GRACO EXTEND Child Car Seat Owner’s Manual

EXTEND™
CHILD RESTRAINT
IMPORTANT – KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

Owner’s Manual

Parts List

Fitting Guide

WARNINGS!
Read this Owner’s Manual completely BEFORE first use of your child restraint!
Keep this Owner’s Manual always with the child restraint. Provisions are made on the rear of the seat shell. Plan to spend some time getting to know your child restraint-time well spent when you consider that your baby’s safety depends  on it. Pay special attention to the warnings, printed in red.
! WARNINGS to parents and other users. DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL.

Safety Requirements

European Safety Standards specify the construction and performance of your child restraint as well as its components, requirements for fitting and use, instructions and markings. Your child restraint has been approved to European Standard ECE R44.04.
An approval number is attached to the rear of the child restraint and must not be removed.
NOTICE
This is a “Universal” child restraint. It is approved to Regulation No. 44, 04 series of amendments, for general use in vehicles and it will fit most, but not all, car seats.
Only suitable if the approved vehicles are fitted with 3 point retractor safety-belt, approved to UN/ECE Regulation No.16 or other equivalent standards.
Important safety points Do not use your child restraint rear-facing on any passenger seat where an active frontal airbag is fitted.
The rigid items and plastic parts of the child restraint shall be so locate and installed that it is not liable to become trapped by a moveable seat or in a door of the vehicle.
Any straps holding the restraint to the vehicle should be tight and any straps restraining the child should be adjusted to the child’s body. The straps should not be twisted.
Lap strap should be worn low down, so that the pelvis is firmly engaged.
The child restraint should be changed when it has been subject to violent stresses in an accident. You may not see any damage, but after a serious crash a child restraint system can be too weak to protect again.
DO NOT install or use this child restraint without following the instructions and warnings in this manual or you may put your child in serious risk of injury or death.
NEVER leave your child unattended with this child restraint at all times. DO NOT make any alterations or additions to this child restraint. DO NOT use it along with component parts from other manufacturers. The function of it could be  altered, resulting in serious injury or death.
Any luggage or other objects liable to cause injuries in the event of a collision shall be properly secured.
DO NOT use any load bearing contact points other than those described in the instructions and marked in the child restraint.
DO NOT ever take a baby out of the child restraint for any reason while vehicle is in motion. If your baby needs attention, find a safe place and pull off the road.
Do store your child restraint in a safe place when not being used. Avoid putting heavy things on top of it.
Do always check the security of your child restraint before each journey.
Do regularly check all child restraints for wear and tear. Please contact child restraint manufacturer in the event of any questions.
! IT IS MOST IMPORTANT that the child restraint is correctly installed with the vehicle safety belt correctly routed according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Your child can be injured in a vehicle even if you are not in a crash. Sudden braking and sharp turns can injure your child if the child restraint is not properly installed or if your child is not properly secured in the child restraint.
! No child restraint can guarantee protection from injury in every situation, but proper use helps reduce the risk of serious injury or death.
! Even if using this child restraint seems easy to figure out on your own, it is very important to READ, UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW THE OWNER’S MANUAL.
If you need help, please contact our Customer Service Department with any questions you may have concerning parts, use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please have your product’s model number and manufactured in (date) ready can be found on a sticker on the back of your child restraint.
! Your child’s safety depends on:

1. Choosing proper head support position based on your child’s size.
2. Properly securing your child in the child restraint.
3. Selecting a suitable location for the child restraint in your vehicle.
4. Properly routing and securing the vehicle safety belt.

! IMPORTANT WARNING
A correct fit is likely if the vehicle manufacturer has declared in the vehicle handbook that the vehicle is capable of accepting a “Universal” child restraint for this age group.
! DO NOT use the child restraint without the soft goods. The soft goods should not be replaced with any other than the one recommended by the manufacturer, because the soft goods constitutes an integral part of the child restraint performance.
! DO NOT USE in any configuration not shown in the instructions.
! THE CHILD RESTRAINT CAN BECOME VERY HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN.
! Contact with these parts can burn your child’s skin.Always touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts before putting your child in the child restraint.
! NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND CHILD RESTRAINT or a child restraint whose history you do not know.
! IMPORTANT – DO NOT USE FORWARD FACING BEFORE THE CHILD’S WEIGHT EXCEEDS 9 kg(Refer to instructions).

