medifab Carrot XL Car Seat User Manual

medifab Carrot XL Car Seat

Installation and User Manual

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User Manual for Carrot XL Car Seat Manual:
CarrotXL202008

Serial Number:

CARROT-lll XL SEAT – CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM

For Children with Special Needs

Table of Contents

1. WARNING! Safety Information
2. Important Notes
3. Certification Features
4. Installation
   • Standard Installation
5. Functions
   • Head Section
   • Head-Support Depth Adjustment
   • To Adjust Head Pillow Position Adjustment
   • Shoulder Section
   • Adjusting Shoulder Width
   • Comfort Pads
   • Backrest Section
   • Adjusting Backrest Height
   • 4-Point (H-shape) Harness
   • Fastening / Releasing Harness Buckle
   • Seat Section
   • Adjusting Seat Depth
   • Securing Your Child
6. WARNING
7. IMPORTANT
8. WARNING
9. IMPORTANT and WARNING
10. Accessories
    • Supporting Table (XL)
    • Seat Angle Adjuster Mat (Triangle Wedge)
    • Backrest Extension (100mm)
    • 3D Body Balance Pads
11. Care and Maintenance
    • Cover Removal
    • Cleaning the Cover, Pillow and Pads
    • Click Sound of the Harness Buckle
    • Harness and the Straps
12. Product Dimensions
13. Warranty
    • LIMITED ONE-YEAR WARRANTY
    • WARRANTY LIMITATIONS
    • LIMITATION OF DAMAGES

Product Usage Instructions

Before using the Carrot XL Car Seat, read the entire user manual carefully and save it for future reference.

Standard Installation:

1. Place the Carrot XL Car Seat on the vehicle seat, facing forward.
2. Fasten the seatbelt through the Carrot XL Car Seat belt path and buckle it.
3. Pull the seatbelt tight, ensuring that the Carrot XL Car Seat is securely installed.

Head-Support Depth Adjustment:

1. Loosen the head-support adjustment buckle.
2. Adjust the head-support to the desired depth.
3. Tighten the head-support adjustment buckle.

To Adjust Head Pillow Position Adjustment:

1. Locate the head pillow.
2. Unzip the cover to reveal the head pillow adjustment mechanism.
3. Adjust the head pillow to the desired position.
4. Zip the cover back up.

Adjusting Shoulder Width:

1. Locate the shoulder width adjuster.
2. Move the shoulder width adjuster to the desired position.

Adjusting Backrest Height:

1. Locate the backrest height adjustment lever.
2. Pull the lever up to release the backrest.
3. Adjust the backrest to the desired height.
4. Push the lever back down to lock the backrest in place.

Fastening / Releasing Harness Buckle:

1. Insert the buckle tongues into the buckle until a click is heard.
2. Pull on the harness straps to ensure that they are snug and secure.
3. To release, press the red button on the buckle and pull the buckle tongues out.

Adjusting Seat Depth:

1. Locate the seat depth adjustment lever.
2. Pull the lever up to release the seat base.
3. Adjust the seat base to the desired depth.
4. Push the lever back down to lock the seat base in place.

Securing Your Child:

1. Place your child in the Carrot XL Car Seat.
2. Fasten the harness buckle and adjust the straps to ensure a snug and secure fit.
3. Ensure that the head-support and head pillow are adjusted to provide proper support for your child’s head and neck.
4. Ensure that the backrest and seat base are adjusted to provide proper support for your child’s back and legs.

Accessories:

The Carrot XL Car Seat comes with several accessories, including a supporting table, seat angle adjuster mat, backrest extension, and 3D body balance pads. Refer to the user manual for instructions on how to use these accessories.

Care and Maintenance:

Refer to the user manual for instructions on how to remove and clean the Carrot XL Car Seat cover, pillow, and pads. Also, refer to the manual for information on maintaining the harness and straps and troubleshooting the click sound of the harness buckle.

Product Dimensions:

Refer to the user manual for information on the dimensions of the Carrot XL Car Seat.

Warranty:

The Carrot XL Car Seat comes with a limited one-year warranty. Refer to the user manual for information on warranty limitations and limitations of damages.

Carrot-Ⅲ XL seat is an extended version of the standard Carrot-lll child restraint system. The Carrot-lll XL seat offers a larger configuration to meet the needs of children that require additional seat growth that is not available on the standard Carrot-lll. Always consult your doctor to make sure that this restraint system is suitable for your child.
Your child’s safety is very important to us. To ensure that your restraint system is installed correctly, please read all the instructions in this manual before use.
Carrot-Ⅲ standard seat is universal restraint system for children: Approval according the ECE R44 / 04 by the Kraftfahrtbundesamt (Number of approval: 44R-04301283). EU conformity declaration for medical products (according the addendum II, V, VI and VIII of the EU guideline concerning medical products 93 / 42 / EWG).
We declare hereby that the car seat Carrot-Ⅲ conforms with the equivalent rules of the medical product and the guideline 93 / 42 EWG. The production of the Carrot-Ⅲ is controlled by a quality management according ISO 9001.

