Fisher-Price FP14280 User Manual
Easy & Secure
LATCH System
Instruction Booklet
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Message to Parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
WARNINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
What are Special Anchor Points? . . . . . . . . .4
Table of Contents
Rear-Facing Position
Birth to 1 Year
Installing Your Car Seat in a Vehicle
Using the Easy & Secure LATCH System . . . . . .6
Forward-Facing Position
1 Year and Up
Installing Your Car Seat in a Vehicle
Using the Easy & Secure LATCH System . . . . .14
Refer to the Owner’s Manual
Included with this Car Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Consumer Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
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You’ve purchased the
Safe Embrace®II
Convertible Car Seat
with Easy & Secure
LATCH (Lower Anchors
and Tethers for Children)
System. The Easy & Secure LATCH
System makes it possible for you to
install this car seat in your vehicle
simply by connecting hooks on the
car seat to special anchor points
within your vehicle.
The Owner’s Manual included with this car
seat was developed for use with our basic
Safe Embrace®Convertible Car Seat which
does not include instructions for use of the
Easy & Secure LATCH System. This Instruction
Booklet tells you how to properly install the car
seat with the Easy & Secure LATCH System.
Please read and understand this Instruction
Booklet to install this car seat. Refer also to
the Owner’s Manual for important information
about use of the Safe Embrace Convertible
Car Seat.
DO NOT allow others to use this car seat until
they understand these instructions and the
instructions in the car seat Owner’s Manual.
Your child’s safety depends on you!
Message to Parents
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WARNING
Proper installation and use
depends on you! If you do not
follow the instructions in this
Instruction Booklet or the
Owner’s Manual, your child
could be at risk of striking the
vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or crash, resulting in
serious injury or death.
NEVER attach the car seat’s
Easy & Secure LATCH System
hooks to anything but your vehicle’s
specially designed anchor points.
Your vehicle must be equipped with
special anchor points compatible
with LATCH or ISOFIX to use the
Easy & Secure LATCH System.
NEVER alter your vehicle to create
anchor points for the Easy & Secure
LATCH System.
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What are
Special Anchor Points?
Special anchor points are a pair of inverted “U”
shaped metal bars attached directly to your vehicle’s frame. These special anchor points are located where the vehicle seat bottom and seat back
meet. Please refer to your vehicle owner’s manual
to determine if your vehicle is equipped with
special anchor points.
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Special
Anchor
Points
When referring to your vehicle owner’s manual for information on special anchor points, look for
the “LATCH” or “ISOFIX” anchor points section.
HINT
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Rear-Facing Position
Birth to 1 Year
Pages 6 to 13
Forward-Facing Position
1 Year and Up
Pages 14 to 21
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REAR-FACING POSITION BIRTH TO 1 YEAR (6-30 LBS.)
Installing Your Car Seat
in a Vehicle Using the
Easy & Secure LATCH System
Once you have selected an acceptable
seating location for the car seat (see car
seat Owner’s Manual), locate the special
anchor points in your vehicle.
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WARNING
NEVER install the car seat in the
rear-facing position in a vehicle
seating location equipped with an
airbag.The airbag impact can
cause severe head injury or death.
If your vehicle is equipped with
a front passenger side airbag,
please refer to your vehicle owner’s
manual for child restraint installation instructions.
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Unhook the Easy &
Secure LATCH System
from the back of the
car seat.
Loosen the Easy &
Secure LATCH System straps. Press the
release button on the Easy & Secure
LATCH System buckle and pull the strap
attached to the car seat tube.
Repeat this procedure to loosen the
other strap.
Installing Your Car Seat
in a Vehicle Using the
Easy & Secure LATCH System
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REAR-FACING POSITION BIRTH TO 1 YEAR (6-30 LBS.)
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