Garage door opener
02-29-2020, 11:29 AM
#11
AudiWorld Member
In my book the garage door opener system is completely broken.
What's your usual way of leaving home? In my case, get in the car, boot it, I back out of the garage, across the driveway, and I'm on the road. For that I am using the backup camera. Now the GPS enabled garage button overlay is covered by the backup camera. I can close it with the X button, and about 50/50 the close button overlay is already gone. So I followed people's advice and put the garage door function on the * button on the wheel, but half the time the underlying functionality hasn't booted yet (you can see the indeterminate progress bar bouncing on the various displays). So I can either wait on the street until the star button works, looking like a total moron, or I can press the home link menu and press the correct garage door icon.
Why did they remove the buttons from the headliner? Every single option is more complex than a button, and even if you want to save buttons and rely on soft keys, what is the first thing a person is going want to do when they have backed out of the garage, which the car knows I'm doing because I preset the location? There should be one big, easily accessible, visible, "Close garage" button there.
I know most people don't have private garages with a remote opener in Europe, so maybe the German engineer who "designed" this never gets to experience the glorious invention.
What's your usual way of leaving home? In my case, get in the car, boot it, I back out of the garage, across the driveway, and I'm on the road. For that I am using the backup camera. Now the GPS enabled garage button overlay is covered by the backup camera. I can close it with the X button, and about 50/50 the close button overlay is already gone. So I followed people's advice and put the garage door function on the * button on the wheel, but half the time the underlying functionality hasn't booted yet (you can see the indeterminate progress bar bouncing on the various displays). So I can either wait on the street until the star button works, looking like a total moron, or I can press the home link menu and press the correct garage door icon.
Why did they remove the buttons from the headliner? Every single option is more complex than a button, and even if you want to save buttons and rely on soft keys, what is the first thing a person is going want to do when they have backed out of the garage, which the car knows I'm doing because I preset the location? There should be one big, easily accessible, visible, "Close garage" button there.
I know most people don't have private garages with a remote opener in Europe, so maybe the German engineer who "designed" this never gets to experience the glorious invention.
(just teasing)I climb in the car, boot the drive, fasten my seat belt, engage reverse, and back out onto the apron outside the garage. By the time I'm ready to engage drive to head down the driveway I press the star button to close the garage door. No problem. I guess those German engineers must have had me in mind.
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MN-EV (07-12-2020)
02-29-2020, 12:46 PM
#12
AudiWorld Member
Because it was cheaper for Audi to make it this way.
03-01-2020, 09:09 AM
#13
03-01-2020, 11:26 AM
#14
AudiWorld Member
BTW, the entire boot up process took just under 25 seconds. That's 10 seconds faster than it takes my Porsche to settle down from a cold start fast idle to normal idle, and I never put the car in gear and start to drive off before that happens. I guess I'm just not in that much of a hurry!
03-01-2020, 01:55 PM
#15
AudiWorld Super User
The problem is if you have three garage doors programmed... Again, not your average German test engineer scenario.
07-12-2020, 07:20 AM
#16
I hav difficulties programming the homelink garage door opener on my new e-tron. I found, I believe on this forum, a procedure fixing the interference issue by removing a fuse. I can’t find it again. Someone can help ?
07-12-2020, 07:54 AM
#17
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John (aka Daddio) (07-12-2020)
07-12-2020, 08:57 AM
#18
Just to double check that I'm not missing something, when I use the garage door opener, I hit (what I think) is the homelink "button" on the lower screen, then select the garage I'm opening on that screen. Is there a different homelink button you guys are referring to (I don't think I ever got the garage selection on the upper screen, so I figure you guys have a different trick).
Also, maybe I programmed it wrong, but I assumed storing the GPS location of each transmitter would make it so that the car would automatically choose the correct transmitter based on my location, rather than me having to manually choose which garage to open every time. That hasn't been the case though, am I incorrect in what I'm thinking the GPS part of the garage door opener is supposed to do?
Also, maybe I programmed it wrong, but I assumed storing the GPS location of each transmitter would make it so that the car would automatically choose the correct transmitter based on my location, rather than me having to manually choose which garage to open every time. That hasn't been the case though, am I incorrect in what I'm thinking the GPS part of the garage door opener is supposed to do?
07-12-2020, 10:37 AM
#19
I don't recall any fuses. But LED bulb on the drive unit or installed nearby are known to cause interference. Genie sells a LED garage bulb that is made to minimize interference https://www.amazon.com/Genie-Garage-.../dp/B01IHHVZTW
07-13-2020, 05:50 AM
#20
Also, maybe I programmed it wrong, but I assumed storing the GPS location of each transmitter would make it so that the car would automatically choose the correct transmitter based on my location, rather than me having to manually choose which garage to open every time. That hasn't been the case though, am I incorrect in what I'm thinking the GPS part of the garage door opener is supposed to do?
Coming home, the car detects when I'm approaching the house, pops up the garage door buttons automatically, I quickly press the door I want open and it's done. Park the car, get out, and press the button on the wall before heading in. I disliked the buttons in my '18 Q7. Much prefer this method especially since you can customize the name of each and can program so many.