3-in-1 convertible car seat rear-facing child restraint 2.3-18 kg 5-40 lb 48-91 cm 19-36 in., forward-facing child restraint 10-30 kg 22-65 lb 74-132 cm 29-52 in. and at least 1 year old and able to walk unassisted, booster seat 18-36 kg 40-80 lb 102-132 (64 pages)
Summary of Contents for Safety 1st onBoard 35 SecureTech
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(US and Canada Only. Carrier Fees May Apply) Find Us Online: www.safety1st.com Email Us: support@djgusa.com onBoard 35 SecureTech Infant Car Seat Give Us a Call: 1-800-544-1108 (Toll Free, US and Canada Only) Your model may look diff erent than one shown on cover.
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Your child’s safety is Welcome to the worth the time it will Safety 1st Family! take to read and follow these instructions. Thank you for choosing this car Ready? Let’s go! seat, also known as a child restraint! Pages 1-8 will introduce...
Parts of Car Seat Harness System Carry Handle Shoulder Harness Slots Harness Straps Vehicle Belt Head Pillow* Path Guide Chest Clip Canopy (when used Carry Handle without the Adjustment base) Body Pillow * Base Release Button Handle Harness Release Lever Rear-Facing Harness Adjustment Strap (through opening in pad)
Accessory Use Head Pillow Body Pillow (on select models) (on select models) Tension When using the head To remove, unbuckle the Indicator Shoulder Base pillow, make sure it does harness. Pull the buckle not cover your infant’s face down through the slot in Harness Release Stroller...
Canopy Use To Remove Canopy Canopy (fabric) Canopy Hoop (plastic strip) Undo Fastening Locate Canopy Post Pull Back Press Tab In With Slide Canopy Strip on Back of Canopy Fabric Your Thumb & Fabric Off There is one on either To Adjust Canopy Car Seat to Locate Tab on...
Base Use Release Lever for Vehicle Belt Lockoff & Depending on your model, the base is adjustable. LATCH: Lower Anchor Belts To Store Base Foot To Lower Base Foot Pull the foot down and press in on Push in on the foot release This base has a release lever that Closing Release Lever the release button.
Rear-Facing Car Seat Use American Academy of Pediatrics WARNING: Recommendations Infants and Toddlers Measure your child’s weight and height Should ride in a rear-facing car seat as long as possible, until (DO NOT guess) before using this car seat. they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car seat. This car seat can only be used Toddlers and Preschoolers REAR-FACING.
Rear-Facing Child Fit WARNING: NEVER install a rear- Check the vehicle belt or the lower facing child restraint anchor belt before each use. Use in the front seat of a ONLY if the belt can be tightened vehicle equipped with properly and locked securely in an active frontal airbag.
Securing Child in Car Seat To change the harness Buckle strap height, see page Buckle Strap To change the buckle position, see page 35. To learn how to check harness tightness, see Check Head Position Check Harness Check Buckle Position pages 14-16.
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FINISHED! WARNING: Failure to fasten and tighten the harness Your child is now secured in the car seat. A snug strap should system correctly may allow the child to be Check your child’s fi t often and make any not allow any slack. ejected from the child restraint in a crash needed adjustments to the car seat as It lies in a relatively...
Vehicle Install with Base Carrier Use There are 2 different methods for install. WARNING: Use only one: Read ALL instructions before using Strangulation Hazard: Children have child restraint as a carrier. STRANGLED in loose or partially buckled harness straps. Fully restrain NEVER use carrier unless child is Review Vehicle Owner’s Manual the child even when carrier is used...
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Place Base Lift Release Lever For Vehicle Belt Install: Route Belt Through Buckle Vehicle Belt Attach Lower Rear-Facing Base Belt Path Openings As Shown Anchor Belt If your car has a switchable Vehicle retractor, you MUST also Connectors to use it to lock the belt. Review Vehicle’s Center the base in the page 55 of this manual or...
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Vehicle Belt LATCH If the Lockoff If the base moves more than 1 in. (2.5 cm), you can try: cannot be used properly, then do • Pulling the belt tighter; OR not install the base • Reinstalling the base; OR using vehicle belt installation.
Attaching Car Seat to Installed Base FINISHED! Lap/Shoulder Belt Vehicle Belt Install: Is the vehicle belt locked? See steps 4 and 5A. LATCH: Lower Anchor Belt Install: Are the connectors securely attached to the vehicle’s lower anchors? See steps 4 and 5B.
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FINISHED! Check Level Line Only if necessary, you may need to place a tightly rolled towel(s) or foam pool Redo the base installation if the noodle(s) under the front of the base to level line is not parallel with the help make the level line parallel with the Lap/Shoulder Belt Lap Belt...
Removing Car Seat from Base Vehicle Install without Base To Remove Car Seat from Base From the back of the car seat, slide the base release handle up and lift the car seat out of Review Vehicle Owner’s Manual the base. Determine what kind of vehicle belts your car has and how to use them to lock a car seat in place OR...
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Check Level Line Secure Child in Route Vehicle Lap Buckle Vehicle Belt Tighten Vehicle Belt Check Belt Tightness Car Seat or Lap Portion of the The Level Line MUST be If your car has a switchable Lay your forearm across Hold the Rear-Facing Belt Lap/Shoulder Belt...
