This universal garage door opener remote is the latest in along line of technical innovations from Genie; the brand you trust for garage door openers. The Genie universal garage door opener remote is designed to clone your existing garage door opener remote. This cloning process is patented by Genie and is designed to make this one of the easiest garage door opener remote set ups available. To clone you place the Genie Universal Remote into cloning mode' you then press a button on the existing working remote while the Genie Universal Remote listens'. The Genie Universal Remote is then able to repeat back what it heard, thus cloning your existing garage door opener remote transmission. Now that it is cloned there are only a couple of quick steps to ensure that your new Genie universal garage door opener remote is ready to use in your garage. This allows the Genie universal remote to operate nearly all major brands of garage door openers but it also works on most electronic gate openers as well, making it a true universal garage door opener remote option. The compact design is perfect for backpacks, purses and pockets since it is no larger than the average car key fob.