Installing Forward-Facing Car Seat With Inflatable Vehicle Belt ......20 Removing Forward-Facing Car Seat Installed With Inflatable Vehicle Belt .... 27 ® Clek and Clek logos, Olli, Ozzi, Oobr, and Foonf are registered trademarks of Clek Inc. For a complete list of Clek Inc. trademarks please visit www.clekinc.com/trademarks.
Vehicle Belt” section in your car seat manual. • Not all inflatable vehicle belts are safe for use with this car seat. Contact Clek Customer Service at 1-866-656-2462 to determine if the inflatable belts in your vehicle are approved for use with this car seat.
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Step 1 Prepare car seat for Rear-Facing Installation: • Fully recline car seat to Recline Position 3 by pulling Recline Handle out and rotating car seat back as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 • Install Rear-Facing Base to bottom of seat.
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Step 3 If the vehicle seat back is adjustable, make sure the seat back is locked in a more upright position. Refer to vehicle owner’s manual for recommended seat back angle. DO NOT install or use this car seat while the vehicle seat back is excessively reclined, as shown in Figure 2.
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Step 6 Position the seat so that the Rear-Facing Level Reference Line appropriate for the child’s weight is parallel with the ground as shown in Figure 5. • If using with an infant under 22 lb (10 kg), position the seat with the more reclined Reference Line (top line) parallel to the ground.
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NOTE: The lap portion of the inflatable lap/shoulder belt MUST remain tight and not lengthen when pressure is released from the seat. If the lap portion of the inflatable lap/shoulder belt does not remain tight, go back to Step 6 and refer to your vehicle manual.
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Step 10 Verify that the Rear-Facing Level Reference Line appropriate for the child’s weight is parallel to the ground as shown in Figure 8. If not, go back to Step 5, adjust the recline level and try installing again, or move the seat to a different vehicle seating position.
Removing Rear-Facing Car Seat Installed With Inflatable Vehicle Belt Step 1 Unbuckle vehicle belt. • Pressing down in center of car seat to reduce tension on vehicle belt will make it easier to unbuckle vehicle belt as shown in Figure 9. Step 2 Figure 9 Remove Seat Cushion, see “Removing/...
LATCH” section in your car seat manual. • Not all inflatable vehicle belts are safe for use with this car seat. Contact Clek Customer Service at 1-866-656-2462 to determine if the inflatable belts in your vehicle are approved for use with this car seat.
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WARNING — DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur • Rigid LATCH Connectors must be secured to the vehicle LATCH lower anchors only. Connection to other vehicle anchors or vehicle components could result in the anchor tearing free in a crash. •...
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Step 1 Prepare car seat for Forward-Facing Installation: • If Rear-Facing Base or Anti-Rebound Bar is attached, remove it now, see “Installing/Removing Rear-Facing Base” and “Installing/Removing Anti-Rebound Bar” in your car seat manual. Step 2 Select a Forward-Facing vehicle seating location which has LATCH.
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Step 4 Adjust car seat to Recline Position 1 or 2 by pulling recline handle out and rotating car seat as shown in Figure 13. NOTE: NEVER use Recline Position 3 Forward-Facing. Figure 13 Step 5 Pull Rigid LATCH Connectors to the fully extended position as shown in Figure 14 •...
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Step 6 Remove Tether Hook from its storage location on back of car seat. See “Top Tether Storage” on page 88. • Lengthen Top Tether belt by pressing and holding Tether Adjuster button while pulling strap as shown in Figure 15. •...
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• Open the Forward-Facing Belt Lock- off on the same side of the seat as the vehicle shoulder belt anchor point. Place the vehicle shoulder belt through the Forward-Facing Belt Lock-off as shown in Figure 17. Figure 17 Step 8 Place car seat in the seating location selected with the Rigid LATCH Connectors facing the vehicle seat.
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LATCH lower anchors, you can still use this seat. See “Installing Forward-Facing Car Seat With Inflatable Vehicle Belt” on page 20 of this manual. Please notify Clek Customer Service if the Rigid LATCH Connectors fail to latch by calling 1-866-656-2462.
