[senior citizen]

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[Tickled_pink]

You should never put your home address on your navigation GPS in your car because if someone steals your car, all they have to do is press HOME on the navigation which will show them where your home is.........and when they get there, all they have to do is press the garage door opener to have access to your home.

For that reason, HOME should be something like a close by building (like the rec center) but not your real home. It should never take a thief to YOUR REAL HOME. You use this not to get home when you are nearby but to direct you HOME when you are far away in an area you are not familiar with.[/quote]

Good advise, but if someone steals your vehicle, I'm sure they could easily break into a locked glove box where they could find your address from your car registration/insurance cards.

[KEVIN & JOSIE]

Originally Posted by 2BNTV

I have come several times and found my garage door open. Someone else's garage door opener must be the same, and triggers my garage door. I'm sure glad my next door neighbor, watches everything that goes on around the neighborhood. I feel I have been lucky so far, but I need to remedy this situation. Maybe another garage door opener, on another frequency?

I am fully aware that I must lock the door from the garage to the house, even if I am home, as these thieves are brazen and desparate for money.

I hope they catch these dirt bags.

The builder grade openers are not the best as far as code security. I do know that theives often have transmitters on the same frequency as the openers. They work by scanning code combo possibilities rapidly, until your fixed code is found, which would open your door. I do know that Genie Brand openers are a bit more hi-tech and offer a random code technology, (Intellicode), which the same code is never repeated. I experienced the same problem that you have, but mine was because of illegal activity. I replaced with the Genie brand opener, and never had that problem again. The Genie brands are fair priced, and may be worth while to improve your security.


Intellicode® Access Security System

The Intellicode 2 Access Security System provides state-of-the-art security for your home by automatically changing your opener’s access code every time you push the remote control button. This prevents an unauthorized person from stealing the access code to your opener system and gaining entry to your garage.

Here's how it works: Conventional garage door openers are coded to send out the same fixed code time after time. Genie’s superior encryption technology, also known as rolling access codes, uses a proprietary coding system that selects a new code from billions of possible combinations each time the system is activated.