KEEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE USE. Carefully read and understand all instructions and warnings in this manual. Failure to properly use this infant car seat increases the risk of serious injury or death in a sudden stop or crash. Store this manual in the storage location provided on the back of the seat. KEEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE USE. Carefully read and understand all instructions and warnings in this manual.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WARNINGS TO ALERT YOU TO POSSIBLE DANGERS ............................... 3 HOW TO REGISTER YOUR SAFETY SEAT ................................................... 4 SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................. 5 3.1 About your child ................................................................................... 5 3.2 About your vehicle................................................................................. 5 3.
1.0 WARNING WARNINGS TO ALERT YOU TO POSSIBLE DANGERS The ultimate safety of your child depends on the proper installation of the Safety Seat in your vehicle. Proper installation requires that you read and understand this entire manual and your vehicle’s owner’s manual before placing your child in the Safety Seat. DO NOT allow others to install or use this safety seat unless they completely understand it’s proper use and installation.
3.0 SAFETY SAFETY INFORMATION 3.1 About your child • This Safety Seat is designed and tested to accommodate a child of a specific range of HEIGHT and WEIGHT. Using the Safety Seat for a child whose weight or height is outside of these limits will increase the risk of death or serious injury in the event of a crash. Please see the Warning label on the Safety Seat located on the child’s right side for weight and height limits for your model. Also noted on manual cover.
3.0 SAFETY 3.3 About Active Air Bags 3.5 About this Safety Seat NEVER PLACE THIS SAFETY SEAT IN A VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS AN ACTIVE AIR BAG. If an Active Air bag inflates, it can hit the safety seat with great force and cause death or serious injury to your child. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for additional information and warnings about Active Air bags, and supplemental restraints, and their proper use with Safety Seats.
3.0 SAFETY from the surface that the seat is on as well as from the pressure on their chest from the safety harness. In addition, if the carrier is placed too upright, the child’s head can fall forward and cause the child to have difficulty breathing. To avoid death or serious injury from suffocation, falls and other hazards: • Always place the carrier on a firm and level surface. Never place the carrier on soft or plush surfaces such as a bed, comforter, couch, sofa, chair, etc.
4.0 LOCATION SELECTING THE BEST LOCATION FOR THE SAFETY SEAT WARNING Not every location within an automobile may be safe for the installation of this Safety Seat. In fact, some automobiles have no seating position that is safe for the installation of a safety seat. Improper placement of this Safety Seat within a vehicle will increase the risk of death or serious injury.
4.0 LOCATION 4.0 LOCATION • DO NOT place this Safety Seat in any vehicle seat that faces to the rear or to either side of the vehicle (Fig. 14-1 & 14-2). • DO NOT use this Safety Seat in a vehicle that has a vehicle seat back that does not lock into place. A seat back that folds forward must have a latch or locking mechanism to prevent it from flying forward and striking the child in a sudden stop or accident.
4.0 LOCATION installed and locks only in a crash or sudden stop. These lap belts utilize an Emergency Locking Retractor and are often found in combination with motorized shoulder belts. Because these belts will allow the Safety Seat to move about on the seat, the chance of the Safety Seat being out of the proper position in a crash is very high. Accordingly, do not use the Safety Seat with this type of Seat Belt system.