WARNING !

DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur:

• Recommended for use with children who have outgrown the Carrot-lll standard car seat. Suggested guidelines are children who weigh more than 40kg and less than 75kg with height between 140cm and 175cm. It has been successfully crash tested with a 75kg dummy.
• Use forward-facing position only.
• Never alter construction of the Carrot-lll XL seat, unless specially authorized in this instruction manual.
• Adjust the belts provided with this child seat so they fit snugly around your child. A snug strap should not allow any slack or twist. It does not press on the child’s skin or push the child’s body into an unnatural position.
• Secure this child seat with the upper and lower fixing straps to the vehicle’s seat, and always use vehicle’s lap shoulder (3-point) safety belts as well.
• Fasten the harness (4-point) of the child seat as well as the vehicle’s lap shoulder (3-point) safety belt to secure your child in a firm position.
• Follow all the instructions in this instruction manual.
• Use this child seat only with the vehicles provided with lap shoulder (3-point) safety belts approved by ECE regulation No.16 or other equivalent standards.
• The rigid items and plastic parts of the child restraint must be located and installed in away so they don’t become trapped by a movable seat or in a door of the vehicle.
• To prevent injury due to hidden damage, discontinue use of a child restraint system that has been in any type of car crash.
• This child restraint system must be used with the cover.
• The child restraint system cover should only be replaced with the one recommended by the manufacturer.
• This instruction manual should be stored in the pocket on the back of the child restraint system.
• This child restraint system is not for use in the home, in boats, or other non-certified applications.
• The back seat of vehicle is the safest location for a properly installed child restraint system. Please comply with safety standards set in your vehicle owner’s manual to ensure your child’s safety.
• Secure this child restraint system even when it is not occupied. In a crash, an unsecured child seat may injure vehicle occupants.
• When using in a vehicle with airbags, refer to your vehicle’s owner’s manual for child seat installation instructions and precautions.
• Never use the adjuster strap to lift or carry this child seat. Doing so could cause damage to harness adjuster and webbing. Always carry this child seat by its shell.
• Do not take apart or attempt to take apart the harness and the straps from the child seat. Never remove the buckles and / or the buckle tongues from the harness or the straps. They cannot be reattached after removal. If reassembled incorrectly, the child restraint system may not perform as intended.
• The primary protection for occupants of a vehicle in a collision is the body of the vehicle itself; a child restraint system will not protect a child when a vehicle is seriously impacted. However, correctly installed, a child restraint system will substantially improve chances for survival in most crashes. Make sure all users fully understand proper us of this child restraint system in a vehicle.

Safety Information

Important Notes
Correctly set up and install the child restraint system before using. Before each use, verify it is securely installed to the vehicle’s seat and the harness is properly adjusted around child.

• Adjust harness to fit securely around the clothes the child is wearing. Remove bulky coats and/or jackets before putting child in child restraint system.
• Cover child restraint system when vehicle is parked in direct sunlight. Parts of child restraint system could become hot and cause injury a child.
• Store child restraint system in a safe place when not in use. Avoid placing heavy objects on top of it.
• Do not leave children alone in a vehicle, even for a short time.
• Do not attempt to disassemble any part of the child restraint system or change the way its harness or vehicle’s seat belts are used, except as described in this manual.
• Do not leave loose objects, e.g. books, bags, etc., in the back of a vehicle. In the event of a sudden stop, loose objects will keep moving, potentially causing serious injuries.
• Make sure vehicle seats that fold forward are securely locked in their open position. An secured vehicle seat back could prevent the child restraint system from protecting the child completely.
• Do not use anything to raise child seat off vehicle seat except as described in this manual. In an accident, child restraint system may not adequately protect the child.
• Do not allow children to play with this or any child restraint system.
• This child restraint system is recommended to be used in the upright position.

Certification
The Carrot-lll XL seat is designed for children who weigh more than 40kg and less than 75kg. It has been successfully crash tested with a 75kg dummy, outside the ECE R44/04.

WARNING！

• This child restraint system must be used forward-facing position only.
• When you recline the back, you must release and loosen the harness straps first, then after reclining the back, re-tighten the harness again. Reclining the back without loosening the harness may cause pushing and / or choking your child body.

