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Old 30th May 2013, 01:37 PM
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Great job and brilliant idea!

Is this where the headlight adjustment would have been?
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Old 30th May 2013, 01:53 PM
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Yep. Any Pre-FL button can be installed there.

Those pre-FL buttons are great -- better to touch than FL ones.
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Old 30th May 2013, 02:15 PM
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Hmmm....very interesting. I too have a Hormann door, but didn't know you could do this with the '8, but very keen to find out now. Then I can keep the two existing remotes with the other cars :-)
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Old 30th May 2013, 03:21 PM
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Have you opened this link http://www.audipages.com/upgrades/garagedrinstall.html ? It allows to remove button from any remote and connect the 8 button.

Hotmann supplies one button thing that you can insert into cigarette lighter. Organise a cigarette lighter for it somewhere under trim and connect 8 button with horman thing via methodology in the link.
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Old 5th October 2013, 07:21 PM
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Hmmm....very interesting. I too have a Hormann door, but didn't know you could do this with the '8, but very keen to find out now. Then I can keep the two existing remotes with the other cars :-)
A small writeup.

Buy Hormann BiSecur HSZ 1 BS cigarette lighter transmitter.
It comes with quality build-in lithium 3v battery, which will last many years


Turn head of transmitter and it will open. If it won't just help a bit with a thin flat screwdriver.


On a small circuit there's a pushbutton.
Take sharp knife and pry it off. No even need to desolder.


You will see two rectangular poles which the pushbutton connects together when pressed.


Take your soldering iron and just solder two wires to those poles.
Now if you want to open/close/stop door you need to connect those wires together.


Case goes back on


Wires are fixed with a cable tie


The whole thing is wrapped with 3M insulation tape and then with Certoplast.
Final product is placed behind fuse panel in driver footrest. There's plenty of space there and good access when I'll need to change battery in 15 years.


Other end of wires are connected to pushbutton on dashboard. Works beautifully.



P.S. If you don't know what soldering iron is I'd suggest to purchase Hormann recessed radio transmitter called 'FUS 2' which has screwdriver terminals.

It is designed for in-house installation to control garage doors from your home with a domestic light switch. It can run from a 9v battery and can control two doors.
http://www.torteam24.de/2-kanal-funk...-2-p-2223.html
Just connect button on your dash with FUS 2 terminals and you're done. FUS 2 is bigger than cigarette lighter transmitter and perhaps wasn't tested for car use by Hormann, but I'm sure it won't be a problem. Just find a place to hide it under the dash.
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Great write up! I wish I had garage now! This is a great mod.
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Old 28th November 2013, 05:31 PM
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I believe that button (rear blind) is an instantaneous "closed while pressed" type.
I'm thinking of using that blank space for an accessory button myself and though the logo is quite appropriate I "think" I may need a "push-on, push-off" latching type, just for a simple (signalling) circuit carrying a very low current.

Are any of the other normal PF buttons better for that function and can you swap the tops over between them? I don't even need any lighting in it.

I've got a rear blind button on its way to me (from A8parts of course) but may need to upgrade the mechanism, depending on the results of further testing - the button with the equipment is a "latching" one but of a hugely inappropriate design, though initial tests do suggest it doesn't really need to latch.
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Old 30th November 2013, 10:23 AM
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can you swap the tops over between them?
Swapping the button seems to be trivially easy, just a couple of small lugs to be pressed in to unlatch.

Funny thing is, the switch blanking plate has all the lugs on the back to connect to a wiring socket.
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2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!

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