Maxi-Cosi Prezi User Manual

© 2012 Cosco Management, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Original European Brand

Synonymous with Safety, Quality & Style

Prezi

Infant Car Seat

KEEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUTURE USE.

Read all instructions before using this child restraint.

Failure to follow the warnings on the labels
and in the instruction manual can result in
serious injury or death to your child.

For children 4-30 lbs (1.8 -13.6 kg)
and 29 in. (74 cm) tall or less

TM

4358-5671

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E-1 Rear-Facing Installation with Base

E-2 Preparing to Install Base with LATCH
E-3 Installing Base with LATCH

E-4 Installing Base with Vehicle Belts

E-5 Rear-Facing Installation without Base
E-6 Installing Child Restraint with Vehicle Belts

E-7 Using Locking Clip

E. Vehicle Installation.....................................................Pages 35-45

D. General Vehicle Installation.....................................Pages 28-34

D-1 Understanding Your Vehicle
D-2 Vehicle Seating Position
D-3 Choosing LATCH or Vehicle Belts
D-4 Knowing Your Vehicle Belts
D-5 Installing on Aircraft
D-6 Storing LATCH System

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B. Safety Information.......................................................Pages 9-10

B-1 Vehicle Seating Position
B-2 Installation in Vehicle
B-3 Child Restraint Use

A. Before You Begin............................................................Pages 3-8

A-1 Thank You...
A-2 Registration and Safety Notices
A-3 Understanding Your Child Restraint

C. Basic Use......................................................................Pages 11-27

C-1 Remove and Install the Child
Restraint to Base
C-2 Reclining the Base
C-3 Carrier Use
C-4 Child Restraint Use
C-5 Preparing Child Restraint to Fit
Your Child

C-6 Securing Child in Child Restraint
C-7 Remove Child from Child Restraint
C-8 Removing Pad for Cleaning
C-9 Reinstalling Pad
C-10 Canopy and Weather Boot Use

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Thank you for choosing this car seat,
referred to throughout this manual as a
child restraint. The Maxi-Cosi

®

brand is
part of the DJG family and is committed
to creating a child restraint with the
most comfort and convenience available
today.

Remember, parents are a child’s first
teachers and examples. If you always
buckle your seat belt, your child will
think it is the natural thing to do. Make
it a firm rule that the vehicle does not go
until everyone is buckled up. Make no
exceptions.

No one can predict if use of a child
restraint will prevent injury or death in
a particular crash. However, combined
with careful driving, proper use of a
child restraint can lower a child’s risk of
injury or death in most crashes.

Your child’s safety is worth the time
it will take to read and follow these
instructions. After reading, if you still

Maxi-Cosi

Website: http://www.maxi-cosi.com
Fax: [phone]
Mailing Address:

Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 2609
Columbus, IN 47202-2609

Telephone: [phone]
7 A.M. to 6 P.M. EST M-TH
7 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. EST FRI

On the back of the plastic shell there is
an expiration date for use of this child
restraint. Do not use this child restraint
after the expiration date.

A-1 Thank You...

Para recibir las instrucciones en español, llame
al 1-800-544-1108 o solicitarse por escrito al
dirección por arriba.

A. Before You Begin

have questions or have any problems
with this child restraint, please contact
our Consumer Relations Department at:

A-2 Registration and Safety Notices

Please complete the postage-paid
registration card that came with your
child restraint, and send it to us.
Child restraints could be recalled for
safety reasons. You must register this
restraint to be reached in a recall. Send
your name, address, email address
if available, and the restraint’s model
number and manufacturing date to:

Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
PO Box 2609, Columbus, IN 47202­2609
Attn: Consumer Relations

or call 1-800-951-4113 or register
online at www.djgusa.com/

registration/carseat/us.

For recall information, call the U.S.
Government’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at
1–888–327–4236 (TTY: 1–800–424–

9153), or go to http://www.NHTSA.gov

Model
Number

Manufacture

Date

If you don’t have
the card or if your
address changes,
you will find the
model number
and manufactured
date on the label
located on back of
plastic shell.

