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T R A N S M I S S I O N
R E M O T E
S T A R T E R
PS-3185SH
Installation Guide
Notice
The manufacturer will accept no responsibility for any electrical damage resulting from improper installation of
the product, be that either damage to the vehicle itself or to the Unit. This Unit must be installed by a certified
technician using all safety devices supplied. Please note that this guide has been written for properly trained
Autostart technicians: a certain level of skills and knowledge is therefore assumed. Please review the
Installation Guide carefully before beginning any work.
Warning
manual
This Remote Car Starter is designed for vehicles with a
Transmission only. Before installing the
Unit, test that the OEM Door Switch contacts of the vehicle work well, and that the Parking Brake system
operates properly.
DOC: 1.00
– October 5, 2004
CA Lp
Manufactured in Canada
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Page 1: Installation Guide
T R A N S M I S S I O N R E M O T E S T A R T E R PS-3185SH Installation Guide Notice The manufacturer will accept no responsibility for any electrical damage resulting from improper installation of the product, be that either damage to the vehicle itself or to the Unit. -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
– two-pin 22 AWG Harness (Accessories Harness) • 1 – parts bag: a Hood Pin-switch, a Connector and a Warning Label • 1 – User Guide The plug-in Valet button is not included with this model. P. 2 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... -
Page 3: Installation Points To Remember
“splits” and connects to each device, a diode ♦ Always solder and tape all connections. is inserted on each of these lines. ♦ Keep the Antenna away from other types of Multiple or separate Door pin Connec- antennas (GPS/OnStar). tions: PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 3... -
Page 4: Harness Description
(+) 12 V Battery Switch (the 12 V wire is too small to supply the necessary current). In such cases, it is recommended to use the fuse box or the B+ connection on the Battery. P. 4 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... - Page 5 Engine runs at idle speed. Among PURPLE Tachometer common references for the Tach wire are: the input negative side of the Ignition Coil, the Camshaft sensor, the Crankshaft sensor or the Engine Control Module (ECM). PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 5...
- Page 6 The wire must be connected to the OEM Arm wire WHITE / (–) Rearm output BROWN (usually the Door Pin). Note: The Remote Car Starter will also give a Rearm pulse on this wire when it shuts down the vehicle after a remote start. P. 6 Installation Guide PS-3185SH...
- Page 7 Connect to the negative Parking Brake Indicator Light wire of the vehicle. This wire is found at the (–) Parking Brake parking brake lever itself. ORANGE input Note: The wire should test ground when the Parking Brake is engaged. PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 7...
- Page 8 Remote Car Starter shuts down, (–) Ground Out WHITE When Running e.g.: when the Run Time has expired, when the STOP button has been pressed, etc. This output can be used to activate external relays, bypass kits, etc.. P. 8 Installation Guide PS-3185SH...
- Page 9 Note: the Remote Car Starter will nevertheless proceed to cranking the Engine if the Glow-plug Light is still on after the 18-sec. delay (25 sec. when the Run Time is set to 30 min.). PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 9...
- Page 10 If no Glow-plug wire is found on the vehicle, the Glow-plug input on the Remote Car Starter may be “timed out”. The Remote Car Starter will power up the Ignition and Glow-plug circuits and simply wait for the time-out before starting: P. 10 Installation Guide PS-3185SH...
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Page 11: Flashing The Hood Pin Switch
Remote Car Starter will exit Programming Mode and the installer will have to flash the Hood Pin switch once more. As long as the Hood is up, you may use the Programming Assistance Button instead of the Hood Pin switch. PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 11... -
Page 12: The Programming Assistance Button
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... -
Page 13: The Transmitter Programming Procedure
To select one of the four Options of any given Function, press the corresponding button on the Transmitter: • button ......to access Option 1 LOCK • button .....to access Option 2 UNLOCK • button .......to access Option 3 TRUNK • button .......to access Option 4 START Table 4: Accessing options PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 13... -
Page 14: Programming Options
Run Time = 15 minutes in mode / 20 minutes mode DIESEL OPTION 3 Run Time = 25 minutes in mode / 30 minutes mode DIESEL FUNCTION 3 – Turbo Mode OPTION 1 Turbo Mode ENABLED P. 14 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... -
Page 15: Tach Programming
Tach signals produced by recent Ignition systems. There is no necessary manual adjustment. Nevertheless, a Tach-programming procedure must be carried out every time a new Remote Car Starter Unit is installed. This is because the Tach signals of certain Ignition systems PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 15... -
Page 16: Automatic Tach Programming
To increase the Horn pulse by 3 ms, press the button. LOCK b. To decrease the pulse by 3 ms, press the button. UNLOCK c. To increase the pulse by 10 ms, press the button. START STOP P. 16 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... -
Page 17: Testing
Brake pedal pressed, • Parking Brake disengaged, • Ignition Key turned to the position. IGNITION ON (IGNITION ON / RUN) Should any of the above occur, Ready Mode will be cancelled. Table 8: remaining in Ready Mode PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 17... -
Page 18: Closing Up
Always make all your connections before plugging in the Remote Car Starter, and be sure to test all functions properly before closing up the installation. Make sure the Warning Label is applied on a visible place under the Hood. Supplementary Information Fifth Relay Output (2 IGN, ACC or CRANK) P. 18 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... -
Page 19: Fifth Relay Output
The simplest type of system to test and bypass is the “Direct Feed” system. This circuit simply interrupts the +12 V signal starter wire from the Ignition switch to the starter solenoid. There are 2 PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 19... - Page 20 START energizes and interrupts the start wire. If the pedal is pressed, when the Ignition Key is turned to position, the relay does not energize and the signal reaches the Starter Motor. START START P. 20 Installation Guide PS-3185SH...
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Page 21: Ignition-Controlled Door Locks
LOCK UNLOCK • 4-sec. pulses to control vacuum Door Lock systems LOCK/UNLOCK • A single 7/10-sec. pulse and two 1/4-sec. pulses LOCK UNLOCK for double-pulse disarm/unlock systems. • 1/10-sec. and 1/10-sec. pulses LOCK UNLOCK PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 21... -
Page 22: Engine Run Time
2. Press and release the Valet Button 6 times or more until the Parking Lights start to flash. 3. The Parking Lights will flash 8 times to confirm resetting. Table 11: Resetting with the Valet Button P. 22 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... -
Page 23: Events Logging
4 x = Brakes 5 x = No Tach Cut-off 6 x = Hood 7 x = Engine Running, no Ignition detected, or Tach before Start Note: “x” stands for one flash of the Parking Lights PS-3185SH Installation Guide P. 23... -
Page 24: Diagnostics - Parking Light Flash Table
• If the unit gives irregular signals (1 to 10 flashes followed by a pause, Irregular followed by further flashes), the system is playing back Start Failure Codes. This occurs when the Hood Pin-switch is pressed three times. Constant • Panic Mode was triggered. flashes up to 30 sec. P. 24 Installation Guide PS-3185SH... - Page 25 PS-3185SH Wiring Diagram PS-3185SH Installation Guide...
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