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Pria Sport Convertible Car Seat Your model may look different than one shown on cover. Send Us a Text: 1-812-652-2525 (US and Canada Only. Carrier Fees May Apply) Read all instructions BEFORE USING this car seat. KEEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE USE.
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Your child’s safety is Welcome to the worth the time it will Maxi-Cosi 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 1-4 will introduce...
Contents Installation in Vehicle Getting Started Securing Child in Car Seat LATCH & Vehicle Belt Information Replacement & Expiration Parts of Car Seat LATCH: Lower Anchor Belt Registration & Safety Notices Accessory Use Vehicle Belts Aircraft Information Making Adjustments to Car Seat Choosing Car Seat Mode Top Tether Changing Headrest/Harness Height...
Parts of Car Seat Instruction Manual Storage Harness System Rear- (in pocket in pad) Headrest/Harness Facing Adjustment Handle Belt Path Rear-Facing Adjustable (on back of headrest) Level Line Headrest Forward-Facing LATCH: Belt Path Lower Shoulder Harness Harness Base Anchor Belt Harness Slots Holders Covers*...
Accessory Use To remove cup holder, Harness Covers Buckle Cover Removable Cup Holder twist the cup holder coun- (on select models) (on select (on select models) terclockwise. Pull it out of models) For Use in Rear-Facing Mode the slot in the car seat. The cup holder is top- rack dishwasher safe.
Choosing Car Seat Mode 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 choosing this car Rear-Facing Mode Forward-Facing Mode they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car seat.
Rear-Facing Section 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.
Rear-Facing Child Fit To change the harness strap height, see pages 38. Buckle To change the buckle Buckle position, see page 39-41. Strap To learn how to check harness tightness, see pages 34-37. Fully Loosen Undo Chest Clip Place Child in Check Head Position Check Harness Check Buckle Position...
Rear-Facing Vehicle Install There are 2 different methods for install. Use only one: WARNING: Before installing the car seat in your vehicle, check to see if you need to adjust the buckle position for your DO NOT use both the child.
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Adjuster Locate Rear-Facing Belt Path & Route Vehicle Belt or Check Rear-Facing Vehicle Belt or Lower Level Line Finished Lower Lower Anchor Belt Through It Anchor Belt Goes: Rear-Facing Level Anchor Belt For the LATCH belt: You may need to fully lengthen the belt before •...
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Thread Belt into Positioning Guides Attach Lower Anchor Buckle Vehicle Belt Belt Connectors to The lap portion of the vehicle belt or the lower anchor belt If your car has a switchable MUST go through the belt-positioning guides on both sides of Vehicle’s Lower Anchors retractor, use it to lock the the car seat as shown.
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If the car seat moves more than 1 in. (2.5 cm), you can try: • Pulling the belt tighter; OR • Reinstalling the car seat; OR • Changing to a Tighten Belt Check Belt Tightness different seating Secure Child in location;...
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FINISHED! Lap/Shoulder Belt Vehicle Belt Install: Is the vehicle belt locked? See step 7. LATCH: Lower Anchor Belt Install: Are the connectors securely attached to the vehicle’s lower anchors? See step 7. Is the belt tightened enough so that the car seat does not Lap Belt move more than 1 in (2.5 cm) from side to side? Check the Only if necessary, you may place a...
Forward-Facing Section WARNING: You MUST ALWAYS attach, DO NOT fasten multiple lower adjust, and secure the tether (top anchor connectors on the same anchorage) strap when installing the lower anchor bar in the vehicle. car seat in the Forward-Facing Mode with internal harness.
Forward-Facing Child Fit To change the harness strap Buckle height, see pages 38. To change the buckle Buckle position, see page 39-41. Strap To learn how to check harness tightness, see pages 34-37. Fully Loosen Undo Chest Clip Place Child in Head Position Harness Strap Buckle Position...
Forward-Facing Vehicle Install There are 2 different methods for install. WARNING: Use only one: DO NOT use both the Before installing the car seat in your LATCH: lower anchor vehicle, check to see if you need to adjust the buckle position. See belt and vehicle belt at page 23 for child fi...
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If your vehicle has a headrest that interferes Loosely Attach Lift Tether Adjuster to with a fl ush car seat Place Car Seat Locate Vehicle Top fi t, check your vehicle Tether Hook to Loosen Tether Strap Forward-Facing Tether Anchors owner’s manual to see if it Vehicle’s Top in Back Seat...
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Adjuster Attach Lower Anchor Belt Locate Forward-Facing Belt Path & Route Buckle Vehicle Belt Vehicle Belt or Lower Finished Lower Connectors to Vehicle Belt or Lower Anchor Belt Through It Anchor Belt Goes: If your car has a switchable Anchor Belt retractor, use it to lock the Vehicle’s Lower Anchors For the LATCH belt: You may need to fully lengthen the belt...
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If the car seat moves more than 1 in. (2.5 cm), you can try: • Pulling the belt tighter; OR • Reinstalling the car seat; OR • Changing to a Tighten Tether Tighten Belt Check Belt Tightness different seating Push fi rmly on the back of location;...
