Instruction manual

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Adjusting Car Seat to Fit Your Child
WARNING — DEATH or
SERIOUS INJURY can occur
• Never use this car seat without the Headrest.
Figure 5
IMPORTANT: This Car Seat is shipped
without the Headrest attached. The Headrest
must be installed on the seat prior to use.
Installing Headrest
Insert the Headrest support rods into the
Headrest guides in the top of the seat back
as shown in Figure 5 and push the headrest
down until it locks into position.
NOTE: It may be necessary to rock the
Headrest back and forth from front to back in
order to get the support rods into the guides.
Figure 6
Adjusting Headrest
Step 1
Press the button on the Headrest Adjuster
on the right-hand side of the seat (when
facing front of seat) (1) and raise or lower
the Headrest into the desired position (2) as
shown in Figure 6.
Step 2
Check for proper adjustment of Headrest.
The bottom of the Headrest must always be
at or above the Harness Slots in use.
Rear-Facing: The top of the child’s head must
be at least 1” (2.5 cm) below the top of the
car seat’s Headrest, as shown in Figure 7.
If the top of the child’s head is less than 1”
(2.5 cm) below the top of the Headrest in the
highest adjustment position, your child is too
large for using this car seat Rear-Facing and
must be transitioned to Forward-Facing use
with this car seat.
Forward-Facing: The tops of the child’s ears
MUST be below the top of the car seat’s
Headrest, as shown in Figure 8. If the tops
of the child’s ears are above the top of this
car seat’s Headrest in the highest adjustment
position, your child is too large for this car
seat.
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Figure 8
Figure 7
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