Advent ADVGEN45AB5 Gentex Auto Dimming Rear View Mirror with Compass and Homelink 5 (Blue Buttons)

This rearview mirror was easy to installed on my 2021 Chevy Colorado. Need to get installation instruction from Gentex website. It works great, compass is a nice feature as well as the home link controls. Goodbye to the garage door opener. Color of the power wires varies, but a quick call to Gentex technical support provided help.

We put this in a fully loaded 2022 Ford Escape SEL and it fit perfectly. There are cheaper auto-dimming rearview mirrors out there, but this one possesses great quality and functionality. We purchased this mirror because of the backlighting of the homelink buttons. The mirror functions very well. The compass is accurate, the homelink buttons all work properly, and the backlighting makes all buttons easy to find. If your automaker cheaped-out and provided a non-automatic dimming rearview mirror and no universal garage remote, this mirror is a great option. The compass does come in handy as well. Our SEL does have factory navigation, but if the Nav screen is not up, it does not show a compass anywhere - which is weird because we have the full digital instrument panel which has room to show the compass, but it does not. We also have a Chevrolet Traverse with factory nav and it does show the compass when the Nav screen is not up. Ford really messed up not providing an auto-dimming rearview mirror or universal remote in a fully loaded SEL, but this mirror made up for Ford’s cheapness.

Works great

The media could not be loaded. Mirror works great very powerful and very easy to set up.

Just like most of the people here, I didn't get instructions in the box. Figured out most, but I found on Advent Gentex's website very detailed PDFs for installation with pictures.

Compass calibrated quickly. Homelink works great with my openers, even shows the direction the door is traveling! Perfect addition to my 2021 Frontier.

By replacing my existing one I am finally able to now pair my garage door opener remote - definitely worth it!!

To much trouble to connect to a new Toyota As the mirror uses a external plug and the cars mirror is internally wired. It could work by cutting wires and wiring up the plug or if the mirror comes apart you could connect internally. Same mirror with compass added.