regardless, just look at the wiring diagram and follow that. The written portion is somewhat confusing. Genie decided to put everything on one large sheet of paper to save costs. A more verbose booklet with more diagrams would've helped considerably.

2) It comes with a 24VAC adapter, which does require a 120v outlet nearby, or attach it to the one your garage door opener is plugged into. Since my 120v outlet was upside down, I had to fabricate a bracket to hold the 24VAC so it wouldn't fall out over time. Many garage door openers also have 24VAC output, so you might be able to dispense with using the adapter for a cleaner...

Canada on Jan 23, 2020

vtxy: I got this to replace the very insecure radio unit for a 1980's vintage Powerlift opener, and to use it with the HomeLink remote in my new Camry. Works great - more on that later.

But first, I want to clear up whether it works with older openers that don't have the infrared safety beams. It says it doesn't, but it does. The package says this:

"ATTENTION! Operates with garage door openers manufactured 1993 to present with the current infrared beam systems. Do not install receiver unless all safety reversing systems are working properly. If you garage door opener was manufactured before 1993, it does not include current safety features and should be replaced with a fully-featured garage door opener."

I'm sure the lawyers wrote that so they wouldn't get sued if you accidentally squash Aunt Minnie's chihuahua with the garage door. But it's not actually true. Technically, this unit doesn't care whether there are safety beams or not. All it is is a remote controlled switch. It works just like the door opener button in your garage, and in fact is simply wired in parallel to the manual button. It closes an electrical connection in response...

United States on Sep 19, 2019

Client Amazon: Installed only yesterday. Do not know about long time usage

Canada on Jun 17, 2019

DC: Worked like a charm. Replaced an old controller that had broken and had short range. I had tried another model which opened the door when the power returned from a power outage (not good!). And another that wasn't so universal as it should have been and didn't work with my garage door. This one didn't have any of those problems and uses a relay inside to close a contact when the remote is pressed, so should work with just about any door opener I know of.

Canada on Nov 15, 2017

Dr. Larry J. Paden: Excellent! Great product & easy to install.

The military interference with our old circa 1983 garage door opener kept getting worse, until one day the remote didn't work at all. Curiously, this was right after Trump took office, a week ago!

The receiver box has two ears that you can either screw to the ceiling (screws included), or mount on a garage-door-opener angle strut. We chose to use two cable ties (not included). Before getting the whole thing up where you have to climb a ladder, measure the power transformer wire that you need. Cut that length wire and hook up the transformer to the unit. Plug it in on the kitchen table, make yourself comfortable & program the remote.

Programming turned out to be incredibly easy; worked the first time; took maybe 30 seconds. Just press learn on the receiver, The light changes. Press one of the three buttons on the remote. That should pair them up to work together. The next time that you press that same button, you should hear the internal relay in the receiver click. That means that it is momentarily shorting the button contact to ground. (We checked this on an ohmmeter, but if...

United States on Feb 03, 2017