Rear-Facing Installation Checklist - Evenflo SONUS 65 Quick Start Manual

Rear-facing Installation with
Seat Belt (cont.)
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WARNING
• If vehicle seat belts are not routed and fastened correctly,
the child restraint may not protect your child in a crash.
• Check your vehicle owner's manual to determine how to
lock your seat belt for child restraint installation. The seat
belt must be locked to properly secure the child restraint.
• DO NOT use this child restraint if it moves more than
2.5 cm (1 in.) side to side or front to back at the
rear-facing belt path. Serious injury or death may result
from poor installation. If you can not tightly secure the
child restraint, try again or move it to another location,
or install with the lower anchor connector assembly.
The seat belt must be as tight as possible.
Put your full weight onto the child restraint as you
tighten the seat belt.
Check your work.
Make certain the belts are tight. If you can move the
child restraint more than 2.5 cm (1 in.) side to side or
front to back at the rear-facing belt path, the vehicle belt
is not tight enough. If you have not tightly secured the
child restraint, try again, move it to another location, or
install with the lower anchor connector assembly
(p. 25).
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Rear-facing Installation Checklist

1. Secure child restraint to the vehicle seat.
Recline stand is flipped to the recline position
(p. 44).
Install with Lower Anchor Connector Assembly
(p. 25) or vehicle seat belt (p. 30).
Towel rolled up and placed beneath the recline
stand, if necessary (p. 44).
Install locking clip, if necessary (p. 12).
2. Set the child in the child restraint.
Top of head is at least 2.5 cm (1 in.) below the top of
the child restraint seat back.
3. Fasten the buckle.
4. Make necessary adjustments.
Crotch strap is snug against the child (p. 48).
MUST
Harness straps
shoulders, with no slack (p. 47).
5. Position and connect chest clip.
Chest clip MUST be at armpit level (page 47).
6. Check your work.
Recline stand is flipped to the recline position
(p. 44).
To properly secure this child restraint it
move more than 2.5 cm (1 in.) from side to side or
front to back at the rear-facing belt path
(p. 29 and 32).
The child's back and bottom are flat against the
back and bottom surfaces of the child restraint
(p. 47).
Shoulder harness straps
shoulder height using the strap slots closest to your
child's shoulders (p. 42).
Ensure crotch strap is in proper position (p. 48).
Buckle tongues are fully engaged (p. 47).
The level arrow is level with the ground
(pages 25 and 30).
WARNING
When using this restraint rear-facing,
vehicle seat belt to provide more leg room, as this may keep
the child restraint from protecting your child.
Refer to (p. 47).
be snug against the child's
MUST NOT
MUST
start at or below
DO NOT loosen the
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