PolarStart PS-5505 SH User manual

Brand: PolarStart

Model: PS-5505 SH

Category: Remote starters

Type: User manual

This manual is also suitable for

AS-4505 SH

Rev.: 2.10 La – Nov. 30, 2001

INDEX

MODEL PS-5505 SH

USERS GUIDE

Alarm & Remote Starter UNIT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDEX ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

REMOTE DOOR LOCKS...................................................................................................................................................... 2

ALARM FUNCTIONS............................................................................................................................................................ 3

ARMING AND LOCKING DOORS ..................................................................................................................................... 3

PASSIVE ARM MODE ........................................................................................................................................................3

ACTIVE ARM MODE.......................................................................................................................................................... 3

DISARMING AND UNLOCKING DOORS......................................................................................................................... 3

PASSIVE ARM MODE ........................................................................................................................................................3

ACTIVE ARM MODE.......................................................................................................................................................... 4

IDLE MODE.............................................................................................................................................................. 4

COLD WEATHER MODE ........................................................................................................................................4

PANIC MODE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 4

TEMPORARY CHIRP DELETE .......................................................................................................................................... 4

REMOTE START ................................................................................................................................................................... 4

DRIVING-OFF ........................................................................................................................................................................ 5

REMOTE TRUNK RELEASE............................................................................................................................................... 5

REMOTE STARTER VALET AND ALARM VALET MODES ....................................................................................... 5

ENABLING ALARM VALET MODE Start with Valet switch in OFF position. ................................................................ 6

DISABLING ALARM VALET MODE Start with the Valet switch in the ON position. ..................................................... 6

ENABLING STARTER VALET MODE..............................................................................................................................6

DISABLING STARTER VALET MODE ............................................................................................................................ 6

LED FLASH RATE.............................................................................................................................................................. 6

SIREN «CHIRPS»................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Polarstart

BASIC REMOTE OPERATIONS

This unit is a state-of-the-art combination of a vehicle alarm and remote starter system. Start by

familiarizing yourself with the alarm functions of the unit that you need to operate first, before using the

remote starter functions. This is especially recommended if your unit is set in Passive Arming Mode,

which automatically controls the arming of your vehicle.

To start the car by remote, you must ensure that the system is NOT in VALET mode. Press the start button

(Thunderbolt), for about 1 second. Once the button has been pressed the parking light will come on to

inform you that the unit has received your signal, and has begun the start process. The car should be

running after about 5 sec. The vehicles parking lights will stay on the entire pre-programmed run cycle.

NOTE: Do not continue to press the remote once the parking lights activate. Pressing the remote

continuously for 4 seconds will activate “Cold Weather Mode” and will not start the engine.

If the vehicle doesn’t start, the Polarstart will shut off, wait a few seconds, and then re-try to start the

engine again. The Polarstart will try to start the engine a total of 2,3 or 4 times (programmable) before

giving up.

With the vehicle running under remote control, press the Unlock button to DISARM and UNLOCK the

doors then enter the vehicle. Insert the key in the ignition and turn the key to the “ON” position. Do not

turn the key to the “START” position with the engine running, this will cause the starter motor to

reengage.

NOTE: Do not forget to leave the heather or air conditioner turned on before leaving your vehicle. So that

your vehicle can be “PRE-WARMED” or “PRE-COOLED” by remote control.

MULTI-CAR OPERATION

The PS-5505 systems feature MULTI-CAR operation. This allows the owner of two Polarstart systems in

two of his/her vehicles to control both systems with one transmitter. (Both vehicles must be equipped with

an PS-5505.

The remote transmitter of the primary vehicle can control the starter disable system, the door locks and the

remote car starter and trunk operation of the second vehicle. The remote transmitter of the second vehicle

can also operate the primary vehicle

Note: The Stop button on this remote does not work.

Second car control:

Pressing Trunk and Lock simultaneously controls lock:

Unlock is controlled by pressing Trunk and Unlock simultaneously:

Pressing the Trunk and Start simultaneously: controls start/stop.

Pressing Trunk + Lock + Unlock simultaneously controls Trunk.

