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ARGOS 70
ELITE
Child Restraint/Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual
READ THIS MANUAL
Do not install or use this child restraint until
you read and understand the instructions in this
manual. FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
© 2011 Graco PD169097A 9/11 US
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Table of Contents 1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other 8.0 Choosing an Appropriate Vehicle Users .....................4-5 Seat Location ...............19 8.1 Vehicle Seat Location 2.0 Registration Information.........6 Requirements............19 2.1 Register Your Child Restraint .6 8.2 Vehicle Seat Belt 2.2 For Recall Information.......6 Requirements............20 2.3 If You Need Help...........7 8.3 SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt 3.0 Useful Information .............7
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Table of Contents (cont.) 11.0 Securing the Child Restraint 20.0 Securing Child in Vehicle in Your Vehicle ...............32 with Shoulder Belt 11.1 Using a Child Restraint WITH a Positioning Clip ........... 56-59 Built-in Harness ..........32 21.0 Using the Tether..............60 11.2 With a Vehicle Lap or 21.1 Storing LATCH and Tether. .61 Lap/shoulder belt ...... 32-34 22.0 Airplane Use ................62 11.3 With LATCH ..........35-36 23.0 Accessories ..........
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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 in ates, it can hit the child and child restraint with great force and cause serious injury or death to your child. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for information about side air bags and child restraint installation. 4
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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. 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. Your child’s safety depends on: 1. Choosing the correct mode of use for the child restraint depending on your child’s size. 2.
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2.0 Registration Information Model Number: Date of Manufacture: Purchase Date: 2.1 Register Your Child Restrain
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2.3 If You Need Help Please contact our Customer Service Department with any questions you may have concerning parts, use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please have your product’s model and date of manufacture ready so that we may help you ef ciently. These numbers can be found on a label on the child restraint. USA: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com 3.0 Useful Information 3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life 3.1 Certi cation THIS CHILD RESTRAINT STOP using child restraint and t
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4.0 Features Head support side wing buttons 8
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The locking clip is stored on the back of the child restraint. You will need to use it with certain types of vehicle seat belts. United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards have de ned a new system for installing child restraints in vehicles. The system is called LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren). LATCH may ONLY be used IN PLACE of vehicle belt if vehicle is equipped with LATCH anchor points. Please refer to vehicle owners manual for LATCH locatio
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5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint Adult assembly required. KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR 1. Lay child restraint flat on back. Grab seat pad fabric in sitting area to expose the gutters . MAKE SURE all hands, fingers and other objects are clear of the gutters. 2. MAKE sure the harness straps are securely attached within the “T”-shaped slots around the arms as shown . With your other hand, raise seat back so that KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR both arms LOCK into the gutters . Harness Strap T-slot
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3. Arms should CLICK into the gutters. Seat assembly should appear as shown . CLICK! 11
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4. Attach 4 elastic loops from the seat pad under the seat exactly as shown in . 5. Pull elastic loop on the seat pad through the vehicle belt guide on side of seat and attach to hook as shown . Repeat on other side. 12
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6. The assembly is now complete. 13
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6.0 WARNINGS DO NOT use locking clip in booster mode. PROTECTION FROM INJURY. However, proper use of this child restraint reduces the According to accident statistics, risk of serious injury or death to your child. CHILDREN ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS CHILD SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER THAN RESTRAINT UNTIL YOU READ AND FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS vehicle with a front passenger air bag, refer to MA
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NEVER LEAVE A CHILD RESTRAINT THE CHILD RESTRAINT CAN BECOME UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE. An VERY HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with unsecured child restraint can be thrown around these parts can burn your child’s skin. Always and may injure occupants in a sharp turn, touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts sudden stop or crash. Remove it or make sure before putting your child in the child restraint. that it is securely belted in the vehicle. If not using LATCH and tether, mak
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7.0 Height and Weight Limitations FAILURE TO USE CHILD RESTRAINT IN A MANNER APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CHILD’S SIZE MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. Instructions for the use of this child restraint differ greatly depending on the size of your child. Be sure you are using the child restraint in the correct mode and with the correct features for your child. 7.1 WITH Built-In Harness Your child must meet all requirements: Weight: 20 to 70 lbs (mass between 9 and 31.8 kg) Height:
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7.2 WITHOUT Built-in Harness Your child must meet all requirements: Weight: 30 to 100 lbs (mass between 13.6 and 45 kg) Height: 38 to 57 inches (96 and 145 cm) in height Approximately 3-10 years of age The shoulder belt MUST lie across child’s shoulder as shown and the lap portion of the belt is positioned low on the child’s hips. Child’s ears are BELOW top of head support. If tops of ears are above top of head support, child is too large for seat. If child is between 30 and 70 lbs
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7.3 WITHOUT Back Support Your child must meet all requirements: Weigh between 40 and 120 lbs. (mass between 18 and 54.4 kg), and are between 40 and 57 inches (101 and 145 cm) in height, Approximately 4-10 years of age The shoulder belt MUST lie across child’s shoulder as shown and the lap portion of the belt is positioned low on the child’s hips. When sitting on the booster seat, your child’s ears should be below the top of the vehicle seat cushion / head support. Your Graco
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8.0 Choosing an Appropriate Vehicle Seat Location 8.1 Vehicle Seat Location Requirements IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. Some seating positions in your vehicle may not be safe for this child restraint. Some vehicles do not have any seating positions that can be used safely with the child restraint. If you are not sure where to place the child restraint in your vehicle, consult your vehicle owner’s manual or call Graco Children’s Produ
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8.2 Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE TO USE WITH THE CHILD RESTRAINT. THE VEHICLE SEAT BELT MUST BE DESIGNED TO HOLD THE CHILD RESTRAINT TIGHTLY AT ALL TIMES. Pay careful attention to these systems; some of the seat belts that are not safe to use look very much like seat belts that are safe to use. If you are unsure, consult your vehicle owner’s manual or call Graco Children’s Products Inc., 1-800-345-4109. 8.3 SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt Systems THE FO
