D. General Vehicle Installation
Not all vehicle belts will work with this child restraint. This
child restraint must be tightly locked in place at all times,
during travel. You must determine if your vehicles belts are
compatible with this child restraint.
Vehicle Belts
• Automatic/Passive vehicle seat belts
You MUST have a vehicle lap belt to install any child restraint.
An automatic (passive) shoulder vehicle belt may or may not
have a separate vehicle lap belt. Consult your vehicle owner’s
manual.
• Vehicle belts in center of the door
or side panel
You must move the child restraint to
another seating location. Consult your
vehicle owner’s manual.
• Vehicle belts that are in front of
the seat bight
You may need to move the child
restraint to another seating location.
Consult your vehicle owner’s manual.
• ELR (Emergency Locking Retractor) vehicle belts
These lap and shoulder vehicle belts only lock in a sudden
stop or crash, and do not properly secure a child restraint
alone. Consult your vehicle owner’s manual.
To learn if you have this type of vehicle
belt, gently pull the vehicle belt all the
way out of the retractor (spool), let it
return several inches, then pull on it
again. If it moves freely, it is an ELR
vehicle belt. If it is locked and will not allow any more vehicle
belt to come out, it is a switchable retractor.
ELR lap-only vehicle belts MUST NOT be used
with this child restraint.
• Switchable retractor
These vehicle belts switch from ELR to ALR (Automatic Locking
Retractor). You must have the vehicle belts in the locking
mode to use them. Follow the instructions in the
installation sections.
• ALR (Automatic Locking Retractor)
These vehicle belts lock after pulling the webbing out and
letting the vehicle belt go back into the retractor an inch or two.
Follow the instructions in the installation sections.
Vehicle Latch Plates
• Check the Latch Plates
Grasp the tongue portion of
the latch plate (the part that
goes inside the buckle) and
pull straight out, inline with
the vehicle lap belt. If the
latch plate does not slide up
and down the vehicle belt,
you have a locking latch
plate. You should not need
to use a locking clip. Consult
your vehicle owner’s manual.
If the latch plate slides up and down on the vehicle belt, and
you have an ELR retractor, you
MUST
use a locking clip to
install the child restraint. You may not need to use the locking
clip with a switchable or ALR retractor. Consult your vehicle
owner’s manual.
Locking
Latch
Plate
Sliding
Latch
Plate
This restraint is certified for
aircraft use only when used
with the internal harness.
This
child restraint is NOT certified
for use in aircraft when used
as a belt-positioning booster
because aircraft seats do not have shoulder belts.
Use only on forward-facing aircraft seats. Follow instructions
for vehicle installation. Contact the airline for their specific
policies.
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Installing on Aircraft
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