Century STE User Manual
5-Point Series STE
Infant/Toddler
Car Seat
Instruction Manual
Do not use this car seat until you read and
understand these instructions!
Incorrect use can mean serious
injury or death to a child in a
sudden stop or accident!
ENGLISH PM-0712AA 3/98
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
®
Thank you for selecting the Century
STE™ Infant/Toddler Car Seat.
No car seat can guarantee protection from
injury in every situation, but proper use helps
reduce the risk of serious injury or death.
❃ Registration Information
Child restraints (car seats) could be recalled for
safety reasons. You must register this restraint to be
reached in a recall. Fill out the registration card
attached to car seat and mail today or send
your name, address, and the restraint's model
number and manufacturing date to:
Century Products Company
9600 V alley View Road
Macedonia, Ohio, 44056-2096
or call (330) 467-9671
For recall information, call the Transport Canada Road
Safety Information Centre at 1-800-333-0371.
❃ Safety First Check List
✔ Read and understand instruction manual and
car seat labels.
5-Point Series
✔ Infants less than 9 kg (20 lbs.) must use car seat
rear-facing.
✔ Do not use car seat rear-facing in a seating
position equipped with air bag.
✔ Secure children in back seat whenever possible.
✔ Never leave child unattended.
✔ Install car seat securely with vehcile lap belt even
when using tether strap.
✔ Do not use car seat after date shown on back of
car seat.
✔ Do not allow anyone (babysitter, relatives, etc.) to
use car seat without first understanding all of the
instructions.
Save this instruction
manual for future use.
Store on back of car seat.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1 Important Information
3 W arnings
4 Basic Information
❃ Use
6 Height & Weight Limits
8 Rear-facing Infant - Less Than 10 kg (22 lbs.)
13 Forward-facing Toddler - More Than 9 kg (20 lbs)
18 Changing Harness Strap Slots
19 Changing Crotch Strap Slots
20 Vehicle Seat Belts
❃ Special Information
Aircraft Use
23
23 Second Hand Car Seats
23 Product Care & Cleaning
24 Inspection
24 Product Label Location
25 Need Help?
26 Installation of Tether Strap Anchor Hardware
27 Replacement Parts
28 Replacement Parts Order Form
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WARNINGS
Failure to follow the instructions in this manual
and car seat labels can result in child striking the
vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or
accident. Secure this child restraint with a
vehicle seat belt as shown in this manual.
Infants less than 9 kg (20 lbs.) must use this
car seat rear-facing. Serious crippling injury or
death can result if infant faces front of vehicle.
DO NOT use rear-facing child restraint in a
vehicle seating position equipped with an air bag.
Child's head and neck may be seriously injured
when an inflating air bag hits back of child
restraint.
Never put a car seat in a front vehicle seat unless
recommended by vehicle owner's manual.
Experts agree that children up to age 12 are safer
in the back seat. For front passenger air bags,
refer to vehicle owner's manual for child restraint
installation.
The vehicle seat belt system
seat securely. Not all vehicle seat belts can be
used with a car seat. If vehicle seat belt does not
hold car seat securely, read "Vehicle Seat Belts"
section.
If this car seat is in an accident, it must be
replaced. Do not use it again! An accident can
cause unseen damage and using it again could
cause serious injury or death.
Do not use accessories or parts supplied by other
manufacturers. Their use could alter the function
of the car seat and cause serious injury or death.
Never leave child unattended, even when
sleeping. Sleeping children must be watched
carefully: they may become tangled in car seat's
straps and suffocate.
MUST
hold the car
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BASIC INFORMATION
❃ Certification
This car seat meets or exceeds all applicable
requirements of Canada Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 213 and 213.1:
• For use in motor vehicles
• For use in air travel (see "Aircraft Use" section)
❃ Government Alert
Transport Canada alerts
vehicle owners that:
• According to accident
statistics, children are
safer when properly
restrained in the back
seat of a vehicle than in
the front seat.
• All children up to age 12 should ride in the back
seat of a vehicle.
❃ Unoccupied Car Seat
Always secure car seat with a vehicle seat belt,
even when unoccupied. An unsecured car seat can
injure other passengers in a sudden stop or accident.
❃ Dangerous Vehicle Seats
Car seat must be used only on vehicle seats which
face forward. Do not use on rear-facing or side-facing
vehicle seats.
