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Automotive rearview mirrors have numerous attributes that render them desirable hosts for a variety of added features beyond their principal function of providing a rearview field of vision. One attribute is location. The driver frequently looks at rearview mirrors as part of the normal driving task, and thus they are ideal locations for information display such as of directional information from a compass sensor and/or of temperature information from an exterior temperature sensor. Icons and indicia displaying status of, for example, passenger airbag enable/disable, are readily viewable by the driver when displayed at an interior rearview mirror or exterior sideview mirror. Rearview mirrors are desirable locations for automatic wiper activation rain sensors, automatic headlamp activation controllers, remote keyless entry receivers, garage door opener/home access transmitters, and antennae such as for global positioning satellite (GPS) systems.