Graco Smart Seat User manual
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
Child Restraint
Owner’s Manual
READ THIS MANUAL.
Do not install or use this child restraint until you read
and understand the instructions in this manual.
Smart Seat
ALL-IN-ONE CARSEAT
TM
PD238744A
© 2013 Graco 3/13 US
featuring
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Before you begin
1.0 Warnings to Parents and
Other Users
2.0 Registration Information
2.1 Register Your Child
Restraint
2.2 For Recall Information
2.3 If You Need Help
3.0 Useful Information
3.1 Certication
3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life
3.3 Second Hand Child
Restraint
4.0 Assembly
4.1 Attaching LATCH Storage
Compartment
4.2 Attaching Cupholder
5.0 Features
5.1 Child Restraint
5.2 Base
6.0 Height and Weight
Limitations
6.1 Rear-Facing with base
6.2 Forward-Facing with base
6.3 Booster WITHOUT base
7.0 Choosing an Appropriate
Vehicle Seat Location
7.1 Vehicle Seat Location
Requirements
7.2 Vehicle Seat Belt
Requirements
7.3 SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt
Systems
7.4 For Built-in Harness Only
7.5 WITH or WITHOUT Built-in
Harness
7.6 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems
8.0 LATCH
8.1 What is LATCH?
8.2 LATCH System
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Installation
9.0 Installing Base Using
Vehicle Seat Belt
10.0 Installing Base Using
LATCH
11.0 REAR-FACING
INSTALLATION
12.0 FORWARD-FACING
INSTALLATION
13.0 Tether Use
14.0 Tether and LATCH Storage
14.1 Tether Storage
14.2 LATCH Storage
15.0 Harness System
15.1 Harness Strap
15.2 Chest Clip
15.3 Buckle
15.4 Crotch Strap
16.0 Accessories
16.1 Body Support
(on certain models)
16.2 Harness Covers & Crotch
Strap Cover (on certain
models)
17.0 Using Recline
18.0 Securing Child in Child
Restraint
18.1 Placing Child in Child
Restraint
18.2 Check Harness System
18.3 Adjusting Head
Support/Harness Straps
19.0 Booster Installation
19.1 Storing Harness
19.2 Using Child Restraint in
Booster Mode
19.3 Securing Child in
Booster Seat and Vehicle
19.4 Adjusting Head
Support in Booster Mode
20.0 Additional Information
20.1 Adjusting Armrest
20.2 Removing Seat Cover
20.3 Airplane Use
20.4 Care and Maintenance
21.0 Replacement Parts,
Warranty, and Owner’s
Manual Storage
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1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users
NEVER PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT IN A
VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS
A FRONT AIR BAG. If an air bag inates, it can hit
the child and child restraint with great force and
cause serious injury or death to your child. Check
vehicle owner’s manual for information about side
air bags and child restraint installation.
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tFAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT increases the risk of
serious injury or death in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Your child’s safety
depends on you installing and using this child restraint correctly. Failure to
follow these instructions and child restraint labels can result in child striking the
vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or crash.
tEVEN IF USING THIS CHILD RESTRAINT seems easy to gure out on your own,
it is very important to READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL and the vehicle owner’s
manual.
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1. CHOOSING THE CORRECT MODE OF USE for the child restraint depending
on your child’s size. Infants less than 20 lbs. must use this child restraint
rear-facing.
2. SELECTING A SUITABLE LOCATION for the child restraint in your vehicle.
Some seating positions, such as those equipped with air bags, may not be
safe locations for this child restraint.
3. PROPERLY ROUTING THE VEHICLE SEAT BELT OR LATCH.
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4. PROPERLY SECURING THE CHILD RESTRAINT IN THE VEHICLE using a
seat belt designed to restrain a child restraint or by using LATCH. Many seat
belts are NOT safe to use with this child restraint, even though they can easily
be threaded through or around the child restraint! Vehicle seat belt system
MUST hold child restraint securely. Not all vehicle seat belts can be used with
a child restraint. If vehicle seat belt does not hold child restraint securely, read
“7.0 Choosing An Appropriate Vehicle Seat Location, p. 22-26”.
5. PROPERLY SECURING YOUR CHILD IN THE CHILD RESTRAINT.
tNEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.
tYOU MUST READ your vehicle owner’s manual on child restraint use.
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tNEVER LEAVE CHILD UNATTENDED, even when sleeping. Child may become
tangled in harness straps and suocate or strangle.
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RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE SEATING POSITION, RATHER THAN FRONT
SEATING POSITIONS. For a vehicle with a front passenger air bag, refer to your
vehicle owner’s manual as well as these instructions for child restraint installation.
tSECURE CHILDREN in rear seat of vehicle whenever possible.
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tSERIOUS CRIPPLING INJURY OR DEATH can result if infant faces front of
vehicle. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children
be SFBSGBDJOH until age 2 or until they reach the maximum SFBSGBDJOH height
and weight rating for their seat.
tSOME SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, such as pre-term babies or those who have
tested positive for positional apnea, may be at increased risk of suering
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we recommend that you have your physician or hospital sta evaluate your child
and recommend the proper child restraint or car bed before using this product.
tDO NOT remove LATCH system from child restraint. If using vehicle seat belt to
secure child restraint, LATCH connectors must be stored.
(see section “14.0 TETHER AND LATCH STORAGE, p. 39”.)
tNEVER ATTACH two LATCH connectors
to one vehicle lower anchor point unless
specically allowed by the vehicle
manufacturer.
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tDO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT AND BASE UNTIL YOU
READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN
YOUR VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others install or use the child
restraint unless they understand how to use it.
tIF CHILD RESTRAINT IS IN A CRASH, it must be replaced. DO NOT use it again!
A crash can cause unseen damage and using it again could result in serious
injury or death. DO NOT use child restraint if it is damaged or missing parts.
DO NOT use a cut, frayed or damaged child restraint harness, vehicle seat belt or
LATCH belts.
tNEVER LEAVE A CHILD RESTRAINT and base unsecured in your vehicle. An
unsecured child restraint or base can be thrown around and may injure
occupants in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Remove it or make sure that it is
securely belted in the vehicle. If not using LATCH, make sure unsecured LATCH
connectors are properly stored on base.
tNEVER GIVE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT to someone else without also giving
them this manual.
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tDO NOT use accessories or parts other than those provided by Graco. Their use
could alter the performance of the child restraint.
tNEVER USE A SECONDHAND CHILD RESTRAINT or a child restraint whose
history you do not know.
tDO NOT MODIFY YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT or use any accessories or parts
supplied by other manufacturers.
tTHE CHILD RESTRAINT CAN BECOME VERY HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Always
touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts before putting your child in the
child restraint.
tDO NOT use child restraint with any stroller.
tDO NOT allow the liquid in the level indicator to be ingested or come into
contact with the eyes.
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1-800-345-4109
or www.gracobaby.com
2.2 For Recall Information
2.0 Registration Information
Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:
Please ll in the above information. The model number and date of manufacture
can be found on a label on the child restraint. Fill out the prepaid registration
postcard attached to the harness and mail it today.
Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must register this
restraint to be reached in a recall. Send your name, address, and the restraint’s
model number and date of manufactureUP
Graco Children’s Products Inc.
Attn: Customer Service, 3 Glenlake Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30328
or call 1-800-345-4109 or register online at:
http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint
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