Peg-Perego Viaggio Shuttle Plus 20 User Manual
EN Instructions for use
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WARNING:
• Do not install or use this
booster seat until you
read and understand all
the instructions in this
manual and the labels.
To avoid serious injuries
to your child, follow the
instructions carefully. Keep
the instruction manual
in the dedicated pocket
for future reference.
Weight range:
40 – 120 lbs
(18 – 54 kg)
Height range:
39 - 63 inches
(99 – 160 cm)
Age:
at least 4 years old
(highback mode)
at least 5 years old
(backless mode)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ...................................................................................................3
Safe practices .................................................................................................4
Information & warnings ...................................................................6
Registration and recall ...............................................................................8
Your booster seat..........................................................................................9
When is a child ready to transition to a booster seat? ................10
When is a child ready to ride without this booster seat? ......13
Seat belts - which ones are safe to use with this booster seat? ....14
Vehicles and vehicle seats - which ones are safe to use with
this booster seat?........................................................................................15
Latch - what is it and where is it in the vehicle?..........................16
Rigid latch - why to use it?......................................................................18
Modes of use: highback and backless .............................................19
Highback mode:
- Adjusting the seat to t your child...................................................21
- Installing the booster seat in the vehicle ....................................24
- Securing this booster with rigid latch ...........................................25
- Buckling your child in the booster..................................................29
Converting from highback to backless mode............................33
Backless mode:
- Installing the backless booster seat in the vehicle .................35
- Securing this booster with rigid latch in the vehicle..............36
- Buckling your child in the booster .................................................40
When and how to use the shoulder belt positioning clip........44
Cup holder......................................................................................................46
Cleaning and maintenance...................................................................47
Replacement parts......................................................................................53
© 2018 Peg-Perego. All rights reserved.
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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing the Peg-Perego Viaggio
Shuttle Plus 120 booster seat. As with all PegPerego products, your Viaggio Shuttle Plus 120 has
been designed and certied by a dedicated team
of engineers inside Peg-Perego's research and
development department. lt has been manufactured
and assembled in a Peg-Perego plant under certied
quality procedures using high quality materials from
certied suppliers. As with all booster seats, the
Viaggio Shuttle Plus 120 is designed to be used by a
child in a vehicle.
Always check the product
prior to use. The product is
composed of:
headrest (a), backrest (b),
seat with integrated rigid
latch (c) and shoulder belt
positioning clip(d).
In case of missing or
malfunctioning parts,
please contact our
Customer Service @ 1-800-
671-1701 for help.
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SAFE PRACTICES
• Everyone buckles up, including adults in the back
seat. Make no exceptions. If someone unbuckles,
stop the vehicle. Be rm and consistent from the start
so children know the rules. An unrestrained person
increases the risk of death for everyone else as they
can y into and injure other passengers.
• Never take a child out of a booster seat for any
reason while the vehicle is moving.
• Do not leave loose objects, bags or luggage in the
passenger area. In a crash they will be much heavier
than usual and can y around and hurt the people in
the car.
• Do not leave your child unattended in the vehicle,
even for a minute. Your child can get tangled in the
seat belt and strangle.
• This booster seat must be secured when the child
is not in it. This booster seat is a heavy object that
can severely hurt others in a crash if it were to y
around the car. There are two ways you can secure
this booster seat when the child is not in it to prevent
it from becoming a deadly projectile. You only need
to use one of these ways.
1. Use the rigid LATCH (see page 25-26)
2. Use the vehicle’s seat belt to buckle in the empty
booster
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SAFE PRACTICES
• DO NOT give children lollipops or ice cream on a
stick while in the car. These sticks can injure a child if
the car hits a bump or swerves.
• Do not leave the booster seat under direct sunlight
for a prolonged time. The seat may become very hot
and burn your child’s skin.
• Store the booster seat in a cool, dry area if not used
for long periods.
• Do not try to remove or add parts unless where
explained in this manual; do not try to repair this
product. In case of damaged or defective parts, call
customer service at 1-800-671-1701.
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INFORMATION & WARNINGS
• Certication: This booster seat meets or exceeds all
applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213
requirements for use in motor vehicles. This restraint
is NOT certied for aircraft use.
• Expiration: Do not use this booster seat if it is more
than 12 years old. The date of manufacture can be
found on a sticker located on the underside of the
booster.
• In case of a crash: If this booster seat is involved in a
minor crash, you may continue to use it. Otherwise, it
must be replaced. If you have questions, call customer
service at 1-800-671-1701.
• A minor crash is one where you can say YES to ALL of
the following statements:
• The vehicle was able to be driven away from the
crash site.
• The vehicle door nearest the booster seat was not
damaged.
• None of the passengers in the vehicle sustained any
injuries in the crash.
• If the vehicle has air bags, the air bags did not deploy
during the crash.
• There is no visible damage to the booster seat.
• Do not use this booster seat until you have read
this manual and the labels on the product. To avoid
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INFORMATION & WARNINGS
serious injuries to your child, follow the instructions
and labels carefully.
• WARNING! Use only the vehicle's lap and
shoulder belt system when restraining the child in
this booster seat.
• Keep the instruction manual in its storage pocket in
the underside of the booster.
• All fabric covers and pads that come with this booster
seat are part of the booster and the certication
program. The use of non approved covers or other
accessories are not recommended and can put your
child at risk in a crash.
• The energy absorbing white foam located under the
fabric covers is a safety feature of this booster seat
and should never be removed or damaged.
This booster seat is not certied for aircraft use
because aircraft seats DO NOT have shoulder belts
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REGISTRATION AND RECALL
Important! Child restraints could be recalled for safety
reasons. You must register this restraint to be reached in a recall.
