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Safety Symbol 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 strictaccordance with the instructions and warnings contained in
thismanual.
When you see these SafetySymbolsand Signal Words on the following pages,theywill alertyou to the
possibility of serious injury or death if you do not comply with the warnings thataccompanythem.The
hazard may come from something mechanical or from electric shock.Read the warningscarefully.
Mechanical
Electrical
When you see this Signal Word on the following pages,itwill alertyou to the possibility of damage to
your garage door and/or the garage door opener if you do notcomplywith the cautionary statements
thataccompanyit. Read them carefully.
Unattended Operation
The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature, the MyQ
®
Smartphone Control app,and MyQ
®
Garage Door and
Gate Monitor are examplesof unattended close and are to be used ONLY with sectional doors. Any
device or feature that allowsthe door to close withoutbeing in the line of sightof the door is considered
unattended close.The Timer-to-Close (TTC) feature, the MyQ
®
Smartphone Control,and any other
MyQ
®
devicesare to be used ONLY with sectional doors.
Check the Door
To preventpossible SERIOUSINJURYor DEATH:
l ALWAYS call a trained door systems technician if garage door binds,sticks,or is out ofbalance.
An unbalanced garage door mayNOT reverse when required.
l NEVER try to loosen, move or adjustgarage door, door springs,cables,pulleys,brackets or
their hardware, ALLofwhich are under EXTREME tension.
l Disable ALLlocksand remove ALLropes connected to garage door BEFORE installation and
operating garage door opener to avoid entanglement.
l DO NOTinstall 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 preventdamage to garage door and opener:
l ALWAYS disable locks BEFORE installing and operating the opener.
l ONLY operate garage door opener at 120V,60Hz to avoid malfunction and damage.
Before you begin:
1. Disable locksand remove any ropes connected to the garage door.
2. Lift the door halfwayup.Release the door.If balanced, it should stay in
place, supported entirely by itssprings.
3. Raise and lower the door to check for binding or sticking. Ifyour door
binds, sticks,or is out ofbalance,call a trained door systems
technician.
4. Checkthe 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 safetyreversal system may notwork 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 wayof the header
bracket, it may be installed within 4feet (1.2 m) to the leftor right of the
door center.See page 11.
Torsion
Spring
Extension
Spring
OR
Preparation
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