REMOTE DOOR LOCKS

If your system was installed with remote door locks, you will have the convenience of remote keyless

entry.

To UNLOCK you doors, press and hold UNLOCK button for about 1 sec. Once the doors have unlocked

the parking lights will flash twice to confirm that the doors are unlocked. (Also disarming your starter

kill.)

To LOCK your doors, press LOCK button on your remote. When the doors have locked, the parking lights

will flash once. (Arming the starter kill.)

ALARM FUNCTIONS

Your installer can program your alarm/remote starter in Passive Arming Mode, so that the system

automatically arms itself when you leave your vehicle, or in Active Arming Mode, so that you can arm or

disarm your car at will.

In either mode, you can arm or disarm your alarm system using your remote control and if your system was

installed with remote door locks, you can lock or unlock your doors at the same time.

NOTE: The alarm functions can be used and are active in the same way whether the engine is running

under the remote or not. In other words, your vehicle benefits from high security protection at all times.

ARMING AND LOCKING DOORS

PASSIVE ARM MODE

In Passive Arming Mode, the system will arm itself automatically after the completion of a 35 second

arming delay (LED flashes quickly) initiated after the last door of the vehicle is closed. Therefore, you do

not need to arm the system. The LED indicator flashes slowly when the system is armed. However,

you must lock your doors manually when leaving the vehicle.

When leaving your vehicle, perform the following:

1. Turn the Key switch OFF. The LED remains OFF.

2. Unlock if required and open the doors.

3. Once all doors are closed after exiting the vehicle, the LED will begin to flash quickly, indicating that

passive arming has begun.

Also, as long as a door is opened or if a door is opened and remains open before the completion of the

arming delay the system will not arm.

If you want to stay in the vehicle for a certain period of time, it is recommended to have your key switch in

the ON position to avoid a situation were the system arms after somebody leaves the vehicle. While your

key is in the ON position, the system will not arm and the LED stays OFF.

ACTIVE ARM MODE

To arm the system, and lock your doors (if you have this option), press LOCK button on your remote

until the siren chirps once in confirmation. Notice that the parking lights confirm the system arming by

flashing once and that the LED indicator flashes slowly to confirm the armed state. (See Chirp delete to

bypass the chirping effect).

DISARMING AND UNLOCKING DOORS

PASSIVE ARM MODE

If the system was programmed in Passive Mode, to disarm the system and unlock the doors, press and

hold UNLOCK button until the siren chirps twice in confirmation. Notice also that the parking lights

confirm the system disarming by flashing twice. Once the system is disarmed, you have to open a door

within a 35 seconds delay or else the system will rearm (LED flashing slowly) and you set off an alarm.

If the entry delay expires, you should disarm the vehicle by pressing UNLOCK button to enter the

vehicle.

Once inside the vehicle, you have up to 35 seconds to turn the key switch to the ON position or start the

car to prevent the system from re-arming again. If this is not done, your system will re-arm (LED flashing

slowly) and if your system has a starter kill, you will not be able to start the car. If this situation occurs,

you need to disarm the car with UNLOCK. button

IMPORTANT NOTE: If your car is not equipped with a starter kill, You should not start the vehicle

if the car is armed because you may cause a false alarm.

ACTIVE ARM MODE

In Active Arming Mode, to disarm the system, unlock the doors and deactivate the starter kill if

installed, press and hold the Unlock button until the siren chirps twice in confirmation. Notice also that

the parking lights confirm the system disarming by flashing twice.

Finally, note that if an alarm condition occurs and the siren is on, disarming the system will end the

alarm condition.

First press of Unlock will mute the siren; the second press of Unlock will disarm the system.

IDLE MODE

When programmed this option allows the user to engage the system to take over the vehicle while it is

already running. This option will keep the vehicle running for the programmed run time or until shut down

by remote control.

To activate Idle Mode you must do the following:

1. Select Mode 1, Function 2, and Option 2 for gasoline engines.

2. With vehicle running press Lock, Unlock or Start button on the transmitter until the parking lights

come on.

