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9. Fit the booster cushion by fastening
the holes to the diagonal belt routings
(Fig.14).
WARNING! The booster cushion is to be
used up to about 11 kg.
10. Make sure your child is seated com-
fortably in the child car seat, adjust the
harness straps around the child's body
without pulling them too tight, join the
two harness straps (Fig. 15) and click
them into the buckle (Fig. 15A).
11. Use the adjustment knob A fitted at the
top of the backrest to adjust the height of
the child car seat' s headrest (Fig. 16), so as
to allow the harness straps to come out at
the height of the child' s shoulders (Fig. 17).
12. To tighten the restraint harnesses of the
child car seat, pull the adjustment strap
I until it is correctly fitted to the child's
body (Fig. 18).
13. Check that the child car seat is fastened
correctly (Fig. 19).
14. To remove the child from the child car
seat, press the button on the buckle and
release the harness straps (Fig. 20)
5. CHANGE OF CHILD CAR SEAT SET-UP
FROM GROUP 1 (9-18 KG) TO GROUP
2/3 (15-36 KG)
To change the set-up of the child car seat from
Group 1 to Group 2-3, continue as follows:
1. Release the child car seat harnesses from
the buckle (Fig. 21)
2. Turn the knob to raise the headrest as
much as possible and loosen the incorpo-
rated harness straps as much as possible
(Fig. 22).
3. If present, remove the booster cushion
by releasing it through the belt routings
(Fig. 6).
4. Remove the backrest lining (Fig. 23) and
unfasten the flap behind the backrest
(Fig. 24).
5. Run the incorporated harness straps un-
der the diagonal strap routings (Fig. 25)
and push the shoulder straps, harness
and relevant ends through the relevant
holes (Fig.26).
6. The harness straps must be as illustrated
in figure 27 after this step.
7. Release the buckle from the crotch strap
protection and fit it in the compartment
below it (Fig. 28); fit the crotch strap pro-
tection in the same hole (Fig. 29).
8. Fit the flap behind the backrest again and
apply the lining to the structure.
6. FITTING THE CHILD CAR SEAT IN
THE CAR AND SEATING THE CHILD IN
GROUP 2/3 (15-36 KG)
1. Place the child car seat onto the chosen
forward-facing car seat (Fig. 30)
2. Run the diagonal section of the seat belt
behind the headrest and through the
relevant red belt routing (C) under the
headrest. Place your child carefully into
the car seat, and check that the child is
sitting with his back correctly against the
backrest of the child car seat.
3. Fasten the car seat belt in the buckle so
that both the waist and the diagonal
sections of the belt pass in the waist belt
routings L (Fig. 31).
4. When adjusting the headrest, check that
the position of the diagonal seat belt guide
(B) is positioned over the shoulder at a dis-
tance of no more than 2 cm (Fig. 32).
5. Pull the diagonal car safety belt strap to-
wards the retractor, to ensure the belt is
tight and fitting properly over the child's
legs and chest (Fig. 33).
6. Check that the child car seat is fastened
correctly (Fig. 34).
WARNING!
• Always check that the seat belt is distrib-
uted evenly in all points and that it is not
twisted.
• Check that the diagonal seat belt fits cor-
rectly across the child's shoulder and does
not press on the child's neck. If necessary,
adjust the headrest.
• Check that the car safety belt retractor is
behind the backrest of the car seat (Fig. 35).
To remove a child from a Group 2 and 3
child car seat:
1. Release the car safety belt from its buckle.
2. Remove the car safety belt from the
child's body.
3. Carefully remove the child from the car seat.
WARNING! If you do not intend to remove
the child car seat from the vehicle, fasten
the car seat belts back into the buckle, so
that the child car seat remains fastened
safely inside the vehicle even without the
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