Features

Installation

Fixing Strap Installation

1. Installation using fixing straps provided at the upper and lower parts of the child restraint system.
2. Secure Head-Support to the vehicle’s headrest using the Head-Support fixing strap, and the child restraint main body to the vehicle’s seat using the lower fixing strap.
3. Attach the buckles, and push the child seat firmly into the vehicle seat while pulling both adjuster straps tight to remove all slack, and verify the child seat is secure (Fig. A and B).
4. Verify all connectors are secure and the child seat is secure.
   • When you install child seat to the bench-seat, you may find that the fixing strap is too short to fix it sideway around. If this is the case you may fix child seat by using the strap vertically (Fig. C).
   • When you find difficulty in securing the child seat, please contact your local dealer or the retailer you purchased this child resCt raint system from for further assistance.

Functions

Head Section

Head-Support Depth Adjustment
Head-Support can be adjusted forward or backward by 15 mm increments to provide a better fit and added protection for the occupant.

To Adjust;
Pull out the Head-Support from Backrest, and remove screws on each side at the bottom (Fig. A).
Move the Head-Support to selected position (Fig. B), and reinsert the screws.
NOTE: Factory setting is at center position.

IMPORTANT:
Adjustment of the Head-Support position (forward / backward) requires fixing tools. Contact and ask your local distributor for adjustment and assistance.

Head Pillow Position Adjustment
Head Pillow can easily be adjusted to the most favorable position to the user.

Shoulder Section

Adjusting Shoulder Width
The Shoulder Protector Wing can be extended by 100mm, by extending the right and left sides by 50mm each (five positions / 10 mm each).
To extend the Shoulder Protector Wing, press and hold the yellow button on the back, while simultaneously pulling the wing outward to desirable position, where the body of child is secure and comfortable.

IMPORTANT:
When your child becomes big enough to use the Shoulder Protector Wings, you may purchase「Shoulder Protector Wing」for a larger child.
You must contact and ask your local distributor for the installation and adjustment of the set.

Comfort Pads
You can adjust Comfort Pads to the favorable position by moving Velcro tape attached to the back of the Head-Support.
NOTE: Do not pull the comfort pad on the harness strap as it is fixed on the back. Pull and loosen the harness strap only.

Backrest Section

IMPORTANT:

• Height of the Shoulder Harness Strap moves with the height of the Backrest.
• Level of the Shoulder Harness Strap must be at or above the Child’s shoulders, parallel to level ground.
• Adjusting Backrest Height
  Release locking by pulling the Backrest Release (D-shape) Ring on the back of the child seat, and while pulling the Strap, adjust height of the Backrest.

4-point (H-shape) Harness

Fastening / Releasing Harness Buckle

• Hold the harness buckle with one hand. Use the other hand to insert buckle tongue into the harness buckle (Fig. A)
• Hold the harness buckle with one hand. Push and release buckle tongues and slide out to remove from the buckle (Fig. B)

Seat Section

IMPORTANT:
You must set the seat depth a little shorter than user’s Buttock-popliteal length, which is the distance from the rearmost part of the buttocks to the back of the lower leg.

Adjusting Seat Depth
The factory setting seat depth is 420mm. When a shallower seat is in need, the seat depth can be reduced by 40mm into 380mm, with altering the screw hole to attach Seat Depth Adjuster Knob to the other one in front. (Fig.)

IMPORTANT:
You must contact and ask your local distributor for the installation and adjustment of this part.

Securing Your Child

Once Carrot-Ⅲ XL seat has been installed in the vehicle’s seat and adjustments have been made, follow these instructions to secure the child.

• Loosen the harness and unfasten the harness buckles (upper and lower). Move the harness straps to the side of the seat, and place the child in the seat (Fig. A).

• Firstly, take the vehicle’s 3-point lap and shoulder safety belt and place it over the child and car seat and fasten it into the receiver on the other side. (Fig. B)

• NOTE: The child’s hip should be positioned as deep as possible to firmly secure.

• Verify that vehicle’s lap shoulder (3-point) safety belt is not twisted or sagging, properly routed the RED belt guide (Fig. C).

• NOTE: It is required by law to use the vehicle’s lap shoulder (3-point) safety belt at the same time to secure a child seat and child.

• Position the harness strap around the child and verify the harness is not twisted and / or tangled. Fasten the lower harness buckle first. Proper connection is confirmed with a positive click after inserting buckle tongue (Fig. D).

• Gently pull the harness strap to the side to tighten the lap section (Fig. E).

• Next, fasten the upper harness buckle on the chest. Proper connection is confirmed with a positive click after inserting buckle tongue (Fig. F).

• Gently pull down the harness straps to tighten the shoulder section (Fig. G).
  WARNING: In order to avoid pushing and / or choking your child body, always make sure by your hands, the tightness of fastening straps is appropriate (Fig. H).

