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Test the Wi-Fi
®
Signal Strength
Before You Begin
You will need:
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Wi-Fi enabled smartphone, tablet or laptop
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Broadband Internet Connection
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Wi-Fi
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signal in the garage
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Password for your home network
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MyQ Serial number (located on the garage door opener.)
Test the Wi-Fi
®
Signal Strength
Make sure your mobile device is connected to your Wi-Fi network. Hold your mobile device in the place
where your garage door opener will be installed and check the Wi-Fi signal strength.
Check Signal Strength. If you see:
Wi-Fi signal is strong.
The garage door opener will
connect to your Wi-Fi
network.
Wi-Fi signal is weak.
The garage door opener may connect
to your Wi-Fi network. If not, try one
of the options below to improve the
Wi-Fi signal:
No Wi-Fi signal.
The garage door opener will not be
able to connect to your Wi-Fi
network. Try one of the options
below to improve the Wi-Fi signal:
• Move your router closer to the garage
door opener to minimize interference from
walls and other objects
• Buy a Wi-Fi range extender
See page 31 to connect the garage door opener mobile device
Check the Door
To prevent possible SERIOUS INJURY or DEATH:
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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.
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NEVER try to loosen, move or adjust garage door, door springs, cables, pulleys, brackets or
their hardware, ALL of which are under EXTREME tension.
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Disable ALL locks and remove ALL ropes connected to garage door BEFORE installation
and operating garage door opener to avoid entanglement.
To prevent damage to garage door and opener:
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ALWAYS disable locks BEFORE installing and operating the opener.
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ONLY operate garage door opener at 120V, 60 Hz to avoid malfunction and damage.
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 inch (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 9.
Torsion
Spring
Extension
Spring
OR
Preparation
