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TM
Smart Seat
ALL-IN-ONE CARSEAT
featuring
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.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
© 2013 Graco PD238744A 3/13 US
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Before you begin 6.0 Height and Weight 1.0 Warnings to Parents and Limitations 18 Other Users 4 6.1 Rear-Facing with base 19 2.0 Registration Information 10 6.2 Forward-Facing with base 20 2.1 Register Your Child 6.3 Booster WITHOUT base 21 Restraint 10 7.0 Choosing an Appropriate 2.2 For Recall Information 10 Vehicle Seat Location 22 2.3 If You Need Help 11 7.1 Vehicle Seat Location 3.0 Useful I
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Table of Contents Installation 17.0 Using Recline 46 18.0 Securing Child in Child 9.0 Installing Base Using Restraint 48 Vehicle Seat Belt 30 18.1 Placing Child in Child 10.0 Installing Base Using Restraint 48 LATCH 32 18.2 Check Harness System 50 11.0 REAR-FACING 18.3 Adjusting Head INSTALLATION 34 Support/Harness Straps 51 12.0 FORWARD-FACING 19.0 Booster Installation 52
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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 inflates, 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. 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. Failure to follow these instructions and child restraint labels can result in child striking the vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or crash. EVEN IF USING THIS CHILD RESTRAINT seems easy to figure out on your own, it is very important to READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL a
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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
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SERIOUS CRIPPLING INJURY OR DEATH can result if infant faces front of vehicle. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children be until age 2 or until they reach the maximum height and weight rating for their seat. SOME SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, such as pre-term babies or those who have tested positive for positional apnea, may be at increased risk of suffering we recommend that you have your physician or hospital staff evaluate your child and recom
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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. 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, fr
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DO NOT use accessories or parts other than those provided by Graco. Their use could alter the performance of the child restraint. NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND CHILD RESTRAINT or a child restraint whose history you do not know. DO NOT MODIFY YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT or use any accessories or parts supplied by other manufacturers. 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. D
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Model Number: Date of Manufacture: Purchase Date: 2.1 Register Your Child Restraint Please fill in the abov
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3.0 Useful Information 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 USA: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com www.cpsc.gov www.NHTSA.gov www.seatcheck.org 3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life 3.1 Certification THIS CHILD RESTRAINT STOP using this child restraint and throw it away 10
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P D 1 5 9 4.1 Attaching LATCH Storage Compartment NEVER use without LATCH storage compartment or cupholder attached. LATCH storage compartment under metal tube into bottom of base as shown A. LATCH storage compartment with openings in child restraint B. C. 4.2 Attaching Cupholder NEVER place sharp or pointed objects in a cupholder. In a crash, these objects could hit your child and cause serious injuries. restraint D. E.
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CLICK! A B C CLICK! E D F G H 13
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J 5.1 Child Restraint N M A L O B C P I D Q E H F G 14 K 5.0 Features
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A Harness slots B Harness buckle C Crotch strap D Cupholder E Harness release lever F Harness adjustment strap G Recline handle H Lock knobs I Armrest *Vehicles are now (or can J Chest clip be) equipped with tether K Harness strap anchor points behind L Level indicator some seats. A tether M Head support anchors the top of the N Head support release child restraint to the body O Tether storage of the vehicle. When used P Tether * properly with the vehicle Q Instruction manual storage se
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5.2 BASE X R W S V U T NOTE: Only use base with Smart Seat™ All-In-One Carseat. Y Z 16 5.0 Features
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**United States Federal Motor Vehicle R Vehicle belt/LATCH path Safety Standards have defined a system S Child restraint pin guides for installing child restraints in vehicles. T Lock identification window The system is called LATCH. LATCH may U LATCH connector ONLY be used IN PLACE of vehicle belt if V LATCH adjustment belt vehicle is equipped with LATCH anchor W LATCH belt ** points. Please refer to vehicle owner’s X Seat belt lock-off manual for LATCH in vehicles. Y LATCH storage comp
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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. 20 lbs-40 lbs 4 lbs-20 lbs (9 kg-18.1 kg) (1.8 kg-9 kg) Body support and and up to MUST be used Top of head if shoulders are 1 year AT LEAST 1” belo
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1” (2.54 cm) of age MUST be . . This child restraint is certified for use with children up to 40 lbs. (18.1 kg). However, some children approaching 40 lbs. (18.1 kg) may be too tall to fit . Top of head must be at least 1” (2.54 cm) below the top of the head support. only if child is over 20 lbs. (9 kg) and can sit upright unassisted. (*) *The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children be until age 2 or
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WITH BUILT-IN HARNESS SYSTEM: of sitting upright unassisted may be . If unable to sit upright unassisted, use when below 40 lbs. (*) (127 cm) tall MUST be . BELOW top harness slot/head support height. If shoulders are above harness slots, child is too large for with built-in harness. (*, see p. 19 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations) 20
