whats this in an explorer limited???

[chrisis]

i just saw that part today in the sunvisor of a 2000 explorer limited. do you know that is doing?

 

[celly]

That's "HomeLink". I have it in my '99 Eddie Bauer and I like it. You can program the three buttons to "learn" other remotes. I open my garage door with the middle dark button. The other two buttons aren't programmed. It also has a "Voice Memo" feature. Hit the record button and you can record your thoughts. I've never used that feature except by accident.

 

[chrisis]

very interesting.

do you know if i can have it in my 96 xlt?

is better to talk to somebody else instead of myself

thanks a lot for the info

 

[celly]

very interesting.

do you know if i can have it in my 96 xlt?

is better to talk to somebody else instead of myself

thanks a lot for the info

I've seen HomeLink visors on eBay before. Presumably you'd just need to wire it up to a power source and you'd be in business. It looks like a regular visor except for the unit. I've never paid attention to how it's wired so can't help you there off hand.

 

[celly]

Whattya know? There is one on eBay right now. Low opening bid too. I've seen brand new units with Buy it Now prices that were pretty high. I considered trying one of these on my old Sport and the cost didn't really justify it at the time. I never did look into how they wire up back then either.

EDIT: It was this seller.

 

[chrisis]

many thanks celly

 

[IAmTodd]

I've been looking for a light gray one of those. Seems to be few and far between.

 

[cherrybomb]

I drove about 100 miles to the dealership which had my x before I bought it.

When I arrived, the salesman I'd called ahead and talked to had recorded a message on the voice recorder.

When I drove it home, I promptly deleted the message, and replaced it with "It's mine b!tch!s!" in my most excited voice, since I was pretty stoked to own it.

The message is still there.

 

[celly]

I've been looking for a light gray one of those. Seems to be few and far between.

I remember when I was considering it, this one eBay seller had tons of them in both colours. Brand new to boot. I forget the name of the seller, but they always had lots of Ford OEM stuff. I scored my OEM rear spoiler from them.

 

[IAmTodd]

Its not that important anyways. Probably won't work with the genie intelicode system anyways.

 

[GJarrett]

Nope - they also work with intellicode and roving frequency openers.

 

[celly]

HomeLink has lots of good info on compatability.

 

[aldive]

I simply attached my security system remote to the visor. It opens/closes the garage, activates/deactivates the security system and turns on/off lights.

Works well for me.

 

[gijoecam]

I want one myself, but I only want the transmitter, not the whole visor. I want to do it backwards and have the homelink unit on the top of the visor so it's out of sight. Always makes me nervous having a garage door opener in plain sight when it's left in the driveway.

-Joe

 

[chrisis]

i didn`t know that this homelink was so powerfull.

can somebody tell me how you can programme it to open a garage?

 

[celly]

i didn`t know that this homelink was so powerfull.

can somebody tell me how you can programme it to open a garage?

They have programming instructions on their site. My '99 didn't come with a manual so I had to use the site to figure it out and it wasnt' too difficult at all.

 

[celly]

I want one myself, but I only want the transmitter, not the whole visor. I want to do it backwards and have the homelink unit on the top of the visor so it's out of sight. Always makes me nervous having a garage door opener in plain sight when it's left in the driveway.

-Joe

I used "Homelink" as a search term on eBay last night and there seems to be a lot of applications in other vehicles. You might be able to find something else and rig it up to work for you.

The buttons aren't as visible as I thought they'd be. I also have a "visor organizer" up there and it blocks out the buttons a bit as well.