How to Guide

INTRODUCTION
SAFETY SYMBOL REVIEW AND SIGNAL WORD REVIEW
This garage door opener has been designed and tested to offer safe service provided it is installed, operated, maintained and tested in strict accordance with the
instructions and warnings contained in this manual.
Mechanical
Electrical
When you see these Safety Symbols and Signal Words on the following pages, they
will alert you to the possibility of 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
possibility of 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 product can expose you to chemicals including lead, which are known to the State of California to cause cancer or birth defects or other
reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
UNATTENDED OPERATION
The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature and myQ
®
are examples of unattended close and are to be used ONLY with sectional doors. Any device or feature that allows the door to
close without being in the line of sight of the door is considered unattended close. The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature and any myQ
®
devices are to be used ONLY with
sectional doors.
PREPARING YOUR GARAGE DOOR
Before you begin:
1. Disable locks and remove any ropes connected to the garage door.
2. Lift the door halfway up. Release the door. If balanced, it should stay in
place, supported entirely by its springs.
3. Raise and lower the door to check for binding or sticking. If your door
binds, sticks, or is out 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" (6mm). Otherwise, the safety
reversal system may not work properly.
5. The opener should be installed above the center of the door. If there is a
torsion spring or center bearing plate in the way of the header bracket, it
may be installed within 4feet (1.2 m) to the left or right of the door center.
See page13.
Sectional Door One-Piece Door
To prevent possible SERIOUSINJURYor DEATH:
l ALWAYS call a trained door systems technician if garage door binds, sticks,
or is out of balance. An unbalanced garage door may NOT reverse when
required.
l NEVER try to loosen, move or adjust garage door, door springs, cables,
pulleys, brackets or their hardware, ALLof which are under EXTREME
tension.
l Disable ALLlocks and 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.
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