• Verify again that the 4-point harness is not twisted and the child is properly secured.

• Make sure that the vehicle’s lap shoulder (3-point) safety belt is positioned not to harm the face and/or the neck of the child.

• Before every trip, make sure that the vehicle’s lap shoulder (3-point) safety belt is firmly fastened over the child seat, and under the 4-point H-harness, and the child is secure.

IMPORTANT:

• Verify that H-shaped harness (4-point) of XL seat is at the position that guarantees the lap belt stays appropriately to hold the hip of the child as deep as possible.
• If you feel insecure about appropriate positioning of your child and the child seat, do not hesitate to consult your local distributor for support and solution.
• Reconfirm that the 4-point harness is not twisted and that the child is properly secured.

WARNING !

It is your RESPONSIBILITY to use Vehicle’s Safety Belts.
It is NOT sufficient to secure a child only with the 4-point harness straps of the child restraint system, and is required by law to always use the vehicle’s lap shoulder 3-point safety belt concurrently to secure a child seat and child.
Failure to use the vehicle’s lap shoulder 3-point safety belt could cause your child restraint system not to perform as intended and place your child at serious risk.
Figure below illustrates the correct placement of the shoulder 3-point safety belt under the child restraint system.

IMPORTANT:

• Always pull on the harness after securing the occupant to ensure the buckle tongues are secure in the harness buckle.
• Always park your car in a safe place when you make any adjustments to the child restraint system, including reclining the car seat. Adjusting and/or handling the child restraint system during driving could cause SERIOUS INJURY t you and your child.
• During driving, the child restraint system must be used in an upright position. Reclined position could cause the child restraint system not to perform as intended in a collision.

WARNING !

When you recline the back, you must release and loosen the harness straps first, then after reclining the back, re-tighten the harness again. Reclining the back without loosening the harness may cause pushing and / or choking your child body.

Accessories

Supporting Table (XL)
The X-Large supporting table is designed specifically for the XL seat and can be expected as an extra support to secure the child’s upper limbs.

Seat Angle Adjuster Mat (Triangle Wedge)
Use to increase and adjust the height and angle of the front sear of the seat for better secure and stability of seating.

Backrest Extension (100 mm)
Backrest Extensions are provided to fill the space exposed between the backrest and the seat when you extend to the Backrest.

3D Body Balance Pads
Ergonomic three dimensional shaped pads for better positioning of child’s body.

Care and Maintenance

Cover Removal
Do not try to remove or replace the cover by yourself as it is complicated and needs equipments. Ask the distributor for removal or replacement of the cover.

Cleaning the Cover, Pillow and Pads
For the Cover, SPONGE CLEAN using cold water and mild soap. TOWEL DRY.
For the Pillow, Pads and Cushions, HAND WASH using cold water and mild soap. LINE or LIE FLAT DRY to prevent from shrinking. Do not bleach, machine wash, machine dry or iron. Washing may damage fabric. It is important to keep upholstery clean. Periodic replacement is recommended.

Click Sound of the Harness Buckle
If a child eats and drinks while in the child restraint system, the harness buckle may need to be periodically checked of its performance. If the positive click sound is not heard, it is time to replace the harness buckle.

Harness and Straps
Do not take apart or attempt to take apart the harness. Never remove the buckle and/or buckle tongues from the harness or the straps. They cannot be reattached after removal. If reassembled incorrectly, the child seat may not perform as intended.

Product Dimensions

Overall Width

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510mm – 560mm

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Product Weight

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10.5kg

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Seat Depth

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420mm(380mm)

| | Target User Weight|

36kg – 75kg

Seat Width

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510mm

| | Target User Height|

145cm – 180cm

Extendable Backrest Height|

745mm – 870mm

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Warranty

LIMITED ONE-YEAR WARRANTY

• This product is warranted against defective materials and workmanship for one year from the date of original purchase. Proof of purchase is required.
• To make a claim under this warranty, contact the authorized distributor or the retailer whom you purchased this product from. Proof of purchase is required.

WARRANTY LIMITATIONS

• This warranty does not include damages which arise from negligence, misuse or use not in accordance with the product instruction.
• The use of non-CARROT-lll’s covers, inserts, toys, accessories, or tightening devices is not approved. Their use could cause this child seat to fail Safety Standard, ECE regulation No.16, or not to perform as intended in a crash. Their use automatically voids this warranty.

LIMITATION OF DAMAGES
This warranty set forth above is exclusive and in lieu of all others, oral or written, express or implied. In no event will the manufacturer, the distributors, or the retailers selling this product, be liable for any damages, including incidental or consequential damages, arising out of the use or inability to use this product.

LIMITED ONE-YEAR WARRANTY

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