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A. Before You Begin

A-3 Understanding Your Child Restraint

Front View

A. Carry Handle
B. Headrest
C. Harness Covers
D. Infant Insert
E. Buckle Cover
F. Harness Release

Button

G. Harness

Tightening
Strap

H. Carry Handle

Adjustment Levers

I. Rear-Facing Belt

Path
(when used without

the base)

J. Removable Base

A.

B.

C.
D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

Back View

K.

L.

N.

M.

P.

O.

K. Canopy

Attachments

L. Canopy
M. Instruction

Manual Storage

(behind rubber trim)

N. Base Release Lever
O. Base Recline Lever

P. Level to Ground

Lines
(when used without

the base)

Q. Upper Harness

Slots

R. Harness Straps
S. Chest Clip

T. Buckle Tongue
U. Buckle
V. Lower Harness

Slots

W. Buckle Strap
X. Buckle Strap Slots

Harness System Detail

PUSH

Q.

R.

C.

S.

T.

U.

V.

W.

X.

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A. Before You Begin

Bottom of Child Restraint

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

A. Base Release Lever

B. Upper Harness Slots

C. Headrest/Harness

Adjustment Levers

D. Harness Straps

E. Lower Harness Slots

F. Buckle’s Metal Retainer

G. Splitter Plate

H. Harness Tightening Strap

Top of Base

I.

J.

K.

L.

M.

O.

N.

I. Base Belt Guide

J. Base Belt Path

Openings

K. Angle Indicator

L. Base/Carrier Lock

Bar

M. Instruction Manual

Storage

N. Base Recline Lever

O. LATCH Belt

P. LATCH Connector

Q. LATCH Adjuster

R. LATCH Storage

S. Shoulder Belt

Guide

T. Recline Foot

LATCH Storage Detail

T.

R.

S.

LATCH

O.

P.

Q.

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B. Safety Information

Failure to follow these warnings can result in the serious injury or
death of your child. To help you recognize instructions which are
most critical to your child’s safety, we use this symbol:

B-1 Vehicle Seating Position

Never place a child
rear-facing in a seating
position with an active
frontal airbag.

Check the vehicle owner’s
manual for more information
about air bag/child restraint
use.

For vehicles without a back
seat, refer to your vehicle
owner’s manual.

B-2 Installation in Vehicle

Check the vehicle belt or
LATCH belt before each use.
Use only if the belt is
tightened properly and
securely.

This child restraint should
be securely belted in the
vehicle even when not in use.
In a crash or sudden stop, an
unsecured child restraint
could injure occupants.

Do not use a child restraint
that has been in a crash. You
must get a new child restraint.

B-3 Child Restraint Use

This child restraint must
only be used when the child
weighs between 4-30 lbs.
(1.8-13.6 kg).

Never take your child out of
the child restraint while the
vehicle is moving. Never leave
child unattended.

Placing your child in a hot
child restraint may result in
burns.

Do not use a child restraint
with damaged or missing
parts.

Do not use cut, frayed or

damaged harnesses.

Do not lubricate buckles

and fasteners.

Do not substitute parts or
try to modify the child
restraint in any way.

Do not use any child
restraint accessory except
those approved by Dorel
Juvenile Group.

Never allow any child to
play with this child restraint;
it is not a toy.

Do not remove or cover up
any of the warning labels or
other labels on the child
restraint.

Read all instructions for
additional warnings.

To Attach Child
Restraint to Base

Align the slots on the
side of child restraint
with the locking bars
in the base. Push
down firmly on the

carrying handle and
the front of the child restraint to lock child
restraint to base. You will hear a “click”
when it is locked.

Pull up on child restraint’s front two
corners to make sure the front of the child
restraint is locked to the base.

NOTE: The carrying handle can be in any

position when installed in the vehicle.

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To Adjust
Carrying Handle

Squeeze both
adjustment levers
on each side

of the carrying
handle. Rotate up or down to desired
location. Release levers. Make sure
both carrying handle adjuster levers
are locked in place.

