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Makes 🢒 Buick 🢒 1998 🢒 Riviera 🢒 Body and Accessories 🢒 Garage Door Opener 🢒 Garage Door Opener Programming - Universal
  1. Hold down the 2 outside buttons on the universal garage door opener until the red light begins to flash rapidly.

    2. This procedure performs the following functions:

    • Initializes the memory
    • Erases any previous settings for all 3 channels
  2. Determine which of the 3 channels you want to program.
  3. Hold the end of the hand-held transmitter less than 13 mm (0.5 in) from the bottom surface of the universal garage door opener in order to the see the red light.
  4. Press and hold the hand-held transmitter button. Hold both buttons until you see the LED on the universal garage door opener begin to flash rapidly.

    5. This process may take up to 1 minute or more.

  5. Release the buttons.

Training UGDO for Rolling Code Receivers
  1. Program your hand-held transmitter to the universal garage door opener transmitter using the programming procedure in this section.
  2. Remove the cover from the garage door opener receiver.

    3. The receiver is located by the garage door opener motor.

  3. Locate the training button on the garage door opener receiver.
  4. Press the training button on the garage door opener receiver for 1-2 seconds.
  5. Return to the universal garage door opener transmitter in the vehicle. Depress the button that you want programmed for the duration of the rapid flash of the universal garage door opener red light, which is approximately 1-2 seconds.
  6. Release the button. Re-press the button in order to verify that the universal garage door opener transmitter has been programmed.

Erasing Channels

In order to erase all 3 programmed channels, perform the following procedures:

  1. Hold down the 2 outside buttons until the red light begins to flash rapidly.
  2. Release the buttons.

You may not erase individual channels. Reprogram the individual channels using the programming procedure in this section.

Note to Canadian users:

    • During programming, the customer's hand-held transmitter may automatically stop programming after 1 or 2 seconds. This may not be enough time to program the universal garage door opener transmitter. If you are using one of these transmitters, the light on the universal garage door opener transmitter may emit a series of double flashes. These flashes prompt you to reactivate the hand-held transmitter. After you have reactivated the transmitter, the light on the universal garage door opener transmitter will flash rapidly, indicating that programming has been successful. If the light returns to a slow flash, reactivate the hand-held transmitter until the light flashes rapidly.
    •  Refer to Garage Door Opener Schematics for electrical schematics under the following conditions:
       - The light does not perform as indicated.
       - The opener does not function properly.