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FINISHED! If the car seat moves more Vehicle Belt Install: Is the vehicle belt locked? See step 4. than 1 in. (2.5 cm), you can Lap/Shoulder Belt try: Is the belt tightened enough so that the car seat does not move more than 1 in (2.5 cm) from side to side? Check the tightness •...
Changing Harness Height For Rear-Facing Child Fit, see page 12. To learn how to check harness tightness, see pages 14-16. sewn If you cannot achieve a snug harness fit for The sewn ends of the harness your child, see pages strap loops MUST face towards Fully Loosen From Back of Car Seat,...
Changing Buckle Position WARNING: Failure to place buckle’s metal retainer completely through pad and child restraint can result in serious injury Undo Buckle Turn Car Seat Over Rotate Metal Retainer From Top of Car Seat, Insert Buckle’s Metal or death. and Push It Up Through Pull Buckle Out of Car Retainer into Buckle...
Harness System Adjustments for Smaller Infants Adjusting Buckle If you cannot achieve a snug For Rear-Facing Child harness fi t for your child, you Fit, see page 12. may need to adjust the buckle To learn how to check strap and/or harness strap harness tightness, see length and location as shown pages 14-16.
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Adjusting Harness Straps From Top of Car Seat, Tuck Car Seat Pad From Back of Pull Harness Fully Loosen Lay Metal Retainer Around Front of Car Car Seat, Remove Straps Out of Harness Straps Flat Against Car Seat Seat & Check Buckle Harness Strap Loops Shoulder Pull the buckle up to make sure...
Removing Harness System You need to remove the harness system in order to remove the seat pad for cleaning. Only remove the harness system to clean the sewn seat pad. To remove accessories, The sewn ends of the see page 4. harness strap loops MUST face towards you.
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Unthread Chest Clip Unthread Buckle Pull Harness Strap Turn Car Seat Over Rotate Metal From Top of Car Seat, Out of Seat Retainer & Push It Up Pull Buckle Out DO NOT undo the buckle. Locate the buckle’s metal retainer on the bottom of Through Car Seat &...
Removing Seat Pad Set You need to remove the harness system in order to remove the seat pad. See pages 42-44. To remove accessories, see page 4. Pull Pad off Tabs Remove Pad from Release Pad Tabs Release Elastic Straps from Top of Car Seat Bottom of Car Seat Pull down on the pad and pull the tab out of the car seat.
Installing Harness System Cleaning Parts of Car Seat & Installing Seat Pad Set Cleaning Pad & Accessories Cleaning Buckle & Car Seat Machine wash separately with cold water on a gentle cycle. Spot clean using warm sudsy water and damp cloth. DO NOT DO NOT use bleach.
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Bottom View Bottom View Thread Harness Strap Turn Car Seat Over Pull Up Front With the sewn end of the of Seat Pad Weave the harness strap in and out of car seat as shown. harness strap loop facing the buckle, thread the harness strap down through the hip harness slot.
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sewn The sewn ends of the harness strap loops MUST face towards you. Make Harness Thread Buckle & Thread Harness DO NOT twist the harness From Back of Car Seat, strap or the harness Strap Even Chest Clip Straps into Correct Attach 1st Harness adjustment strap.
LATCH: Lower Anchor Belt Adjuster Connectors To Remove Lower Anchor Belt from Vehicle’s Lower Anchor Bars Lower Anchor 1. Lift the Lockoff to allow the LATCH belts to loosen. Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different Belt Parts 2. Press the red release button on each connector. than those pictured here.
Vehicle Belts Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different Check How This Car Seat Will Be Locked Into Place than those pictured here. You MUST Review Your If LATCH: lower anchors are not an option you MUST use the The vehicle belt MUST NOT •...
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Types of Retractors Lockoff Check Retractor Switchable Retractor Automatic Locking Retractor Emergency Locking Retractor When used correctly, this base’s (most vehicles have this type) Retractors pull seat This retractor always locks. See Step 5 Lockoff will lock the vehicle belt. You belts into stored This retractor can be switched to a It will automatically lock after slowly...
Child Restraint Use WARNING: NEVER take your child out of the child restraint DO NOT use any child restraint accessory except If you have an Emergency Emergency while the vehicle is moving. those approved by Dorel Juvenile Group. Locking Retractor with a Locking Locking Sliding Latch Plate, you...
Vehicle Seating Position Installation in Vehicle To avoid your child being seriously burned, take Children are safer when WARNING: WARNING: the following precautions: properly restrained in rear seating positions than in the front seating positions. Check the vehicle belt or lower anchor belt •...
Replacement & Expiration Registration & Safety Notices Please complete the postage-paid registration card that came DO NOT risk your child’s safety. If one or more of these criteria are not true or if you are with your child restraint, and send it to us. uncertain of any of your answers, replace the car seat To keep your child as safe as possible, Dorel Juvenile Group immediately.
Aircraft Information Warranty Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (DJG) warrants this product to the expressed or implied. In no event will DJG or the dealer selling This restraint is certified for aircraft use. Install the car seat in a window seat to avoid blocking original retail purchaser as follows: This product is warranted this product be liable to you for any damages, including the aisle.
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