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

PD238744A

featuring

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 Certication

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

Table of Contents

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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Table of Contents

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 inates, 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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tFAILURE 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.

tEVEN 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.

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.

tNEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.

tYOU MUST READ your vehicle owner’s manual on child restraint use.

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tNEVER LEAVE CHILD UNATTENDED, even when sleeping. Child may become

tangled in harness straps and suocate 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.

tSECURE CHILDREN in rear seat of vehicle whenever possible.

tSERIOUS CRIPPLING INJURY OR DEATH can result if infant faces front of

vehicle. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children

be SFBSGBDJOH until age 2 or until they reach the maximum SFBSGBDJOH height

and weight rating for their seat.

tSOME SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, such as pre-term babies or those who have

tested positive for positional apnea, may be at increased risk of suering

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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.

tDO 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”.)

tNEVER ATTACH two LATCH connectors

to one vehicle lower anchor point unless

specically allowed by the vehicle

manufacturer.

tDO 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.

tIF 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.

tNEVER 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.

tNEVER GIVE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT to someone else without also giving

them this manual.

tDO NOT use accessories or parts other than those provided by Graco. Their use

could alter the performance of the child restraint.

tNEVER USE A SECONDHAND CHILD RESTRAINT or a child restraint whose

history you do not know.

tDO NOT MODIFY YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT or use any accessories or parts

supplied by other manufacturers.

tTHE 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.

tDO NOT use child restraint with any stroller.

tDO 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 manufactureUP

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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