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5. Attach the child car seat onto the base
(in a rear facing position) and push it
downwards until you hear it click into
place (Diag. 15).
6. Check that the child car seat is correctly
fitted to the base by lifting the front and
rear sections.
7. Pull the diagonal car safety belt and thread
it through the relative slot (O) on the back
of the child car seat backrest (Diag. 16)
WARNING! When travelling by car, this
diagonal safety belt must ALWAYS be
threaded through this slot.
8. Pull the belt as tight as possible, without
leaving any slack and making sure it is
not twisted.
9. Turn the carry handle to position A che-
cking it rests against the vehicle seat
(Diag. 17).
WARNING!
After installing the child car seat, ALWAYS
check that the vehicle safety belt is tighte-
ned properly along the entire length of the
belt and no parts are twisted. NEVER fit the
car safety belt in any way other than that
indicated in these instructions.
To remove the child car seat leaving the
base on the vehicle seat:
1. Unthread the diagonal belt through the
slots in the backrest without removing it
from the buckle.
2. Bring the handle bar into a vertical po-
sition (Diag. 5).
3. Remove the child car seat as illustrated
above (Diag. 5).
2.3 INSTALLATION WITHOUT THE
BASE
To install the child car seat without the base,
proceed as follows:
1. Fold out the stabiliser block and position
the child car seat on the desired vehicle
seat (Diag. 18).
2. Pull the vehicle safety belt and connect
it to the relative buckle, threading the
horizontal abdominal belt through the
two slots (K) indicated by the light blue
arrows (Diag. 19).
3. Take the diagonal car safety belt and th-
read it through the relative slot (O) on the
back of the child car seat backrest (Diag.
20) WARNING! When travelling by car,
this diagonal safety belt must ALWAYS
be threaded through this slot.
4. Pull the belt as tight as possible, without
leaving any slack and making sure it is
not twisted.
5. Turn the carry handle to position A che-
cking it rests against the vehicle seat
(Diag. 21).
To remove the child car seat:
1. Release the car safety belt by pressing
the buckle.
2. Bring the carry handle into a vertical
position (B).
3. Unthread the belt through the diagonal
and horizontal slots.
3. OTHER OPERATIONS
3.1 SEATING THE CHILD IN THE
CAR SEAT
1. Raise the fabric flap, whilst pressing
the adjuster button and pull the child
car seat harness straps to loosen them
(Diag. 22).
2. Press the red button to open the buckle and
release the harness straps (Diag. 23).
3. Sit the baby inside.
4. Overlap the two ends of the harness
straps, insert them together inside the
buckle until you hear them click into place
(Diag. 24) WARNING! Never insert just
one end of the harness into the buckle
and do not insert them one at a time.
5. Tighten the safety harness by pulling the
adjuster strap (Diag. 25)
3.2 ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF
THE HARNESS STRAPS
WARNING! The harness straps must always
be adjusted to adapt to the child's growth
phase. Before installing the child car seat
inside the vehicle, adjust the harness straps
to the right height.
To adjust them correctly, the harness straps
must come out from the backrest at the
height of the child's shoulders (Diag. 26)
The child car seat straps can be adjusted to
3 height positions.
To adjust the harness straps, proceed as
follows:
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