Rear-facing
Vehicle Seat
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Side-facing
Vehicle Seat
BASIC INFORMATION continued
❃ Useful Life
Do not use car seat after date shown on back of car
seat due to changing requirements and normal wear
and tear.
Example:
Do not use this car
seat after December
Year
❃ Vehicle Seat Protection
Continuous use of a car seat on a vehicle seat may
cause damage. To protect vehicle seat, use a car
seat mat, towel or thin blanket under car seat.
Car Seat Mat, Towel or Blanket
❃ Warm Weather
Hot parts can burn unprotected skin.
metal and plastic parts before putting child in
car seat.
Always check
A car seat’s metal and plastic parts can become
very hot in warm weather even in the shade. Drape
a blanket over the car seat to protect it from direct
sunlight when not in use.
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HEIGHT & WEIGHT LIMITS
WARNING
Read this section carefully. Incorrect use can
cause serious injury or death to child.
This car seat can be used two different ways depending
on the weight of child.
Rear-facing (Birth to 10 kg [22 lbs.]):
• Infants from birth to 9 kg (20 lbs.) must be
rear-facing.
• Infants or toddlers 9 to 10 kg (20 to 22 lbs.) may face
rear of vehicle.
Forward-facing (9 to 18 kg [20 to 40 lbs.]):
• Toddlers 9 to 10 kg (20 to 22 lbs.) who are capable
of sitting upright unassisted may be forward-facing.
If unable to sit unassisted, use rear-facing.
• Toddlers 10 to 18 kg (22 to 40 lbs.) and up to
102 cm (40 inches) tall must be forward-facing.
• Top of child's ears
Rear-facing
Birth
(20 lbs.) (22 lbs.) (40 lbs.)
MUST
be below top of car seat.
9 kg 10 kg 18 kg
Forward-facing
❃ Outgrowing Car Seat
WARNING
To avoid injuries from whiplash,
top of child's ears must be
below top edge of car seat back.
If top of ears are above car seat
back, child is too large for
car seat.
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HEIGHT & WEIGHT LIMITS
continued
❃ Preterm or Low Birth Weight Infant
A preterm infant or low birth weight infant may be at
special risk in a vehicle or aircraft. According to the
American Academy of Pediatrics, these infants may
suffer breathing difficulties while reclined in a car seat.
Century advises that you have your physician or
hospital staff evaluate your infant and recommend the
proper car seat or car bed
leave the hospital.
before
you and your infant
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REAR-FACING INFANT - LESS
THAN 10 KG (22 LBS.)
❃ Tether Strap
When using car seat rear-facing, the tether strap
should be rolled up and secured with a rubber band.
A loose tether strap may become deadly in a sudden
stop or accident.
❃ Car Seat MUST Be In Reclined Position
• Pull recline stand out
• Rotate recline stand to
recline position
• Push recline stand in.
Be sure stand
locks
(1)
.
(2)
.
into position.
(2)
❃ Level Car Seat
WARNING
Car seat must be properly leveled.
• Too reclined can result in injury or ejection.
• Too upright can result in breathing difficulties.
This car seat comes with a level indicator to help
properly level car seat on vehicle seat.
NOTE: Your vehicle
using level indicator.
Level indicator is
1 Place car seat rear-facing on vehicle seat.
must
be on level ground when
NOT
for forward-facing use.
(1)
2 If any part of ball falls within
the red zones, place folded
towel under car seat until entire
ball is in green zone.
3 Re-check level indicator once
car seat is securely anchored
and infant is positioned in
car seat.
Periodically check level
indicator and make adjustments if necessary.
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Folded
Towel
Level
Indicator
REAR-FACING INFANT - LESS
THAN 10 KG (22 LBS)continued
❃ Car Seat Installation
Never put car seat in a front vehicle seat unless
recommended in vehicle owner's manual.
WARNING
Infants less than 20 lbs. (9 kg) must use this
car seat rear-facing. Serious crippling injury or
death can result if infant faces front of vehicle.
1 Place car seat rear-facing
on vehicle seat firmly against
vehicle seat back.
Belt here
rear-facing
2 Thread vehicle seat belt
through openings on
armrests; then buckle
vehicle seat belt.
3 Press down firmly in center of
car seat to compress vehicle's
cushion as you tighten vehicle
lap belt.
4 Test for secure installation:
• Pull front to back.
• Pull left to right.
If vehicle seat belt does not
hold car seat securely, see
"Vehicle Seat Belts" section
or move car seat to another
seating location and repeat
steps 1 through 4.
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