3. Remove the key and exit the vehicle.

4. Vehicle will stay running for the entire programmed run time.

COLD WEATHER MODE

Your Polarstart can be set in Cold Weather Mode. When programmed, it will start and run your engine

every 2 hours for 4-minute intervals (gas engines) or 20-minute intervals (diesel engines), during a period

of 24 hours.

To program

Cold Weather Mode, press and hold the START button for approx. 5 seconds until the parking

lights flash 3 times.

To exit

Cold Weather Mode, do any of the following:

• Open the hood

• Start the vehicle by remote

• Turn the ignition ON

• Press and hold the START button for approximately 5 seconds.

NOTE: By pressing the brake, parking lights will flash once to let you know that your are in Cold Weather

Mode. You must program Cold Weather Mode each time you want to use it

PANIC MODE

In a panic situation, you can activate the panic mode which disables the valet mode, shuts down the engine,

unlocks the doors, arms the starter kill and sounds the siren for 1 minute. You can activate the panic mode

by pressing LOCK button for approximately 4 seconds until the siren goes ON and the parking light

flash.

TEMPORARY CHIRP DELETE

If you want to avoid the siren chirps in a quiet neighborhood when arming or disarming the system, press

TRUNK button until you see a parking lights flash. Then within 3 seconds, press the Lock or Unlock

button to arm or disarm the vehicle without generating the siren chirps. Note that your installer could

program the Chirp disable feature, so that you could disable the chirps permanently.

Note that chirps will still occur when arming and a zone is unprotected or when disarming and an entry was

attempted.

REMOTE START

Whether the system is armed or not, you can start the vehicle by remote. In order to do so, you must ensure

that the hood is closed, the key is not in the ignition and that the brakes aren't pressed. Press and hold

START button for about a second until the parking lights come on to inform you that the unit has

recognized your remote. Once the lights come on, release the button on the remote. Your vehicle will now

start.

NOTE: Do not continue to press the remote once the parking lights activate. Pressing the remote

Continuously for 4 seconds will activate the "Cold Weather" mode and will not start the engine.

If the car doesn't start, the unit will shut off, wait a few seconds, then try to start the engine again. The unit

will try to start the engine a total of two, three or four times (programmable) before giving up. When the

engine starts, the parking lights will stay on for the run time duration of 4, 15 or 25 minutes

programmable). If the engine stalls, the unit will try to start the engine again (maximum of 2, 3 or 4

attempts).

NOTE: Make sure that you have the heater or air conditioner turned on before leaving your vehicle. The

unit will warm or cool your car when starting by remote control.

If the vehicle was armed, remember to disarm the system and unlock the doors with the UNLOCK

button, before entering the vehicle.

DRIVING-OFF

After having disarmed the system and unlocked the doors, enter the vehicle and do the following:

1. Turn the ignition key to the ON position. (Do not turn it to the start position, since the engine is

already running.)

2. Press the brakes to disengage the remote starter unit. You are now ready to drive off.

REMOTE TRUNK RELEASE

If your unit was installed with the trunk release option, you can open the trunk using your remote. This is

especially handy when you carry packages and need to open the trunk.

Press TRUNK button until the parking lights flash once, then within 2 seconds press the TRUNK button

again until you see the parking lights flash again. You can also press and hold the TRUNK button

continuously for 3 seconds to accomplish the same task. The parking lights stay ON while you hold the

button.

REMOTE STARTER VALET AND ALARM VALET MODES

The alarm/starter unit can be placed in Remote Starter Valet Mode to disable the capability of starting

the engine by the unit while maintaining the alarm and door locking/unlocking and trunk functions. This

is recommended if the vehicle is to be parked in a garage or if the vehicle needs to be serviced.

The alarm/starter unit can also be switched to Alarm Valet Mode to stop an alarm condition or to disable

the alarm functions and the anti-theft starter kill feature. While in the Alarm Valet Mode, the remote

starting capability, the panic mode and door locking/unlocking functions and trunk are still operational.

NOTE: Enabling Alarm Valet Mode is required if you want to stop the initial alarm condition that

occurs when powering-up the system.

Using one of the next options will permit the user to place the alarm/starter in any one of the following

combinations using the single valet switch:

• Normal operation

• Alarm valet mode only (Kills Alarm

• Starter valet mode only (Kills Starter)

• Alarm and starter valet modes (Kills Alarm and Starter, trunk and unlock still work)

ENABLING ALARM VALET MODE Start with Valet switch in OFF position.

