Motor Head

Greetings to ALL:

I'm a long time reader and this is my first time to post.

Can anybody tell me "HOW TO" have this feature so that it doesn't automatically turns itself "ON" everytime I start my car? I would like to manually turn it off & on? I love the feature but, It's a real hassel since 99.9% of my driving is in the daytime. I couldn't find anything in the manual.

Any suggestions ?

hieuster

There are two buttons on the mirror that you can press. The | button turns it on and the O button turns it off. To see if it is off or on, there's a green light if it's on and no light if it's off.

I'm curious, why do you want to turn it off?

mw09g37

iTrader: (3)

it only transitions when you are sitting in darkness for 30 seconds. so i'd be surprised if your mirror was green all the time during the day.

but heiuster has the right info, buttons on the mirror turn the feature off or auto. if that doesn't work, your unit might be broken... lol

SM_Shadowman

Mine is always "on" but the dimming doesn't actually kick in unless it's dark and there are headlights shining into it. Are you saying yours stays dimmed all the time until you turn it off? That sounds like it might be malfunctioning.

Motor Head

That's correct. It is "ON" everytime I start the car. So I turn the feature off using the buttons on the mirror after starting the car. Since most of my driving is during the day I don't need anti-glare "ON".

Motor Head

Humm, I've never left it on to see. I'ver always turned it off as soon as I start the car. I'll check it out today and let you know later.

SANTOS29

iTrader: (1)

I never even bother messing with it, since is Automatic...I do drive in the daylight and I never seen it go dim by itself only at night.

JohnEnglish

It's always on and the anti-glare feature only activates if it detects a bright light on the sensor.

Chekov

Yes, the anti-glare system will automatically turn on every time you start the car. You can turn it off by pressing the little switch to the right of the sensor (which is to the right of the green light). But it will go to automatic again the next time you start the car. There’s no way around that, but there should be no dimming at all during the day so it may be easier to just leave it on all the time.

Callaway

I'm not understanding why you need to turn it off? As others are saying, it's automatic. There's sensors that detect incoming light and dims it. But you should only be noticing this at night. Are you saying you are seeing a difference during the day when you toggle it on and off? Or is it the fact that the green light is on indicating it's "on" that bothers you?

15951

As others have said, the light just means the system is on, now that the antiglare feature is activated.

Your car has automatic headlights, but they're only on when the sensor triggers the switch. Same idea.

Motor Head

Took it for a spin today and left the feature in "Automatic mode". The mirror did not dim in the daytime. It seems that Infinti would have made this feature active say when you turn your headlights on instead of having it in "Automatic mode/on all the time? Just my thought on the matter.

15951

It's not on all the time...the little light just tells you that the system will work if parameters are met for it to do so. Of course it isn't on in the daytime...neither are the automatic headlights.

Every car on the market with this feature works the same. You're overthinking this one.

SM_Shadowman

I'm not sure I understand what the difference would be. In auto mode it would not dim during the daylight while your headlights are off. All that turning it off (instead of on automatic) during the day would do is prevent it from dimming when it isn't going to dim anyway. I doubt that leaving it in automatic mode is going to affect gas mileage or anything.

STOOF

iTrader: (2)

Having it "On" all the time basically just means its in standby, so when it needs to activate, it does. And it give you the option to turn it off in preferred.

Its just like VDC, no matter what when you turn the car off and back on, its on.