4.0 LOCATION 4.0 LOCATION Seat belt systems that are Adequate for use with the Safety Seat: The following seat belt systems can be used with the Safety Seat provided, that all of the other requirements prescribed in these instructions, including seat position, and all instructions provided by your vehicle’s owner’s manual are followed. • A lap belt that is manually adjusted and will remain tight while the vehicle is in motion is suitable for use with the Safety Seat.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES SAFETY SEAT FEATURES AND THEIR PROPER USE 5.1 5-Point Harness Canopy Carry Handle Fabric Harness Slots Harness Belt Harness Straps Handle Release Button Webbing Twist Indicator Stripe Harness Clip (Chest Clip). Buckle 19 Harness Slots x 4 Canopy Seat Pad Harness Adjuster Strap 5.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES 5.3 Rear view of Component locations 5.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES Your Safety Seat base can be installed with either the vehicle belt or with the included LATCH attachment system. To properly install the Safety Seat and protect your child, you must carefully follow the instructions that correspond with the model you have purchased. 5.5 Use of the Safety Seat with the Base • To remove the car seat from the base, squeeze the Base Release handle, located below the head end of the Safety Seat, to release the Safety Seat from the Base.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES 5.7 Operation of the Carry Handle Seat Angle Indicators WARNING The Seat Angle Indicator is used to ensure that the seat is installed at the proper degree of recline to adequately protect your child in a crash. Toys or other objects attached to carry handle can cause injury in a crash. Never attach toys or other objects to handle when in vehicle.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES Carry In-Vehicle Handle Use 5.8 Attaching the Canopy Rebound ONLY use Rebound or Carry Handle positions in vehicle. Use Carry position for children greater than 22 lb or if feet can touch the handle (Fig. 27-1). Slip the canopy stays through the sleeves on the canopy. Fig. 27-1 The canopy is attached by inserting the ends of the canopy plastic stays into the female fittings found on the inside of the handle hub.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES 5.10 Inserts Use • Use is not mandatory • ONLY use inserts with children who weigh between 4-18 lbs. • DO NOT use Pillow insert use if child’s head is pushed forward and falls down. Pillow Insert Body Insert • NOT included in all models, styles may vary. 5.11 Adjustment of the Shoulder Straps WARNING Failure to properly adjust the harness on your child increases the risk of death or serious injury in the event of a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash.
5.0 FEATURES 5.0 FEATURES 3. If the Harness Straps require adjustment, remove your child from the Safety Seat. Rotate the handle to the upright carry position (Fig. 31-1). 6. Using the included Belt Threading Tool, insert the Harness Straps through the Slots selected in step 2 above, in the seat pad and the seat shell, respectively (Fig. 32-1). 4.
5.0 FEATURES 9. Ensure the harness strap ends are fully hooked on the metal plate. Both sides must be threaded in the same position (Fig. 33-1). 10. Inspect the Harness Straps from the front and rear to ensure that they are not twisted. Twisted straps can prevent proper tightening of the Harness and thus may not adequately restrain your child in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. 5.0 FEATURES A A B B C C A A B B C Fig. 33-1 11.
5.0 INFANT RESTRAINT USING INFANT RESTRAINT 6.1 Securing your Child in the Safety Seat / Carrier WARNING Children have STRANGLED in loose or partially buckled harness straps. Fully restrain the child even when carrier is used outside the vehicle. Failure to properly secure your child in the Safety Seat / Carrier increases the risk of death or serious injury from suffocation or falls, or in the event of a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash.
5.0 INFANT RESTRAINT 6.2 For the 5-Point Harness • Put the two buckle tongues together, overlaying the left buckle tongue onto the right buckle tongue, and insert the two joined buckle tongues into the harness buckle on the crotch strap (Fig. 37-1). Fasten the Harness Chest Clips together. Position the Harness Chest Clip, by Fig. 37-1 sliding the Clip either up or down on the Harness Straps, so that it is level with the child’s armpits (Fig. 37-2).
7.0 INSTALLATION 7.1 Preparation 39 1. Park your vehicle on a level surface so that the level indicator located on the left side of the Safety Seat will properly indicate the proper angle of recline of the seat. 2. Make sure you have selected an acceptable location for the safety seat as instructed in section Selecting the Best Location for the Safety Seat on page 11. 3. Check again for any Active Air bags.
7.0 INSTALLATION 7.0 INSTALLATION 4. See Fig. 40-2 for the proper threading of the vehicle belt through the Base and Fig. 41-1 for the proper threading of the belt through the Safety Seat without the Base. 5. Buckle the seat belt being careful that the seat belt is not twisted and is securely latched into the appropriate buckle, and not the adjacent buckle (Fig. 41-2). Lap/Shoulder Belt 6. Proper installation of the Safety Seat or Base requires that the seat belt be very tight.
