Rearview And Door Mirrors; Interior Rearview Mirror - Volvo V50 Owner's Manual

Instruments and controls

Rearview and door mirrors

Interior rearview mirror

Dipping
1. Dip the mirror with the lever
2. Normal position
3. Dipped position. Use this to reduce
annoying dazzle from the headlights of
following vehicles.
Autodimming (option)
A sensor (4) on the bottom edge of the mirror
detects light coming from behind and dims
the mirror if the light is strong. An authorised
Volvo workshop can adjust the sensitivity.
NOTE! The illustration is a montage. The
mirror has either manual dipping or automatic
dimming, never both at the same time.
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Rearview mirror with compass
(option on certain markets)
The upper right-hand corner of the rearview
mirror has an integrated display that shows
the compass direction in which the front of
the car is pointing. Eight different directions
are shown with English abbreviations:
N (north), NE (north east), E (east),
SE (south east), S (south), SW (south west),
W (west) and NW (north west).
Calibrating the compass
The compass may need calibrating in special
cases (setting points of the compass). The
letter C is shown in the mirror's display if the
compass needs calibrating.
– Stop the car in a large open area.
– Start the car.
– Press and hold button (1) (use the point
of a pen or similar) for at least six
seconds. The character C will reappear.
– Drive slowly in a circle at a speed of no
more than 10 km/h until a compass
direction appears on the display.
– Calibration is complete.