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Make Nightime Driving Safer
Eliminate dangerous glare from the vehicles traveling behind you with an NVS® (Night Safety Vision®) rearview mirror. It detects glare and automatically dims to preserve driver vision and make nighttime driving safer. The brighter the glare, the darker the mirror becomes. An ICE indicator will display for one minute when the temperature is at or below 37° F. This feature cautions you to anticipate road-icing conditions. Compass and external temperature readouts also ensure that while you are driving safer you are also driving smarter.

Night Vision Safety™ Auto-Dimming Mirror
NVS® mirrors are based on the science of electrochromics, which is the process of reversibly darkening materials by applying electricity. During nighttime driving, the mirrors use a combination of sophisticated sensors and electronic circuitry to detect glare from rearward approaching vehicles and darken accordingly to eliminate the glare and preserve driver vision. They are popular, active crash-avoidance safety feature making nighttime driving safer for vehicles throughout the world.

PathPoint™ Compass System - (only present in higher models)
The mirror's compass and outside temperature displays are features of the PathPoint™ Compass System developed by Johnson Controls, a Johnson Controls Company. The compass is a self-calibrating flux gate compass that eliminates manual calibration by the factory, dealer or customer. It detects and compensates for magnetic anomalies caused by bridges, subways and large steel structures. It also compensates for actual changes in vehicle magnetics. Calibration data is stored in memory, which eliminates any requirement for recalibration after losing battery power. The electronic compass shows the direction you are heading in an easy to read digital display located above the mirror. The compass is an extremely accurate computer that displays vehicle headings of N, NW, W, SW, S, SE, E and NE.

External-Temperature Display - (only present in higher models)
The outside temperature display provides you with a digital temperature reading. When the temperature is at or below 37 degrees the display will indicate "ICE" for a period of one minute. This feature cautions you to anticipate road-icing conditions.

Orca® LED Map Lights - (only present in higher models)
Gentex's proprietary Orca LED technology provides white, high-intensity map lamps, and uniquely colored console lighting from the same LED module! Since the lighting module is below the driver's line-of-sight, it won't cause glare or hamper driver vision. The Auto-Dimming mirror's light sensors can automatically activate the ambiance lighting during nighttime driving, or it can be manually activated.

Specification Range Typical at 25º
Operating Voltage 9.0 to 16.0 Vdc 12.8 Vdc
Operating Temperature -40º to +65º  
Storage Temperature -40º to +85º  
Maximum Current >450 milliamps 350 milliamps
High Reflectance >70% >75%
Low Reflectance >10% >7%
Time to change reflectance from 60% to 15% at 25º <6.0 seconds 3.0 seconds
Time to change reflectance from 15% to 60%    
at 25º <8.0 seconds 6.0 seconds
at -20º <30 seconds  
Gray Scale Ratio 3</Ratio/<8 5.0
Reverse Override Increase reflectance in  
  <2 seconds <0.5 seconds

The following table indicates specifications of models w/ displays
Specification Range
Power Requirement  
Battery Input 9-16 VDC
Ignition Input 9-16 VDC
Maximum Ignition - off - draw O W
Display Vacuum flourescent
Accuracy  
Compass +/-10°
Temperature -31 to 131° +/-3°
  -35 to 55° +/-2°
Weight 18 ounces maximum
Mounts GM Detach (universal)
Operating Temperature -40° to +85° C
Storage Temperature -40° to +85° C

NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror NVS Mirror
w/ Compass only
NVS Mirror
w/ External-Temp. +
Compass
NVS Mirror
w/ External-Temp.,
Compass + Map Lights
New style! Our base Auto-Dimming mirror. Automatically dims to eliminate the glare of rearward-approaching vehicles. Auto-Dimming function plus a compass display. It is a feature of the patented PathPoint Compass System. Auto-Dimming function plus a compass display and external-temperature readout. Both are features of the patented PathPoint Compass System. Auto-Dimming mirror with compass, external-temperature and interior lighting. Our mirrors are the first to use LEDs, which when compared to incandescents, last longer, burn cooler and have easier-to-control lighting patterns.
Dimensions: 10½" W x 2-5/8" Tall. (Bottom of mirror where display is another ½")

Home Safety Mirrors Gentex :  
NOTE: Please remember to include your vehicle's year, make & model in the Comments field during checkout so that we can include the proper hardware like a new mount or one of the camlocks. If your existing OE mirror mount attaches to your windshield, you will need to remove it w/ a heat gun carefully so as not to crack your windshield. If your existing OE mirror mount attaches to the ceiling, you will need to remove it and a hole may be left behind.
WARNING: If you acquired an OE auto-dimming mirror from eBay or the junkyard and wish to retrofit it onto your same model vehicle, we have no brackets/mounts for you. Neither do your local dealerships, you're out of luck. NEVER buy used/junkyard OE auto-dimming mirrors, they are obsolete & cannot be mounted nor powered properly.
WARNING: To use OnStar model, your existing mirror has to have the OnStar feature - this is the only prerequisite. However, if your existing mirror has the Passenger Side Airbag Indicator, it's the ONLY indication in the vehicle for that purpose & by Federal Law this HAS to be in the vehicle, in other words, you cannot remove your existing mirror, sorry.
 (#50-GENK2A)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror - w/ GENTEX harness $0077
 
