User's Manual

Chapter 1 Using the MC3 System
4 Hardware Installation Guide
ID
Item
Description
3
GoBook dock
Attaches to the GoBook and provides a secure base for
the laptop while in the vehicle. Docks are available for
use with both XR-1 and GoBook III models.
About the Seat Belt Pretensioner
The seat belt pretensioner makes the modern three-point safety harness in your vehicle
function similarly to an old-fashioned lap seat belt. By using the pretensioner mechanism to
cinch the mounting hardware very firmly into the junction of the seat back and the seat pad,
the pretensioner and radio mount restricts potentially hazardous equipment movement
during impact.
Modern three-point harnesses are designed to be forgiving to occupants to lessen injury. By
preventing the pay-out of seat belt webbing designed to protect people and instead using the
pretensioner to immobilize equipment, a higher degree of protection is provided in the event
of a collision.
Through standardized crash testing of the Mobile Collection system, Itron has determined
that preventing extensive rotation of the Mobile Collection equipment in a driver's side
impact reduced the stress on mechanical systems to acceptable levels. Decreasing the
amount of equipment rotation towards the driver prevents the fasteners holding the GoBook
and its dock to the sled from separating in a crash.
The seat belt pretensioner can be used in vehicles equipped with single-pass and multiple-
pass seat-belt tongues.