! THIS CHILD RESTRAINT IS
APPROVED to Regulation No. 44, 04,
Group 0+/1 (0-18 kg), Group 1
(9-18 kg).

Weight Guidelines

Rear-Facing with 5- Point Harness
0-9 kg MUST be rear-facing.
9-18 kg CAN be rear-facing.

Forward- Facing with 5- Point Harness
9-18 kg CAN be forward-facing with harness.

1. Rear-Facing Seat :
   Group 0+ /1 (0-18 kg)
   Child restraint must be rearfacing in the vehicle seat.
   Make sure vehicle safety belt is routed through the rear-facing belt path marked with a blue label.
   Install this child restraint tightly in your vehicle.
   Harness straps must be at or just below the top of child’s shoulders.
   Infants who weigh less than 9 kg MUST be rear-facing.
   Install Rear-Facing With Vehicle Safety Belt

2. Recline the Child Restraint
   The top blue diamond and bottom blue diamond are aligned.

3. Pull out the vehicle safety belt and engage the vehicle buckle tongue into the buckle.

4. Route the Vehicle Safety Belt Rotate the child restraint rearward and thread the vehicle waist belt through the two rearfacing vehicle waist belt slots underneath the shell.

5. Install the vehicle shoulder belt in the two rear-facing vehicle shoulder belt slots at the back of the seat shell.
   Shoulder belt must pass through the rear-facing shoulder belt slotsThe vehicle safety belt should lay as flat as possible and not be twisted.

6. Tighten the Vehicle Safety Belt While pressing the child restraint firmly into the vehicle seat, pull the vehicle shoulder belt to fasten the child restraint tightly and securelyPlease check if the child restraint is installed tightly by  moving the child restraint back and forth at the vehicle belt path (child restraint should not move more than 25mm/1”).
   The child restraint cannot be used if the vehicle safety belt buckle (female buckle end) is too long to anchor the child restraint securely

7. Correctly Assembled Vehicle Safety Belt Waist belt pass through the rearfacing vehicle waist belt slots A Shoulder belt must pass through the rear-facing vehicle shoulder belt slots B
   The vehicle buckle tongue is engaged with the buckle correctly C

8. Forward-Facing Seat:
   Group 1 (9-18 kg)
   Child restraint must be forwardfacing in the vehicle seat.
   Make sure vehicle safety belt is routed through the forward-facing belt path marked with a red label.
   Install this child restraint tightly in your vehicle.
   Harness straps must be at or just above the top of child’s shoulders.
   Install Forward-Facing With Vehicle Safety Belt

9. Recline the Child Restraint
   The top red dot and the bottom red dot aligned.

10. Disassemble the Shoulder Harness
    Remove the webbing cover from the body.

11. At the back of the seat, disassemble the two shoulder harnesses from the T-shaped steel plate.

12. Pull out the shoulder harness straps.

13. Thread the shoulder harness covers through the shoulder harness strap slots.

14. Assemble the Shoulder Harness Choose the proper shoulder harness slots and thread the shoulder harness covers through them.
    Always ensure that shoulder harness covers are assembled with rubber side facing down towards child.

15. Thread the shoulder harness straps through the shoulder harness covers.
    To avoid the shoulder harness from getting twisted, please engage the buckle first.

16. Thread the shoulder harness straps through the shoulder harness slots.

17. Thread the two shoulder harness straps at the back of the seat onto the T-shaped steel plate.
    The end of the shoulder harness has two harness loops 1, 2.
    For a smaller baby, use the upper harness loop 1, and the ends of the shoulder harnesses must hang in front of the T-shape steel  plate.
    For a bigger baby, use the lower harness loop 2.

18. Thread the shoulder harness straps through the head support slot to fasten the head support to the straps, and then pull the adjustment webbing tight.

19. Reassemble the webbing cover to the body.

20. Route the Vehicle Safety Belt Pull out the vehicle safety belt, rotate the child restraint forward and thread the belt through the two forward-facing vehicle waist belt slots at the back of the child restraint shell.