 (#50-GENK5A)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror + Compass - w/ GENTEX harness $0173
 
 (#50-GENK6)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror w/ OnStar + Compass + Mic - no harness,
 works only w/ auto-dimming Onstar, not prismatic ones that use switches to block glare manually
$0229
 
 (#50-GENK26A)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror w/ OnStar + Compass + Temp + Mic - no harness,
 works only w/ auto-dimming Onstar, not prismatic ones that use switches to block glare manually
$0259
 
 (#50-GENK20A)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror + Outside Temp. + Compass - w/ MITO harness $0189
 
 (#50-GENK21A)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror + Outside Temp. + Compass - w/ GENTEX harness $0169
 
 (#50-GENK30)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror + Outside Temp. + Compass + Map Lights
 
- its map lights also work like dome lights. ie: come on when doors are opened. MITO harness
$0228
 
 (#50-GENK31)  NVS Auto-Dimming Mirror + Outside Temp. + Compass + Map Lights
 
- its map lights can only be used as reading lights, otherwise it's identical to the above model. GTX hrns
$0208
 
MITO or GENTEX harness?: As you can see above, there are a few kits with exact same features but different harnesses (ie: MITO or GENTEX). The MITO harnesses are better as they don’t necessarily need an extra wire cover. The GENTEX harness is a cheaper harness that looks better with the wire cover over it. It doesn’t quite look as pretty by itself. Both work just as well as the other – it’s just an appearance thing.
 (#50-901160M)  NVS Special Foreign Vehicle Brackets - for the below listed vehicles $0010
 
 NOTE: If ordering this mirror for a foreign model vehicle or for a 1996 or older Ford, please see Special Foreign Vehicle Brackets below:
~ 2000-2006 HONDA ACCORD ~ 2000-2004 HONDA CIVIC (WILL NOT WORK ON ALL) ~ 2002-2004 HONDA CRV ~ 2000-2004 HONDA ODYSSEY
~ 2003-2004 HONDA PILOT ~ 2006 HONDA RIDGELINE ~ 1999-2005 LAND ROVER DISCOVERY ~ 1999-2004 LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER
~ 2002-2004 MITSUBISHI LANCER ~ 1983-2004 MITSUBISHI MONTERO ~ 2003-2004 SUBARU BAJA ~ 2000-2004 SUBARU FORESTER
~ 2002-2004 SUBARU IMPREZA ~ 2000-2003 SUBARU LEGACY ~ 2000-2003 SUBARU OUTBACK ~ 2001-2004 SUBARU WRX
~ 2001-2006 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA ~ 2005-2006 SUZUKI XL-7 ~ 2002-2004 TOYOTA ECHO ~ 2001-04 TOYOTA SEQUOIA
~ 1999-2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA
 (#50-9011571M)  NVS Special Foreign Vehicle Brackets - for 1998-2004 Toyota Land Cruiser $0010
 
 (#50-901160M)  NVS Special Foreign Vehicle Brackets - for certain Toyota / Honda $0010
 
 (#50-7302023)  NVS GM Button Kit - for pre-1998 Ford & any foreign vehicles not listed above. Button kit is needed for the '04 Scion xB, Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, '05 Chevy Aveo $0005
 
 NOTE: To see an updated list of all the vehicles that come from the factory w/ the GM/Chrystler mount that the NVS mirror attaches to (ie: no new brackets are required), please click on the above "PEN" icon titled Bracket Application Guide.

~ *CANNOT REPLACE FACTORY MOUNT ON:
ACURA, ALFA ROMEO, AMC, BMW, HYUNDAI, PORSCHE, VOLVO, VW JETTA*, KIA SEDONA, SORENTO, SCION XB*, or TOYOTA FJ CRUISER
** 2004 CADILLAC CATERA OR JAGUAR S-TYPE - CANNOT REMOVE THIS MOUNT **
*2002 HONDA S2000 - YOU CANNOT USE THE 50-901160M BRACKET ON THIS VEHICLE.
*** 2003 LINCOLN AVIATOR - PLEASE NOTE THIS VEHICLE HAS A COMPASS BUILT INTO THE BASE OF THE EXISTING MIRROR AND CANNOT BE REPLACED. ***
*DO NOT MOUNT IN A VOLVO - DAMAGES EXISTING WIRING LOOM *

     

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