How long does the battery last? Is there a warning light, or does it just die, leaving you stranded? Do you have to reprogram after changing battery?
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I've had mine up for nearly a year, and the battery seems fine. I'm still using it nearly every day. This device is much like the one in your car, and only uses power when you press the button. How long does that battery last you? Has it left you stranded? There are no warning lights. I don't believe you'll have to reprogram when you change the battery. I'm sure Chamberlain built it so that it statically keeps your passcode and frequency codes on the printed circuit board.
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Battery lasts at least 1year. I change every spring. No do not have to reprogram
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I have had the unit installed about a year and have not had to replace the battery although I might do that just for maintenance. I also have a garage door opener so I had not thought about the stranded piece. I purchased the Chamberlain opener in addition to the keypad which also programmed easily. I cannot answer the reprogramming questions although I suspect you would not have to reprogram it. I will be interested to see if anyone else responds.
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Unfortunately we have only had our Clicker for 1 month so we haven't had to change the battery. According to the instruction when the batteries become low the keypad lighting starts to get dimmer or stops working before the Clicker stops working completely. It also says that reprogramming the clicker maybe necessary after changing the battery.
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My battery, which is 9 volt, lasted a couple years. The lights get dim and the operator get balky when it needs a battery replacement. If you change it quickly, you do not ned to reprogram it. Hope this helps.
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Not sure how long it lasts. Mine has been in for over a year and still running good. I guess it would depend on how often you use it as to how long the battery lasts. There is no warning light for low battery. The good thing is it is a 9 volt and very easy to change. In regards to reprograming I will say no reprograming. The reason I say this is I remember removing my battery to show a friend and I did not have to reprogram. The key pad is also illuminated for nighttime. It illuminates after you push the first button. Works well!
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It should just follow the programming instructions,also if you see that it works fine & then starts to act up after you change the battery the first time its the contacts on the corner of the battery they've become bent in to far,just lightly lift them up to make contact with the negative side of the battery disc this can also happen from keeping your keys in your pocket and sitting on them the pressure can squeeze the remote causing the battery to disconnect from the same contacts with a possible reprogramming needed so keep your instructions this will happen with any remote I hope this helps you it drove me crazy till I figured out what was happening,this is a good product its what you do to it that makes it screw up so be careful with it & you'll have it a long time
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I would suggest buying a Battery. Not being funny, but you have very little invested and the Battery being Dead; it stands to reason you should just replace it. The Remote probably works fine, or send it back.
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Ronnie Rebecca, Lloyd the sensors are set up to remember what it was programed, You should not have any problem changing battery. But as I do I open the magnet to set it off then you will know it's still working. then you have peace of mind!
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The instruction booklet states there will be a lag time between entering your code & the door unlocking when the battery is getting low. That's supposed to be your sign to change the battery. I didn't see anything about a red flashing light, but I could have skipped over that. It's a pretty short manual, tho! lol
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Once it's set, you're good to go. I installed mine well over a year ago. After unplugging to go out on the lake, I just replug it in when I return and it "remembers" the setting. I haven't had to replace a battery in two years.
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That's a hard question to answer. I don't think I ever needed mine to work----so the way I knew that it was bad was when the warning beeps started sounding. I think that was at about the 4-5 year mark. Did your system warn you that you had a bad battery, or you just went to use it and it wouldn't work? I guess the distinction is that I waited until the system told me the battery was bad before changing it. Maybe if I had tried to use it a year earlier, it wouldn't have worked???? Maybe the system lets the battery drain below the charge needed to open a door? I don't know. I think at least 4 years is what to expect. That's a hard question to answer. I don't think I ever needed mine to work----so the way I knew that it was bad was when the warning beeps started sounding. I think that was at about the 4-5 year mark. Did your system warn you that you had a bad battery, or you just went to use it and it wouldn't work? I guess the distinction is that I waited until the system told me the battery was bad before changing it. Maybe if I had tried to use it a year earlier, it wouldn't have worked???? Maybe the system lets the battery drain below the charge needed to open a door? I don't know. I think at least 4... » Read More That's a hard question to answer. I don't think I ever needed mine to work----so the way I knew that it was bad was when the warning beeps started sounding. I think that was at about the 4-5 year mark. Did your system warn you that you had a bad battery, or you just went to use it and it wouldn't work? I guess the distinction is that I waited until the system told me the battery was bad before changing it. Maybe if I had tried to use it a year earlier, it wouldn't have worked???? Maybe the system lets the battery drain below the charge needed to open a door? I don't know. I think at least 4 years is what to expect. « Show Less
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I guess I would change the battery, I had to change mind before it would work right out of the box. Good luck!
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There are no directions. It's pretty self explanatory...well at least the one I have is. It should work right out of the box or you may have a pull tab where the battery is to activate your batteries. After that there's just a button on the bottom that turns it on. If you keep pressing the button, it will change colors. It will keep cycling through the colors if you keep pressing the button. I haven't found a way to keep it on one color the whole time.
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Hello Harold, I had never turn it off because in the user manual says that it turns off automatically, I have been using it for about 2 months and I did not replaced the battery as you mention.
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Make sure the battery is in the right way. Shouldn't need to be reprogram. Your fob only puts out one frequency, it's up to your car to remember which unless you make it forget by resetting it, it won't. I would pull apart and make sure it's 100% correct. You can try reprogramming it, but I don't see it necessary.
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Dead battery? Get a jump! haha Seriously now.Are you sure its the battery? Does it work when its plugged in? As soon as you unplug,does it stop working? If that's the case,I'd take it in to a computer shop to get looked at.Is it still under warranty,& if that's the case,send it in.I haven't looked at my own manual,but can you change the battery yourself? I'd see if I could do it first myself,instead of paying omeone for something you might be able to do yourself.
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Nope. The last one wasn't working after a battery change. I believe it's even a different code than the last one. The instructions were really simple and understandable
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When replacing battery you have to reprogram the remote.The instructions are on the back of the remote.It says"Disconnect light from power.Depress and hold on/off button while reconnecting power.Release on/off button after 6 seconds".
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I'll take a WAG here and pretty much go along with the others. The manual is basically worthless aboutthe battery back up. I would think if it had strong batteries and the unit was turned off your programming should last longer than a few weeks. Isn't really that hard to reprogram it if that proves not to be the case. Unlike my trunk tracker scanner radios. Take a chance, Lindbergh did!
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No reprogramming that I'm aware of. I've had 2 power failures since my purchase. Once power was restored everything functioned normally.
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Below is what the tech specs say about loss of power. There is no replaceable battery that I see. I suspect it the local time is saved via a capacitor type back up and the other settings are stored permananetly any time you set them. I have only reset mine once and that was because I wanted the light to come on later because of holiday deco's on the porch. Power outage: The screen is blank. Only the time must be set if the outage lasts more than 4 hours; all other settings and programs are permanently saved.