Instruction manual

Before Installing Car Seat

This Car Seat is shipped without the Headrest attached.

The Headrest must be installed on the seat prior to use, see

“Installing/Adjusting Headrest” on page 86.

Rear-Facing

The following are a few things which must be done with this

car seat before installing it in a vehicle Rear-Facing.

• Rear-Facing Base must be securely attached to the bottom

of the car seat. See “Installing/Removing Rear-Facing

Base” on page 80.

• Shoulder Harness must be adjusted to the correct Shoulder

Harness Slots for the height of the child. The Shoulder

Harness should be through the Shoulder Harness Slots

closest to and at or below your child’s shoulders. See

“Securing your Child in Car Seat” on page 65.

• Select recline position 3 (fully reclined).

– Rear-Facing Anti-Rebound Bar must be securely attached

to the car seat with the Locking Pins. See “Installing/

Removing Rear-Facing Anti-Rebound Bar” on page 81

• Lap/Shoulder belts with a sliding latchplate – Shoulder

belt is mounted on a retractor which automatically pulls the

shoulder belt back in when released as shown in Figure

15. Latchplate slides freely along the webbing of the

vehicle belt as shown in Figure 15a.

– If this type of lap/shoulder belt is equipped with an

Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR), it may be used.

– If this type of lap/shoulder belt is equipped with an ELR/

ALR Switchable Locking Retractor (SLR), it can be used.

To check if your lap/shoulder belt is equipped with an

SLR:

1. Slowly pull the shoulder belt all the way out until

it stops.

2. Allow the shoulder belt to pull back in about

15 cm (6”).

3. Pull out on shoulder belt again. If the belt will not

pull out again, it is equipped with a SLR

NOTE: Some vehicle seat belt systems may have a lap/

shoulder belt equipped with a latchplate which appears to

hold the lap portion at a ﬁxed length when the belt is pulled

tight. This type of lap/shoulder belt is compatible. It may still

have a switchable locking retractor (SLR).

See your vehicle owner’s manual for more information on

installing a child seat using the vehicle belt.

Figure 15

Figure 15a