7.0 INSTALLATION 7.0 INSTALLATION • To install the locking clip, tighten the buckled seat belt by pulling upward on the shoulder portion of the seat belt while pushing down hard on the Safety Seat or Base. 8. To tighten a combination lap/shoulder seat belt: • A lap/shoulder combination belt with a locking buckle is tightened by pulling upward on the shoulder portion of the seat belt while pushing down hard on the Safety Seat or Base.
7.0 INSTALLATION 10. If you are using the Base, check that nothing is on top of the base, or anything that will interfere with the proper latching of the Safety Seat to the Base. Place the Safety Seat onto the Base and push down until the Safety Seat latches securely to the Base and you hear a click (Fig. 45-1). Pull upward on the Safety Seat to check that the Safety Seat is securely latched onto the base (Fig. 45-2). 7.3 Installation of the Base using LATCH Fig.
7.0 INSTALLATION 7.0 INSTALLATION 1. Remove any toy or other objects attached to carry handle before installing car seat in vehicle. 2. Locate a LATCH seating position as identified in your vehicle owner’s manual. Some LATCH seating positions may require deploying of anchors, or installation of guides. 3. Remove the Safety Seat from the base by squeezing the base release handle located under the center of the head end of the Safety Seat and lifting upward on the Safety Seat (Fig. 24-1). 4.
7.0 INSTALLATION 7.0 INSTALLATION 7. Check that nothing is on top of the base or anything that will interfere with the proper latching of the Safety Seat to the Base. Place the Safety Seat onto the Base and push down until the Safety Seat latches securely to the Base and you hear a click. Pull upward on the Safety Seat to check that the Safety Seat is securely latched onto the base (Fig. 24-1).
7.0 INSTALLATION 1. Safety Seat with Base: Make sure the vehicle is parked on level ground. Lock the Safety Seat onto the Base and check that the Safety Seat is level side to side on the vehicle seat (Fig. 51-1). Check the Seat Angle Indicator that matches the weight of your child. 7.0 INSTALLATION 2. Safety Seat without Base: Check that the Safety Seat is level side to side on the vehicle seat. Check the Seat Angle Indicator that matches the weight of your child (Fig. 52-1). Fig.
7.0 INSTALLATION 7.0 INSTALLATION 7.5 Pool Noodle / Elevation Aids • If the Seat Angle Indicator level line is not parallel with the ground, or the bubble is not centered, place a rolled towel, folded towel or pool noodle under the front of the base (Fig. 53-1), or at the foot end of carriers (Fig. 53-2), to achieve the correct position. 7.6 Base Use • When placing a pool noodle(s), rolled or folded towel ensure the elevation aid extends beyond the outside edge of the base by at least 1 inch (Fig.
8.0 FINAL CHECKS INFORMATION FINAL SAFETY CHECKS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 8.1 Checking Safety Safety 9.1 Using the Safety Seat in an Airplane 1. If your child is already in the Safety Seat, check that the harness is properly fitted and tight as instructed in the section 6.1, Securing your Child in the Safety Seat / Carrier. This Safety Seat may be used without the Base in an airplane in the same manner as it is used in an automobile.
9.0 ADD’L INFORMATION DO NOT use lubricants of any kind on any of the components of the Safety Seat and Base, including the buckle and LATCH system. The seat pad may be washed as follows: 1. Remove the harness shoulder straps from the Safety Seat as instructed in the section Adjustment of the Shoulder Straps. 9.0 ADD’L INFORMATION Pad. Thread the Harness Straps through Buckle Tongues and Harness-Tie. See section Adjustment of the Shoulder Straps for re-threading of shoulder straps.
WARRANTY WARRANTY DO NOT RETURN YOUR PRODUCT TO THE STORE. PLEASE CONTACT BABY TREND® FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS, SERVICE AND REPAIR. The Baby Trend® warranty covers workmanship defects within 1 year of purchase. Any product which has been subjected to misuse, abuse, abnormal use, excessive wear and tear, improper assembly, negligence, environmental exposure, alteration or accident, or has had its serial number altered or removed invalidates all claims against the manufacturer.
STOP If you experience any difficulty in using this product, please contact our customer service department at 1-800-328-7363 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time for assistance. Please have your model number and manufacturing date available when you call. This information can be found on a small sticker on the bottom of the product.
