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SIFU1A

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my girlfriends purse was stolen a few days ago & it had her keys and garage door opener in it, have replaced the dead bolts and now she wants to change the frequency of the opener so no one can use it, i think she is overreacting but hey it worries her, so what the heck do ya do to change the code on the opener? she will get a universal remote i suppose, and its a genie brand opener.

is this even possible??
 
i don't think she's over-reacting at all. if you went so far as to replace the bolts, why the hell wouldn't you change the code?

there's ususally a small panel of switches on the opener itself. just start taking off pieces, it should be fairly easy to find.
 
SIFU1A said:
my girlfriends purse was stolen a few days ago & it had her keys and garage door opener in it, have replaced the dead bolts and now she wants to change the frequency of the opener so no one can use it, i think she is overreacting but hey it worries her, so what the heck do ya do to change the code on the opener? she will get a universal remote i suppose, and its a genie brand opener.

is this even possible??
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She's not overreacting if her purse had her ID with her physical address. Some professional thieves use a special multi-frequency garage door opener to gain access to homes -- law enforcement does this as well. Even if the access door to the home has the lock changed, it's still inside the garage where neighbors cannot see -- or hear -- as he pries the door away from the frame with a crowbar or car jack. I do not know if it's possible for the consumer to change the code on a Genie -- best to try their tech support #.

If, however, the garage is seperate from the home, she hasn't got so much to worry about. Although the thief may very well be stopping by soon to try out her old keys in the new locks, so keep an eye out for that.
 
will try the genie tech support, i looked at the thing last nite and didnt see any access panels to remove, i suppose ya ahve to remove the entire cover.

her garage is attatched to house and she lives in a gated community FWIW, she isnt sure if anything was in it with her addy on it or not, so better safe than sorry.


gotta keep her happy, believe me she is worth the effort (and a lot of effort is required lol)

thanks for the info,
 
Once you find the switches, it is usually a row of a dozen or more little SMD switches that takes a screwdriver or small fingernail to switch, make up a code and hope it's different from your neighbors, but it is pretty easy for anyone to set their own remote for someones house with time, that being said they would have the current code.
 
My wife used to work at a bank in a small mall, and security came by warning them that some of the thieves doing routine car break-ins would take a door opener if they found one. Then they'd close up the car as if nothing happened and the driver wouldn't notice anything wrong right away. The person would go home after work and find out their place was cleaned out.

Many newer openers have automatic switching codes, and there's usually a reset button and quick instructions near where the light bulb is, but I have no idea about those multi-frequency code grabbers.

Good luck, Craig
 
IMHO, the question is what happens *when* they get in the garage?

Do you have adequate protection on doors leading into the house? If it were me, I'd reinforce that door between the house and garage, and if not done already, put either a dog or an infrared alarm in the garage, too.

If they have the address, like others have said, they can get in the garage with or without the original garage door opener. You have to assume that they know a good deal about her now since they have her purse, including how worthwhile it is to try to break in.
 
If your garage door opener uses "rolling code" mechanism (fairly common practice these days as it is rather simple to implement and works perfectly against scanning) and you happen to have another one, you should roll the code far enough for stolen remote to go out of sync. I.e. if door lock allows for 9 "dry tries" (= activating your remote out of range of door lock receiver), use your other remote to open&close your door 10 times.

How to determine whether your remote uses rolling code and how many dry tries it will sustain before going out of sync ? Read the manual.

If your remote uses static (or no) codes and other primitive "security through obscurity" measures you ought to replace it anyway because it is a piece of junk.
 
lotsa good info, will check out the rolling code, i have set a universal remote before so i'm familiar with the way to do that, again thanks everybody!
 
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