Britax Roundabout User Manual page 19

These pages will hel p you to recognize the different parts of your Freeway.
IMPORTANT!
DO NOT pl a ce any child seat on front seat with air bag unless air bag
is turned off - DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur. The back seat is
the safest pl a ce for children 12 and under.
Secure this child restraint even when it is not occupied. In a crash an
unsecured child restraint may injure other
occupants,
- Head Pad
Red
Seat-belt
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First note that some vehicles have no seating
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oritions which are
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atible with the Freeway (or any car seat Read this section
care ully. If in doubt, return to the dealer for help.
There are several types of safety belts that will not work with Freeway
[or other toddler seats):
* Front seat belts with anchorages (top or bottom) in the door.
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Motor driven automatic belts of any kind.
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Three-point belts that have retractors for the shoulder section and
the lap section. Such belts have latch plates (tongues) sewn both to
the shoulder and lap sections.
0 Non-locking (ELR) two-point seat-belts.
The handbook for your vehicle will have information on the
seat belts in your vehicle. If you have belts of the above-lirte
select another seatmg position. Freewa
r
will work with rear seat t
ooint seat-belts with a sliding latch pate, and with rear seat three-
point seat-belts that are specifically marked as a propriate for child
seats. The middle rear seat of most vehicles has a ap belt which most P
often will work with the Freeway. However, make sure that the buckle
does not catch on the vehicle seat frame (see Buckle Position section).
Your Freewa
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can be securely fitted in many vehicles using their
existing seat- elts. However, some types of vehicle design prevent
ou
b
from making a good installation due to the position of the seat-
elt lower anchora
your seat belt and %
e points (an anchorage point is the point where
uckle are attached to the vehicle).
Use thrr simple guide to check your seat-belts and help you choose
Lhe best posrtion for your Freeway.
Put the gurde prrnted on the srde of thus page on your vehrcle seat
; the osrtion shown above, with the grey area towards the seat back
low 1 etermme If both of the lower anchorage pornts are m lme wrth
'le grey or red area of the
uide. If they are rn the grey area, as shown
hove, then you can use t IS posmon for your Freeway %
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Lower
anchorage point
2. If either of the lower anchorage points are i n the red area, as shown above,
then you should use another position, for example, the middle of the rear seat
using the lap belt.
REMEMBER
Although your seat-belt anchorage points fall within the grey area, a better
rnrtallation may be achieved by reclming
your Freeway.
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Use the Freeway i n vehicle
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seats which are forward facing
only!
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Do not use on rearward-facing
or side facing vehicle seats.
You must use forward-facing
vehicle seats with this restraint.
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Side-facing or rear-facing
vehicle seats i n vans, station
wagons or trucks CANNOT
be
used with this restraint.
This is a lap-and-dragonal seat-belt.
1. Place your Freeway forward factng
A. Dragonal sectron.
onthe vehrcle seat and pull the harness
8. Lapsectton.
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2. Pass the seat-belt through both srde
;lots.
I Fasten the seat-belt
4. Before o,np, any lurthzr make sure that tl,<, lap ~c,,on of the %x-belt Pasrer
below bot lap belt guides
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