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gomerlin.com.au gomerlin.co.nz MR850EVO MR650EVO Rolling Garage Door Opener Installation and Operating Instructions Owners Copy: Please keep these instructions for future reference This manual contains IMPORTANT SAFETY information DO NOT PROCEED WITH THE INSTALLATION BEFORE READING THOROUGHLY...
START BY READING THESE IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING • Failure to comply with the following instructions may result in serious personal injury or property damage. • Read and follow all instructions carefully. • The garage door opener is designed and tested to offer safe service provided it is installed and operated in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual.
TOOLS REQUIRED CARTON INVENTORY 1. Instruction manual (this document) 1. Ladder 2. Stop collar 2. Adjustable wrench for U-bolts already installed 3. Clamp bracket on the door 4. Release handle, cord and risk of entrapment card 3. 8 mm socket, 10 mm socket and 13 mm extended 5.
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TESTING THE DOOR Complete the following test to ensure your door is well balanced, and not sticking or binding: • Disable all locks and remove any ropes connected to the garage door. • Lift the door to about halfway and then release it. The door should remain spring balanced.
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THE RELEASE HANDLE & CORD • Thread one end of the rope through the hole in the top of the red release handle so that “NOTICE” reads right side up as shown. • Secure with an overhand knot at least 25 mm from the end of the rope to prevent slipping.
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Extension pole ATTACHING EXTENSION POLES (IF REQUIRED) Optional accessory not provided • Align the extension pole holes with the drive legs. • Insert the extension poles into the drive leg and fix in Reinforcing Brace place using screws provided. • Slide the reinforcing brace over the poles and fix in place using the screws provided.
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE Do not allow people to walk under or around the door during the installation process as serious injury can occur. NOTE: The opener can be installed on either side of the door. The following instructions are for Rope RIGHT HAND INSTALLATIONS (as illustrated i.e.
Travel limits set how far your door goes up and down. Your opener must be configured correctly for right or left hand installation to operate correctly, if not the door will rotate in the reverse direction. NOTE: The SilentDrive MR850EVO/ QuietDrive MR650EVO opener is factory configured for right hand installation.
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TESTING THE SAFETY REVERSE SYSTEM The safety reverse system test is important. The garage door must reverse on contact with a 40 mm obstacle laid flat on the floor. Failure to properly adjust the opener may result in serious personal injury from a closing garage door.
(only) wires together and terminate them into the white (2) terminal. Twist the two white/black wires together and terminate them into the grey (3) terminal. SilentDrive MR850EVO ONLY • Turn the opener on With the door at the down limit, press and hold DOWN arrow until orange LED starts blinking.
INSTALLING YOUR E128M WIRELESS WALL BUTTON Disconnect power to the opener whilst installing this accessory to prevent accidental activation. Locate minimum 1.5 m above the floor To install: • Carefully pry open the E128M and locate the two screws for mounting.
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KEYLESS DEVICE PROGRAMMING (OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ) Activate the opener only when the door is in Locate full view, free of obstruction and properly the yellow adjusted. No one should enter or leave learn button garage whilst the door is in motion. Do not allow children to operate push button(s) or transmitter(s).
BATTERY BACKUP UNIT E475M12V (OPTIONAL ACCESSORY SILENTDRIVE MR850EVO ONLY ) To prevent possible SERIOUS INJURY DEATH from electrocution, disconnect ALL electric and battery power BEFORE performing ANY service or maintenance. Battery Backup Unit (BBU) OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Test the installed BBU with the opener. 1.
The motor unit has lost power and is operating off the BBU. Diagnostic LED (SilentDrive MR850EVO) • A solid LED indicates the opener is activating the door and is operating off the BBU. • A flashing LED indicates the battery is low.
• Check to be sure door opens and closes fully. Obstruction behaviour: Set limits and/or force if necessary. • If an obstruction is encountered while closing, the door SPECIFICATIONS SILENTDRIVE MR850EVO will reverse. Input Voltage: 230-240 VAC, 50 Hz, 170 W •...
E840M E1702M 760E 774ANZ NOTE: Only genuine Merlin accessories are approved for use with this opener. Generic compatible accessories are NOT approved for use with this opener. TYPICAL WIRING DIAGRAM SILENTDRIVE MR850EVO/ QUIETDRIVE 650EVO - Information for Service Personnel SilentDrive MR850EVO ONLY...
SPECIAL FEATURES - Information for Service Personnel (OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES) 1. 12 VDC power output for external devices - (SilentDrive MR850EVO only) 2. The Protector System IR Beams - C77 3. Standby Power Unit (battery backup E475M-12 V) - (SilentDrive MR850EVO only)
TROUBLESHOOTING 8. The door opens but will not close or reverses 1. The opener will not operate from either the while closing: ACTIVATION button or the transmitters : • Is something obstructing the door? Pull the manual • Does the opener have electric power? Plug a lamp into release handle.
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REPLACE BATTERIES IN REMOTES Battery of the remote control: The batteries in the remote have an extremely long life. If the transmission range decreases, the batteries must be replaced. Batteries are not covered by the warranty. To prevent SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH: observe the following instructions for the battery - NEVER allow small children near batteries.
Professional Dealer, at a minimum, during the third and fifth years for incidental or special damages arising in connection with the use, or inability the Merlin SilentDrive MR850EVO and at a minimum, during the third year to use, the Unit, other than those which were reasonably foreseeable as for the Merlin QuietDrive MR650EVO of the Chamberlain Limited Warranty liable to result from the failure.
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