Polarstart PS-3185SH, Installation Manual

Here are the steps which the installer must follow in order to 

flash the Hood Pin switch

: 

The Installer … 

The Module … 

Press and 

hold

 the Hood Pin switch for 4 seconds. 

Release 

the Hood Pin switch.  

The Parking Lights will turn 

ON

. 

While the Parking Lights are 

ON

, 

press down

 the Hood 

Pin switch once more. 

Release 

the Hood Pin switch again. 

Caution!

 If you press down and release the Hood Pin 

Switch too many times, you will enter 

Diagnostic Mode 

rather than Programming Mode.  

The Parking Lights will stay 

ON

for 20 seconds 

You now have 20 sec. to select one of the sub-menus.    

Table 1: Flashing the Hood Pin switch 

Once the Remote Car Starter has entered Programming Mode, you will have a selection of many 
different sub-menus, which will be described later in this Guide: 
a. Transmitter 

Programming 

b. Programming 

Options 

c. 

Honk/Horn Timing (if available) 

d. Tach 

Programming 

Remember: 

Once the Parking Lights are 

ON

 (solid), you have up to 20 seconds to select a sub-menu. If you do 

not select a sub-menu within 20 seconds, the Remote Car Starter will exit Programming Mode and 
you will have to flash the Hood Pin switch once again. 

The Programming Assistance Button

(A.k.a. the 

PAB

.) Mounted on the Remote Car 

Starter, this button can be used from within the 
vehicle instead of the Hood Pin switch in the 
Engine compartment. This will spare the 
installer the trouble of accessing the Hood Pin 
switch in the Engine compartment.

Caution 

The Hood Pin switch must be installed and connec-
ted in order for the Programming Assistance Button 
to function. 

The button will work only when the 

Hood is up.

Programming a Transmitter 

Before you Proceed 

The Transmitter of the Remote Car Starter is not delivered pre-programmed: it must be 
programmed after the wiring of the Remote Car Starter is completed. The Remote Car Starter has 
the ability to retain up to 4 different Transmitter codes; if a fifth Transmitter is code-programmed, 
the code of the first Transmitter will be lost from memory. 

To erase all Transmitter codes from 

P. 12

Installation 

Guide

 PS-3185SH