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3. Place the child.
4. Overlap the two buckle straps (diag. 6A).
5. Insert both buckle straps until an audible
"click" is heard (diag. 6B). WARNING: never in-
sert only one strap in the buckle.
6. Tighten the child safety belts by pulling the
central adjustment belt (diag.9).
WARNING! Do not over-tighten the belts. If you
can insert your fi ngers between the harness and
your child's body, it means that they are tight-
ened correctly.
CARRY HANDLE POSITIONS
The carry handle of the child car seat can be ad-
justed to 4-positions (diag. 10):
A. Position for car transport (WARNING: this is
the only position allowed during car transport).
B. Position for carrying the child car seat by its
hand.
C. Position for using the child car seat as a baby
rocker or fi tting it to the Chicco stroller.
D. Position for using the child car seat as a baby
chair.
To adjust the handle, press the buttons placed on
the handle simultaneously (diag. 11), rotate the
handle to the desired position until an audible
click is heard.
FITTING THE CHILD CAR SEAT
INTO THE CAR
Please read this paragraph carefully: NECES-
SARY REQUIREMENTS OF THE CAR SEAT AND
SAFETY BELT.
The child car seat, with or without base, must be
fi tted only rear-facing. WARNING! EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS: DO NOT FIT ON CAR SEATS
EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAGS, unless the airbags
have been de-activated.
WARNING! Never fi t the child car seat to a car
seat if it is only equipped with a 2 point car safe-
ty belt safety belt.
FITTING THE CHILD CAR
SEAT WITH BASE UNIT:
To fi t the child car seat with base unit to the car
seat, proceed as follows:
1. Release the child car seat from the base unit
by pulling the release handle (diag.12), and si-
multaneously lift it by using the carry handle.
2. Place the base unit on the desired car seat, and
adjust it as shown in diag. 13, ensuring that it is
placed against the backrest of the car seat.
3. Pull the car seat belt and fasten it to the buckle
by passing the horizontal part through the ap-
propriate belt guides (diag.14).
4. Before fi tting the child car seat on to its base
unit, check that the securing device is closed
(diag. 15).
5. Place the child car seat on to its base unit in
a rear-facing position, and press downward un-
til it is secured (you will hear an audible click)
(diag. 16).
6. Check that the child car seat has been cor-
rectly secured to its base unit by trying to pull it
upward, both from the front and rear part.
7. Take the diagonal belt of the car, and pass it
through the belt guide located at the rear of the
child car seat's backrest diag. 17)...
WARNING: DURING TRANSPORT, THE DIAGO-
NAL BELT OF THE CAR MUST ALWAYS BE IN THE
POSITION SHOWN IN DIAG. 18A; NEVER USE
THE CHILD CAR SEAT WITHOUT PASSING THE
BELT THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE GUIDE:
IT COULD SERIOUSLY COMPROMISE THE
SAFETY STANDARDS.
8. Pull the belt around the child car seat as tight
as possible, ensuring that it is not slack or twist-
ed (diag. 18B).
9. Place the handle in the "A" position (diag. 10).
To remove the child car seat from its base unit:
Remove the diagonal belt from the guide placed
on the backrest, reposition the handle in the "B"
position (diag. 10), release the child car seat by
pulling the appropriate release handle and simul-
taneously lift the seat by the carry handle.
WARNING! After fi tting the child car seat, AL-
WAYS check that the car seat belt is pulled tight
and tensioned correctly. Ensure that its buckle
does not force the belt out of the appropriate
guides on the base unit, and that it does not in-
terfere with the guides.
WARNING: NEVER SECURE THE CAR SEAT BELT
IN ANY OTHER POSITION THAN THE ONE
SHOWN IN DIAG. 19.
Diag. 20 shows some examples of incorrect fi t-
ting.
FITTING THE CHILD CAR SEAT WITHOUT
BASE UNIT
To fi t the child car seat without base unit in the
car, proceed as follows:
1. Lower the stop (diag. 21).
2. Place the child car seat onto the desired car
seat.
3. Pull the car seat belt and fasten it to the cor-
responding buckle by passing the horizontal part
through the appropriate belt guides on the child
car seat (diag. 22).
4. Take the car's diagonal seat belt and pass it
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