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Columbia Car Seat
User Guide
IMPORTANT
Please retain this User Guide for future reference
Conforms to
ECE R44.03
EXTREME HAZARD: Parents should not under any circumstances
Universal
use this child restraint on a passenger seat equipped with an airbag.

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  • Page 1 Columbia Car Seat User Guide IMPORTANT Please retain this User Guide for future reference Conforms to ECE R44.03 EXTREME HAZARD: Parents should not under any circumstances Universal use this child restraint on a passenger seat equipped with an airbag.
  • Page 2: Safety Warnings

    Safety warnings English • Spanish • PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE COMMENCING INSTALLATION AS AN INCORRECT INSTALLATION COULD BE DANGEROUS. • DO NOT USE THIS CHILD SEAT IN PASSENGER SEATS EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAGS. • This child seat must only be installed in a forward facing position in passenger seats. Do not use on side facing or rear facing seats.
  • Page 3 Getting to know your child seat This seat is classified as: Group 1 for children weighing from 9kg to 18kg - (9 months - 4 years approx.) - in a forward facing position. Group 2 for children weighing from 15kg to 25kg (4 - 6 years approx.) - in a forward facing position. Group 3 for children weighing from 22kg to 36kg (4 - 11 years approx.) - in a forward facing position.
  • Page 4: Legal Requirements

    The type of approved seat belt you must have Your Mothercare child seat can only be installed forward facing using a lap and diagonal seat belt in the rear passenger seats of the car. DIAGONAL BELT DO NOT USE THIS CHILD SEAT IN PASSENGER...
  • Page 5 The harness Doing up the harness Place the left hand harness connector behind the right hand one, they should slot together neatly. Push the harness ends into the hole in the buckle at the top of the crotch strap. You will hear and feel a ‘CLICK’ when it is secure. Check by attempting to remove the connectors by pulling the webbing above and below the buckle.
  • Page 6 The harness Adjusting the shoulder height The harness has 2 height positions. The straps should go into the slots nearest to the top of your childs’ shoulders. To adjust the shoulder straps of the harness, first turn the seat upside down.
  • Page 7 Fitting your child seat into your car WARNING: Do not use this child seat in passenger seats fitted with airbags. Do not use on rear-facing or side-facing vehicle seats. If the seat angle is changed after installation, the seat belt must be re-tightened and the red ‘lock-off’...
  • Page 8 Fitting your child seat into your car Pull the red ‘lock off’ clip around from the back of the seat towards the car seat belt buckle. Then open the red ‘lock off’ clip and lay both the diagonal and lap sections of the seat belt on it.
  • Page 9 Fitting your child seat into your car Pull the shoulder straps off the harness adjuster. Remove the Red lock off clip. The plastic retaining keeper at the seat end of its strap can be twisted around and passed through the slot in the back of the seat. Open the seat base.
  • Page 10 Fitting your child seat into your car To set up for use from 15kg to 25kg - continued To attach the diagonal belt adjustor, thread the loose strap through the seat base. Attach the loose end to one the harness plastic keepers, having first removed this from the end of the harness which is no longer required.
  • Page 11: Final Checklist

    Fitting your child seat into your car To set up for use from from 22kg to 36kg When your child reaches this weight the child seat can be used as a ‘booster seat’ by removing the back section of the seat. If you have not already removed the childs’...
  • Page 12 Returning the seat to its configuration for younger children AFTER YOU HAVE USED THE CHILD SEAT FOR AN OLDER CHILD (GROUP 2 OR 3) YOU MUST FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES BELOW WHEN RE-USING THE SEAT FOR A YOUNGER (GROUP 1) CHILD. Remove the diagonal belt adjuster.
  • Page 13 Returning the seat to its configuration for younger children When the keeper is in position, feed the one pull adjuster through the keeper, from the front of the seat to the back as shown. Thread the shoulder straps through loop in the adjuster. Fit the Lock off clip, twist its plastic retainer through the seat back.
  • Page 14: Care Of Your Product

    Do not put your childs’ safety at risk by using without a seat cover. The seat cover should not be replaced with any other than the one recommended by Mothercare, because the cover constitutes an integral part of the restraint performance.
  • Page 16 5. Only suitable if the approved vehicles are fitted with 3 point static or retractor safety belts approved to UN/ECE Regulation No.16 or other equivalent standards. Made in France for Mothercare, Watford, Herts, WD24 6SH Issue 2 - 08 99...

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