Rear view mirror compass

[volvoski]

Is it feasible to retro fit the rear mirror compass to my wife’s 2010 XC70 please?

[SwissXC90]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Is it feasible to retro fit the rear mirror compass to my wife’s 2010 XC70 please?

Only with a new one at a dealer, as the rear view mirror is also the remote control receiver and the upper electronics module

ie: it is a very intelligent unit, and must be programmed to the car, thus only new units can be fitted and must be done and programmed by a dealer.

[volvoski]

Ok. Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess it won’t be happening. It looks a nice feature and I thought it would come in handy but it’s not worth the effort time and expense on a nine year old car with 180,000 miles on the clock.

[ksmi]

Originally Posted by volvoski

Ok. Thanks for the detailed reply. I guess it won’t be happening. It looks a nice feature and I thought it would come in handy but it’s not worth the effort time and expense on a nine year old car with 180,000 miles on the clock.

Any chance of fitting a more traditional compass,do you want it for navigation? some of us,including me,find them pretty foolproof compared with sat navs.

By the way Swiss, do the mirror spiders have to be wifi and programmed?

[SwissXC90]

Originally Posted by ksmi

By the way Swiss, do the mirror spiders have to be wifi and programmed?

Yes. The species is matched to the model and also to the destination market.
They are carefully selected for proper compatibility with all of the vehicles functions, including being able to, in some cases, hunt down and eradicate bugs inside other modules (like Sensus...)....

[ksmi]

Thank you very much for that info.Swiss, Very interesting. By the way,do you think we will still be allowed to converse as we presently do on The Forum post Brexit? Or will the powers that be in Brussels say it is verboten?

Regards.Keith.

[volvoski]

The compass feature was I thought very helpful. I drove lorries for many years and am used to using the sun for basic direction. Her car has sat nag and she has google maps on her phone etc. I just thought it would have been a nice feature to have on the mirror. Very clever idea.
Could fit a physical compass I suppose but the interior is standard and nice still. I tend to like the factory options over all others.
Ironically the sat nag on her car is so awful to access that a compass would probably have been a better option at the build stage.

[mr tickle]

Piggy Back question;

Can the compass be switched off - i find it an annoying distraction when I'm driving at night?

I like the dash illumination set to minimum and no other distracting lights at night. I am always shocked at how many night drivers you see with a mobile phone or sat nav stuck on the windscreen on a bright "daytime" setting

I even find someone sitting in the rear seat with a mobile screen on bright.

Hi-jack over.

[green van man]

Originally Posted by mr tickle

Piggy Back question;

Can the compass be switched off - i find it an annoying distraction when I'm driving at night?

I like the dash illumination set to minimum and no other distracting lights at night. I am always shocked at how many night drivers you see with a mobile phone or sat nav stuck on the windscreen on a bright "daytime" setting

I even find someone sitting in the rear seat with a mobile screen on bright.

Hi-jack over.

Yes, there is a hole in the underside I think you shove a paperclip into to turn it off.

I have it on mine and like you found it distracting at first, got used to it now and can just ignore it untill I need it. A useful feature if following a map rather than sat nav.

Paul.

[volvoski]

Reading the last post is it possible my wife’s car is fitted with a compass that is turned off? I guess a paper clip in a hole in the mirror base would tell me later?
Assuming once turned off it remains off? Does not come back on every time you,turn the ignition on?