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Step 10 Adjust seat to fit snugly against the vehicle seat back as shown in Figure 20. • Pull and hold Rigid LATCH Adjustment Handle. • Push car seat firmly into vehicle seat back. • Release Rigid LATCH Adjustment Handle. Figure 20 Step 11 Tighten vehicle belt:...
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Step 12 Check fit against the vehicle seat back. If the back of this car seat cannot be adjusted to be in contact with the vehicle seat back as shown in Figure 23, try changing the recline position of this car seat, verify that the vehicle seat back is in a more upright position and re-adjust.
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Step 13 Attach Tether Hook to vehicle top tether anchor as shown in Figure 25 or Figure 26 and pull firmly on free end of strap until Top Tether is snug. Refer to vehicle owner’s manual for recommended Top Tether routing and identification of top tether anchor point.
Removing Forward-Facing Car Seat Installed With LATCH and Inflatable Vehicle Belt Step 1 Loosen Top Tether belt by pressing and holding Tether Adjuster while pulling strap as shown in Figure 28. Step 2 Remove Tether Hook from vehicle Figure 28 tether anchor.
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Step 4 Pull Rigid LATCH Connectors to the fully extended position as shown in Figure 31. • Pull and hold Rigid LATCH Adjustment Handle. • Grasp the seat and slide it out until it stops. • Release Rigid LATCH Adjustment Handle. Figure 31 Step 5 Pull the red Rigid LATCH Release Handles,...
Seat with Vehicle Belt” section in your car seat manual. • Not all inflatable vehicle belts are safe for use with this car seat. Contact Clek Customer Service at 1-866-656-2462 to determine if the inflatable belts in your vehicle are approved for use with this car seat.
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WARNING — DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur (continued) • This car seat must be held tight at all times by the lap portion of the lap/shoulder belt. − Refer to the vehicle owner’s manual for information regarding car seat installation and inflatable vehicle belt use with a car seat.
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Step 1 Prepare car seat for Forward-Facing Installation: • If Rear-Facing Base or Anti-Rebound Bar is attached, remove it now, see “Installing/ Removing Rear-Facing Base” and “Installing/Removing Anti-Rebound Bar” in your car seat manual. Step 2 Select a Forward-Facing vehicle seating location which has an inflatable vehicle belt which can be used with this seat and a top tether anchor point.
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Step 4 Adjust car seat to Recline Position 1 or 2 by pulling recline handle out and rotating car seat as shown in Figure 34. NOTE: NEVER use Recline Position 3 Figure 34 Forward-Facing. Step 5 Remove Tether Hook from its storage location on back of car seat.
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Step 7 Route vehicle belt through the Forward- Facing Belt Path, taking care not to put vehicle belt between Harness and back of seat, and buckle vehicle belt, as shown in Figure 37. Step 8 Figure 37 Open the Forward-Facing Belt Lock-off on the same side of the seat as the vehicle shoulder belt anchor point.
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Step 10 Switch the the lap portion of the inflatable lap/shoulder belt to the automatic locking mode by pulling the lap portion of the belt all the way out by holding the webbing and pulling upwards, as shown in your vehicle manual.
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IMPORTANT: The lap portion of the inflatable lap/shoulder belt MUST remain tight and not lengthen when pressure is released from the seat. If the lap portion of the inflatable lap/shoulder belt does not remain tight, go back to Step 6 and refer to your vehicle manual.
Removing Forward-Facing Car Seat Installed With Inflatable Vehicle Belt Step 1 Loosen Top Tether by pressing and holding Tether Adjuster while pulling strap as shown in Figure 45. Step 2 Figure 45 Remove Tether Hook from vehicle tether anchor. • Pull in and hold retention spring on Tether Hook, then remove Tether Hook from tether anchor as shown in Figure 46.
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Step 4 Remove this car seat from vehicle. Step 5 Store the Top Tether, see “Top Tether Storage” in your car seat manual.
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Keep this Instruction Manual for future use. Store with car seat manual in Shoulder Harness Access Panel on back of this car seat. www.clekinc.com Clek Inc. 226 Lesmill Road Toronto, Ontario Canada M3B 2T5 1-866-656-2462...
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