Securing Child in Car Seat FINISHED! Lap/Shoulder Belt + Vehicle Belt Install: Is the vehicle belt locked? See Tether step 8. LATCH: Lower Anchor Belt Install: Are the connectors securely attached to the vehicle’s lower anchors? See step 8. Lap Belt + Tether Is the belt tightened enough so the car seat does not move more than 1 in (2.5 cm) from side to side? Check the tightness of the install often to make sure it...
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A snug strap should not allow any slack. It lies in a relatively straight line without sagging. It does not press on the child’s fl esh or push the child’s body into an unnatural Check Harness Tightness Position Chest Clip Fasten Chest Clip Tighten Harness position.
Changing Headrest/Harness Height FINISHED! WARNING: Failure to fasten and tighten the harness Your child is now secured in the car seat. system correctly may allow the child to be Check your child’s fi t often and make any WARNING: ejected from the child restraint in a crash or needed adjustments to the car seat as they grow.
Changing Buckle Position For Rear-Facing Child Fit, see page 9. WARNING: For Forward-Facing Child Fit, see page 23. Failure to place buckle’s metal retainer completely through pad and child restraint can result in Locate Buckle’s Fully Recline Rotate Metal From Top of Car Unbuckle Harness serious injury or death.
Reclining Car Seat To Recline: Pull the recline handle out and push the top of the car seat back. To learn how to check harness tightness, see pages 34-37. The recline handle is at the back of the car seat. For More Upright: Pull the recline handle out and pull Check Buckle the top of the car seat forward.
Removing Seat Pad & Harness System This car seat has 3 positions. Forward-Facing Mode Rear-Facing Mode WARNING: The level line on the side of car seat MUST be level For Children with the ground using either Position 3 or 2. 22-40 lb (10.1-18 kg) and The harness straps on 29-43 in.
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Adjust Headrest to Gently Pull Headrest Undo Fasteners on Lower Headrest to Remove Seat Pad Undo Fasteners on Highest Position Headrest Pad Pad Off Bottom of Seat Pad Lowest Position Gently pull the pad off the Headrest As Shown outside edges of the car seat then around the headrest and Remove the headrest pad on select models: the harness...
Cleaning Parts of Car Seat Installing Seat Pad & Harness System Cleaning Pad & Accessories Cleaning Harness Strap Machine wash separately with cold water on a gentle cycle. Check the harness straps often for any wear or On select models: Make sure the harness covers are closed damage.
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If the harness straps have been removed from the splitter plate, and if the buckle tongues and chest clip have been unthreaded, follow the steps below to rethread them. 1. Rethread Buckle & Chest Clip The harness strap ends go through the back of the buckle tongues &...
LATCH: Lower Anchor Belt Adjuster To Remove Lower Anchor Belt from To Store Lower Anchor Belt Thread the lower anchor belt through the Rear-Facing Belt Vehicle’s Lower Anchor Bars The lower anchor belt MUST Path. be properly stored in its storage 1.
Vehicle Belts Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different than those pictured here. You MUST Review Your Check How This Car Seat Will Be Locked Into Place Check Retractor If LATCH: lower anchors are not an option or if your child weighs more than 40 lb (18 kg), you must use the vehicle Vehicle Owner’s Manual The vehicle belt MUST NOT...
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Types of Retractors If you have an Emergency Switchable Retractor Automatic Locking Retractor Emergency Locking Retractor Emergency Locking Retractor with a (most vehicles have this type) This retractor always locks. See Step 4 Locking Sliding Latch Plate, you This retractor can be switched to a Locking It will automatically lock after slowly “Check Latch Plates”...
Top Tether Child Restraint Use WARNING: WARNING: Using this child restraint without the tether strap NEVER take your child out of the child restraint DO NOT use any child restraint accessory except anchored as required by the manufacturer would be a while the vehicle is moving.
Vehicle Seating Position Installation in Vehicle Children are safer when To avoid your child being seriously burned, take WARNING: WARNING: properly restrained in rear the following precautions: seating positions than in the front seating positions. NEVER place a child rear-facing •...
Replacement & Expiration Registration & Safety Notices Please complete the postage-paid registration card that came DO NOT risk your child’s safety. criteria, you may not need to replace the car seat. with your child restraint, and send it to us. If one or more of these criteria are not true or if you are To keep your child as safe as possible, Dorel Juvenile Group uncertain of any of your answers, replace the car seat...
Aircraft Information Warranty Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (DJG) warrants this product to Warranty Limitations: This warranty does not include Install the car seat in a window seat to avoid blocking This restraint is certified for aircraft use. the original retail purchaser as follows: This product is damages which arise from misuse or abuse of this the aisle.
Please note: Our product warranty only applies when from, you can check www.maxicosi.com/us-en/find- • Chest Clip • Locking Clip purchased from an authorized Maxi-Cosi retailer. a-retailer; or call our Consumer Care Department at Applicable tax and shipping & • Harness Strap The origin of products not purchased through these 1-800-951-4113;...
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