21. Buckle the vehicle safety belt.

22. Open the lock-off device and insert the vehicle shoulder belt through it. Close the lock-off device onto the vehicle shoulder belt.
    Please check if child restraint is installed tightly by moving the child restraint back and forth at  the vehicle belt path. (Child restraint should not move more than 25mm/1”).

23. While pressing the child restraint firmly into the vehicle seat, pull the vehicle shoulder belt toward the retractor to fasten the child restraint tightly and securely.
    The child restraint cannot be used if the vehicle safety belt buckle (female buckle end) is too long to anchor the child restraint securely.

24. Correctly Assembled Vehicle Belt Ensure vehicle shoulder belt passes through Lock-off Device A Ensure vehicle waist belt passes through the forward-facing vehicle waist belt slots B Ensure that the vehicle buckle tongue is engaged  with the buckle correctly C

25. Loosen Harness Straps While pulling up on the webbing adjuster, pull out the shoulder harness straps to proper length.

26. Unbuckle the buckle and then place harness straps off to the sides.

27. Place Your Child in the Seat Place Harness Straps Over
    Child’s Shoulders And Buckle Harness Straps
    Make sure their back is flat against the car seat back.
    You will hear a “click” when buckle tongues are securely attached.
    Pull up on each buckle tongue to make sure it is securely attached.

28. Tighten Harness Straps
    Pull down on the adjustment webbing to adjust the fitment around child. Ensure adjusted properly to keep child secure, removing any slack in the harness.

29. Be Sure the Harness Straps are at the Proper Height
    Rear-Facing: The shoulder harness slots should be at or slightly below the child’s shoulder. Shoulder harness straps that are too high or too low are not safe.
    Forward-Facing: The shoulder harness strap slots should be at or slightly above the child’s shoulder. Shoulder harness straps that are too high or too low are not safe.

30. Infant Insert
    Infant insert is for child’s protection. It must be used for children 0-6 months. Continued use of insert above 6 months, is permitted rearwards facing only, for additional support.

31. Infant Body Support
    Remove the head support portion of the infant insert when the child’s head no longer fits comfortably.
    Remove the body support of the infant insert when the infant’s shoulders no longer fit comfortably.

32. Foam Insert
    To remove, pull out the foam insert out. Remove the foam insert to allow more space when the infant does not fit comfortably.

33. DO NOT install this child restraint on vehicle seats that face sideward or rearward with respect to the moving direction of the vehicle.

34. Do not place this child restraint in seating positions where an active frontal airbag is installed If your child is still in rear-facing mode.

35. DO NOT create a gap between vehicle seat and TOP of child restraint. A
    DO NOT hang over front of vehicle seat. B
    If child will not keep the vehicle seat belt properly positioned, DO NOT use this child restraint, use a different car seat.

36. Identify Your Vehicle Safety Belt Type
    This child restraint is only suitable for vehicle seats with 3 point retractor safety-belt.

37. Remove the webbing cover from the body.

38. At the back of the seat, disassemble the two shoulder harnesses from the T-shaped steel plate.

39. Pull out the shoulder harness straps.

40. Thread the shoulder harness covers through the shoulder harness strap slots.

41. Unbuckle the buckle and then place harness straps off to the sides.

42. Remove the fastening pieces on sides of the seat pad from the two slots on both sides of the body.

43. Remove the fastening pieces in front of the seat pad from the two slots on the bottom of the body.

44. Thread the adjustment webbing and harnesses on both sides out from the seat pad.
    To remove the crotch strap cover, first locate the elastic on the inside of the crotch strap cover.
    Pull both the elastic and the crotch strap cover over the buckle to remove.

45. Thread the buckle out from seat pad slot for crotch strap to remove the seat pad.
    To clean the soft goods, please refer to the washing label on the child restraint.

46. To assemble soft goods in reverse steps.

47. Store instruction manual in the slot with the instruction book icon as shown.
    Replacement Parts
    To purchase parts or accessories, please contact us at the following: gracobaby.eu www.gracobaby.pl

Product of:
Wonder Brands Limited
FLAT/RM 1501, 15/F, Capital Centre,
151 Gloucester Road,
Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Customer Service
gracobaby.eu
www.gracobaby.pl
For UK and ROI
Customerservices.uk@gracobaby.eu
+44 0800 952 0063

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