NOTE: The carrying handle can be

in any position when installed in the
vehicle.

C-1 Remove and Install the
Child Restraint to Base

Failure to securely attach
carrier to base can result in
serious injury or death.

To Remove
Child Restraint
from Base

Pull out on base
release lever
handle and lift
child restraint out
of base.

C-2 Reclining the Base

C-3 Carrier Use

DO NOT use
in the seating
area or across
the top of
shopping carts.

C. Basic Use

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To Adjust the
Base

From the back of
the child restraint,
pull out on the
base recline lever
and either lift or
lower front of base.

The base has
multiple recline
positions.

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WARNING:

Read ALL instructions before using child restraint
as a carrier.

NEVER use carrier unless child is properly secured.
For use as a carrier by children 30 pounds (13.6 kg)

or less and 29 inches (74 cm) tall or less.
NEVER leave child unattended. Always keep

child within arm’s reach.
Suffocation Hazard: Infant carrier can roll over

on soft surfaces and suffocate child. NEVER
place carrier on beds, sofas or other soft surfaces.

Strangulation Hazard: Child can strangle
in loose harness straps. NEVER leave child in
carrier when harness straps are loose or undone.

Fall Hazard: Child’s movement can slide carrier.
NEVER place carrier near edges of counter tops,

tables or other elevated surfaces.
Do not use the carrier if it is damaged or broken,

or if any parts are missing.

C-4 Child Restraint Use

This child restraint is to be used rear­facing with children weighing 4-30 lbs
(1.8-13.6 kg) AND 29 inches (74 cm)
tall or less.

NOTE: If your child does not meet this

criteria, do not use this child restraint.

4-30 lbs.
(1.8-13.6 kg)
and 29
inches (74
cm)
tall or less

Rear-Facing with base:

Child and child restraint with base
face the back of the vehicle and
are placed in the back seat.

4-30 lbs.
(1.8-13.6 kg)
and 29
inches (74
cm)
tall or less

Rear-Facing without base:

Child and child restraint without
base face the back of the vehicle
and are placed in the back seat.

C. Basic Use

Attach
Harness
Tightening
Strap End
to Carrier

When using
this child
restraint as
a carrier,

make sure
the end of the harness tightening
strap is attached to the carrier.

The end of the harness
tightening strap has a loop. Slide
one side of the loop onto one
tab and the other end on the
other tab located below the
harness release button.

NOTE: Keeping harness

tightening strap end on carrier
will keep strap clean and helps
prevent tripping on strap.

2.

For older and heavier infants,
you may need to use a longer
harness strap for a proper
fit. Call 1-800-951-4113 for
a free longer harness strap if
your child needs one.

Safety Tip:

To Change
Buckle Position

Remove child.
From under

the seat, insert
buckle’s metal retainer up through the
child restraint and pad.

For smaller infants skip to step
“d”.

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C-5 Preparing Child Restraint to Fit Your Child

Make these adjustments with your
child in the child restraint before
you install in the vehicle.

To Remove
Child Restraint
from Base

From the back of
the child restraint,
pull out on base
release handle

and lift child restraint out of base.

Loosen Harness

Push down on
the harness
release button
while pulling out
on both harness
straps.

2.

1.

Release Chest
Clip

Press on chest
clip release
button and pull
apart.

3.

C. Basic Use

Unbuckle
Harness

Press red button.
Pull buckle
tongues out.

4.

Place Child in
Child Restraint

Place the child’s
bottom and back
flat against the

child restraint.
This will increase comfort and allow the
harness straps to be properly tightened.

Check Buckle
Position

Determine which
of the available
buckle positions
will be most
comfortable and
provide a snug fit
for your child.

6.

a.

Choose new
location and
push the metal
retainer through

pad and child
restraint. Make sure the buckle is
facing out.

b.

Pull on the

buckle to check

to make sure

buckle’s metal

retainer is
completely inserted through the pad
and child restraint.

c.

continued on next page

Failure to reinstall the harness
system correctly can result in
serious injury or death.

5.