7.1 Installing the Infant Restraint Without Base
Using Vehicle Belt
You must carefully follow the instructions provided by your
vehicle manufacturer, in addition to the information in this
manual. Before proceeding be sure you have read and
understood section 6,
“Choosing an Appropriate Vehicle Seat
Location”
on pages 26-32.
Make sure vehicle is on level ground
so that the level indicator, which is
attached to the infant restraint, can
be used to properly recline the infant
restraint.
If a front passenger seat is used (see air
bag warning, page 8), slide the vehicle
seat rearward as far as possible from
the dashboard. If a rear seat is used,
make sure the seat in front of it is
moved forward enough and is upright
enough to allow room for the infant
restraint.
1. Place the infant restraint without base in a rear-facing
position in a vehicle seat.
2. Thread the vehicle belt under both vehicle belt hooks:
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Lap Belt
Lap/Shoulder
Belt
7.0 How to Install the Infant Restraint/Base
7.2 Installing the Infant Restraint and Base
Using Vehicle Belt
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3. Buckle the vehicle belt. Make sure the buckle
tongue goes into the correct buckle .
The
seat belt should not be twisted or turned.
4. Tighten the vehicle seat belt. Refer to your
vehicle owner’s manual and the instructions in
“6.2.2 SAFE Vehicle
Belt Systems”
, page.29-31, on tightening your vehicle belt when
using the infant restraint without base.
To create a secure installation, push down
hard with your free hand on the infant
restraint
and pull and tighten the
vehicle belt.
5. Test infant restraint for secure installation
as described in infant restraint
“Final
Safety Check” page.40
.
When using the base to install the infant
restraint, the lock-off is
ALWAYS
used to
secure
both
belts of the lap or lap/shoulder
belt.
1. Place the base in a rear-facing position
on a vehicle seat.
2. Open the lock-off and route the vehicle
belt through the belt path and over the
lock-off.
Lock-off
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3. To create a secure installation, while
pushing down on the base, pull the free
end of the lap belt or the shoulder portion
of the lap/shoulder belt to tighten
.
4. Close lock-off over lap belt AND free end or
the lap/shoulder belts
.
Make sure
that you push the top of the
lock-off all the way down.
5. Check that belt does not move by pulling
and pushing hard on base. If belt loosens
or lengthens, repeat procedure.
NEVER
allow any object other than the
vehicle belts to go under or interfere with the
lock-off. If any other part of the vehicle belt
interferes with the lock-off choose another
seating location.
Belts
MUST
go
under lock-off
Lap Belt
Lap/Shoulder
Belt
6. Push the infant restraint down into the base
and make sure that you hear a “click” .
Pull up on the infant restraint to be sure it
is latched securely into the base.
If the infant restraint does not securely latch
into the base, the infant restraint provides
NO protection for your child.
DO NOT
use
the infant restraint/base if the infant restraint
does not securely latch into the base.
7. Test infant restraint for secure
installation as described in infant
restraint
“Final Safety Check” page.40
.
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