1. Turn ignition ON and wait for two seconds

2. Slowly set the valet switch from OFF to ON. At this point the LED turns and stays ON to indicate

that the Alarm Valet Mode is enabled

3. Turn the ignition OFF then set Valet switch to OFF position.

DISABLING ALARM VALET MODE Start with the Valet switch in the ON position.

1. Turn ignition ON

2. Slowly set the alarm valet switch from ON to OFF. At this point the LED turns and stays OFF to

indicate that the Alarm Valet Mode is disabled.

3. Turn ignition OFF

ENABLING STARTER VALET MODE

1. Make sure you did set the alarm valet mode, as you require.

2. Set the valet switch ON

3. The remote starter is now disable.

DISABLING STARTER VALET MODE

1. Make sure you did set the alarm valet mode, as you require

2. Set the valet switch OFF

3. The remote starter is now in normal operation

LED FLASH RATE

LED RATE DESCRIPTION

OFF -

The alarm system is disarmed and the Alarm Valet Mode is disabled. In

passive arming mode, the key switch should be in the ON position to prevent

arming if the user stays inside the vehicle.

ON -

The system is in Valet Mode. All alarm functions and the starter kill are

disabled. The remote starter function is still active, as well as remote door

locking/unlocking and trunk.

FLASHING SLOWLY The alarm system is armed.

FLASHING QUICKLY

In Passive Arming Mode, the system is in it’s 35 seconds exit delay before

arming

1 FLASH INTERMIT.

ALARM MEMORY STATUS: There has been a power-up or a panic alarm.

Turning the key switch in the ignition position clears the alarm memory status

indication.

3 FLASHS INTERMIT.

ALARM MEMORY STATUS: There has been a hood intrusion alarm. (With

Chirp delete ON)

4 FLASHS INTERMIT.

ALARM MEMORY STATUS: There has been a door or hood intrusion

alarm or shock with Chirps ON or door or shock with Chirps OFF.

SIREN «CHIRPS»

Number of

Chirps

Chirps ON (Normal) Chirps OFF (Chirp Delete)

LOCK & ARM

Normal

After Arming (LOCK) indicates

Door was left “open”

UNLOCK & DISARM

Normal

3 Door and Hood open when Arming (Lock)

After Arming (Lock) indicates

Hood was Left “open”

After Disarm (Unlock) indicates Alarm was set

OFF

After Disarm (Unlock) indicates

Door, Hood or Shock were

violated.

TRANSMITTER FUNCTIONS SUMMARY

BUTTON FUNCTION

LOCK

Arms the system and locks the

PANIC MODE: By pressing the Lock button for approximately 4 seconds until the siren

goes ON and the parking light flashes, you enter the Panic Mode, which will sound an

Alarm condition for 1 min.

UNLOCK

Disarms the system and unlocks the doors.

START

REMOTE STARTER:

Start or stops the engine by pressing Start button until you see a change in the parking

light state (The Parking Lights turn ON)

COLD WEATHER ACTIVATION:

You can activate the Cold Weather Mode, which starts the car automatically for 4

minutes every 2 hours, by pressing Start button for approximately 4 seconds until the

parking lights turns off, release the button and the lights will flash 3 times (to activate) or 1

time (to deactivate).

TRUNK

TRUNK: Press Trunk button for at least 3 seconds or twice within 3 seconds to open the

trunk. Parking lights flashes are responding to your action in confirmation.

TEMPORARY CHIRP DISABLE:

If you want to avoid the siren chirps in a quiet

neighborhood when arming or disarming, press the TRUNK button until you see a parking

lights flash. Then Within 3 seconds, press Unlock or Lock to arm or disarm the vehicle

without generating the siren chirps.

STOP THIS BUTTON IS NOT USED ON THIS MODEL.

PolarStart PS-5505 SH User manual

Brand: PolarStart

Model: PS-5505 SH

Category: Remote starters

Type: User manual

This manual is also suitable for

AS-4505 SH

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