Instructions / Assembly

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Safety Symbol and Signal Word Review
This garage door opener has been designed and tested to offer safe service provided it isinstalled,
operated, maintained and tested in strictaccordance with the instructions and warnings contained in
this manual.
Mechanical
Electrical
When you see these SafetySymbols and Signal
Words on the following pages,they will alert you to
the possibilityof serious injury or death if you do
not comply with the warnings that accompany
them.The hazard may come from something
mechanical or from electric shock. Read the
warnings carefully.
When you see this Signal Word on the following
pages,it will alert you to the possibilityof damage
to your garage door and/or the garage door
opener if you do not comply with the cautionary
statements that accompany it.Read them carefully.
WARNING: This productcan expose you to chemicals including lead, which are known to the
State of California to cause cancer or birth defectsor other reproductive harm.For more
information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Unattended Operation
The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature, the MyQ
®
Smartphone Control app, and MyQ
®
Garage Door and
Gate Monitor are examples of unattended close and are to be used ONLY with sectional doors. Any
device or feature that allowsthe door to close without being in the line of sight of the door isconsidered
unattended close. The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature, the MyQ
®
Smartphone Control, and any other
MyQ
®
devices are to be used ONLY with sectional doors.
Check the Door
To prevent possible SERIOUSINJURYor DEATH:
l ALWAYS call a trained door systems technician ifgarage door binds,sticks, or isout of balance.
An unbalanced garage door mayNOT reverse when required.
l NEVER tryto loosen,move or adjustgarage door, door springs,cables,pulleys,bracketsor
their hardware, ALLof which are under EXTREME tension.
l Disable ALLlocksand remove ALLropes connected to garage door BEFORE installation and
operating garage door opener to avoid entanglement.
l DO NOT install on a one-piece door if using devices or features providing unattended close.
Unattended devices and features are to be used ONLY with sectional doors.
To prevent damage to garage door and opener:
l ALWAYS disable locks BEFORE installing and operating the opener.
l ONLY operate garage door opener at 120V, 60Hz to avoid malfunction and damage.
Before you begin:
1. Disable locks and remove any ropes connected to the garage door.
2. Lift the door halfway up.Release the door.Ifbalanced,it should stay in
place, supported entirely by its springs.
3. Raise and lower the door to checkfor binding or sticking. If your door
binds,sticks, or isout of balance,call a trained door systems
technician.
4. Check the seal on the bottom of the door.Any gap between the floor
and the bottom of the door must not exceed 1/4 inch (6 mm).
Otherwise, the safety reversal system maynot work properly.
5. The opener should be installed above the center of the door. Ifthere is
a torsion spring or center bearing plate in the wayof the header
bracket, it may be installed within 4feet (1.2 m) to the left or right of the
door center. See page 11.
Torsion
Spring
Extension
Spring
OR
Preparation