Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual page 157

156 Transporting children safely
Use of child seats
An overview of the usefulness of child seats on each of the seats according to the
ECE-R 44 standard:
Child seat Front passenger
of the group seat
0
A A
U +
0+
A A
U +
1
A A
U +
2 and 3
A
U
A
Universal category - seat is suitable for all approved types of child safety seats.
U
A
The seat can be fitted with fixing eyes for the "ISOFIX"system.
+
A
The divided rear seat - seat can be fitted with fixing eyes for the system "Top
T
Tether"  page 158, "Attaching child seat using the "Top Tether" system".
Child seats of group 0/0+
The optimal solution for babies of up to about 9 months old weighing up to 10 kg or
children up to about 18 months old weighing up to 13 kg is a child safety seat which
is fastened in the opposite direction of travel
Child seats in which the child is facing with its back towards the direction of travel
should not be used on the front passenger seat when the vehicle is fitted with a
front passenger airbag  page 154, "Use of child safety seats on the front
passenger seat".
Rear seat Rear seat
outside middle
A A A A
U + T U
A A A A
U + T U
A A A A
U + T U
A A
U U
Fig. 145 Child seats of group 0/0+
 fig.
145.
WARNING
•
It is essential to always switch off the front passenger airbag at a specialist
garage or with the switch for front passenger airbag when attaching in excep-
tional circumstances a child safety seat on the front passenger seat where the
child is seated with its back facing in direction of travel  page 152, "Switch for
the front passenger airbag".
•
Please comply with any differing national legal regulations regarding the use
of child safety seats.
•
If this is not done, a child seated on the front passenger seat may suffer
severe or even fatal injuries if the front passenger airbag or airbags are
deployed.
•
You should have the front passenger airbag (or airbags) reactivated just as
soon as you no longer use a child safety seat on the front passenger seat.
Child safety seats in Group 1
Child seats in Group 1 are for babies and small children up to 4 years of age with a
weight of between 9 and 18 kilograms. It is best for children in the lower range of
this group, to use a child seat which allows the child to sit with its back to the direc-
tion of travel. It is best for children in the upper range of the Group 0+, to use a child
seat which allows the child to sit  fig. 146
Child seats in which the child is facing with its back towards the direction of travel
should not be used on the front passenger seat when the vehicle is fitted with a
front passenger airbag  page 154, "Use of child safety seats on the front
passenger seat".
Fig. 146 Child seat with padded table in
Group 1 installed on rear seat bench
facing the direction of travel
in the direction of travel.