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C
B
B
Installing Your Child Restraint
Rear-facing Using a Seat Belt
Attach the harness
straps
B
to the splitter
plate
C
using the
infant position
(page 35)
on the harness straps.
As your child grows, you
can attach the harness
straps
B
to the splitter
plate using the pockets
at the end of the straps.
2
ARROW
MUST
BE LEVEL WITH
GROUND WHEN USED REAR-FACING
REAR OF VEHICLE
1
Infants
MUST
a
lways ride facing the rear of the
vehicle.
The back of the child restraint supports and
protects the baby and absorbs crash forces.
Adjust the child restraint to the
recline position
(page
36). Place the child restraint in your vehicle
rear-facing
.
Adjust the restraint so that the level arrow
A
is level
with the ground.
NEVER
turn a child restraint
forward-facing
with an infant
who weighs less than 10 kg
(22 lbs) or who is less than one
year of age.
Crash forces may cause serious
injury or death.
WARNING
ARROW
MUST
BE LEVEL WITH
GROUND WHEN USED REAR-FACING
REAR OF VEHICLE
A
Make sure the harness
straps are in one of the
three lower
strap slots
D
. The harness straps
should start at shoulder
height or lower, using the
strap slots closest to your
child’s shoulders
E
, as
shown.
3
DO NOT
use the two upper harness slots
rear-facing
. The
harness may not properly restrain the child during a crash.
WARNING
D
E
4
Lap Belt Only
Lap & Shoulder
Belt Combination
Pull the seat pad off of the front of the child restraint.
Route the vehicle seat belt
G
through the rear-facing
belt path
H
and continue through the opposite opening
of the child restraint.
IMPORTANT:
Make sure the seat
belt
G
is
in front of the crotch strap
I
, as shown.
Fasten the vehicle seat belt, as shown, depending on
your type of seat belt. Reconnect the seat pad to the
front of the child restraint.
G
I
H
G
H
I
U.S. Customers Only:
For a taller child, the fourth set
of harness slots
F
can be used.
Note:
These slots
MUST
start at shoulder height or lower and be the closest slots
to your child's shoulders.
F
IMPORTANT:
Make sure both harness straps are
installed completely on the splitter plate, as shown.