So I tried to program my Homelink button again to operate the garage door opener. I first cleared the channels by holding down buttons 1 and 3 until the message "Channels Cleared" showed up in the EVIC (center area of dash panel). I then followed the instructions and went through the same procedure I have tried at least 8 or 10 times previously. Once again, I got the same result--"Did Not Learn".
I call the 800# at the end of the YouTube video. I finally get to a human and he walks me through the same steps yet again. I guess I'll humor the poor fellow, he's only doing his job.
Clear the channels. Hold the GDO remote a couple inches from the HomeLink buttons in the overhead console, simultaneously press Button #1 and the GDO remote button.
"Do you see the message, Channel 1 training, in the EVIC?", he asks.
"Yes, yes I do", I reply. "Just like I have seen it 10 other times. I don't see why....hang on....now it says Channel 1 Trained!"
"OK, good", he says. "Try pressing button #1 on the overhead console and tell me what is happening with the garage door."
"OK, pressing it now. The garage door is going up."
Dumbfounded that it works.
<what kind of sorcery was that?>