Send your name, address and the restraint's model number
and date of manufacture to: Peg-Perego U.S.A., Inc. 3625
Independence Drive FortWayne,IN 46808 or call1-800-6711701(tollfree) or register online at www.carseat-registration.
pegperego.com
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, model name, date
of manufacture, etc. are indelibly
printed on a label located under
the seat base (as shown here).
The registration card is attached
to the fabric cover. Detach the
card, ll it in and mail it to PegPerego. No stamp is needed. We
have already paid the postage. If
the registration card is missing,
please call Customer Service at
1-800-671-1701.
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Backrest
height adjuster
Red shoulder
belt guide
YOUR BOOSTER SEAT
Headrest
height adjuster
Backrest
width adjuster
Lower anchor connector
(Rigid latch)
Rigid latch
release
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Red shoulder belt
positioning clip
Transport handle
WHEN IS A CHILD READY
TO TRANSITION TO A BOOSTER SEAT?
Many parents confuse the words “car seat” and “booster seat”. It
is important to understand the dierence between a car seat
and a booster seat.
A car seat is a seat the child sits in and uses a 5-point harness as
their restraint.
A booster seat is a seat the child sits on and uses the vehicle's
seat belt as their restraint.
This Viaggio Shuttle Plus 120 is a booster seat.
Booster seats are for kids who are too big for their car seat and
too small to t properly in a seat belt. Booster seats help the
child’s body t properly on the vehicle seat. Booster seats make
the seat belt start and stay on the correct bony parts of the
child's body.
It isn't a coincidence that boosters make kids taller. By raising the
child up, boosters help the shoulder belt t properly between
the shoulder and the neck. By raising the child up and giving the
child a shorter seat pan, the child's knees can now bend at the
edge of the booster. This makes kids much less likely to slouch.
Slouching is dangerous as it puts the lap belt on the soft belly
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WHEN IS A CHILD READY
TO TRANSITION TO A BOOSTER SEAT?
which injures the abdominal organs and spinal cord. Boosters
also have design features that help the lap belt start and stay on
the lap during a crash. Many boosters use arm rests to do this.
Make sure if your booster has arm rests, that the lap belt always
goes under both arm rests.
A child must meet ALL of these requirements before they can
ride in this booster seat:
• at least 4 years old (highback mode) / at least 5 years old
(backless mode)
• at least 40 pounds
• at least 39 inches tall
• able to sit properly in this booster seat during the entire car ride
- no slouching, no playing with the seat belt, no putting the seat
belt under the arm or behind the back, no leaning over, etc.
Most children can not sit properly in a booster seat until at least
age 5. Sitting properly is what makes sure the seat belt ts snug
and rests on the proper bony parts of the body. If the child is
not mature enough for a booster, they need to ride in a car seat.
The car seat's 5-point-harness will keep them safe and won’t let
them slouch or lean over.
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WHEN IS A CHILD READY
TO TRANSITION TO A BOOSTER SEAT?
Does your child meet all of the requirements above to use this
booster, but also still ts in their old car seat? Many parents can
be unsure about which seat to use. If you use their forwardfacing car seat, make sure you always use the tether strap on
that forward-facing car seat. If you have a vehicle that does not
have a tether anchor, a booster seat may provide better head
and neck protection than a forward-facing car seat that isn’t
tethered.
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TO RIDE WITHOUT THIS BOOSTER SEAT?
WHEN IS A CHILD READY
Children need a booster seat until their body ts properly on
the vehicle seat AND the seat belt ts properly on their body
without the help of a booster.
Fitting properly means that you can say yes to all 5 questions
below:
1. The child can sit with their back against the back of the vehicle
seat.
2. The child’s knees can bend naturally at the edge of the vehicle
seat without slouching.
3. The lap belt is on the lap, not on the belly. The lap belt should
rest on the top of the thighs.
4. The shoulder belt is comfortable between the neck and the
shoulder.
5. The child can sit like this for the entire trip.
Studies show that half of all 10 year olds need a booster seat to
ride safely. By age 12 most kids can ride safely without a booster.
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SEAT BELTS - WHICH ONES ARE SAFE TO USE WITH
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THIS BOOSTER SEAT?
This booster seat must be used with a lap/shoulder belt.
This booster seat can not be used when there is only a lap belt.
Using just a lap belt puts your child at increased risk of injury
because lap belts don’t hold the child’s head and chest in a crash.
Most lap/shoulder belts are safe to use with this booster.
However:
1. If your vehicle is equipped with seat belts that are attached to
the door of the vehicle, do not use this booster.
2. If your vehicle is equipped with inatable seat belts, please
call Peg-Perego Customer Service at 1-800-671-1701 for
compatibility of this booster seat with your vehicle.
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VEHICLES AND VEHICLE SEATS - WHICH ONES ARE
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SAFE TO USE WITH THIS BOOSTER SEAT?
This booster seat is designed to be used in passenger vehicles.
It is not designed to be used on three-wheel vehicles or motor
bikes.
According to crash statistics, children are safer when properly
restrained in the back seat than in the front seat. Therefore, Peg
Perego strongly recommends that children using this booster
seat ride in the back seat.
This booster seat can ONLY
be used on a vehicle seat that
faces the front of the vehicle.
Do NOT use this booster seat
on any of the following:
1. Side facing vehicle seats
2. Rear facing vehicle seats
3. Vehicle seats that rotate in
NO
dierent positions
If your vehicle is equipped with front passenger side air bags,
please refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for compatibility
and further information about booster seat installation.
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LATCH - WHAT IS IT AND WHERE
IS IT IN THE VEHICLE?
LATCH stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for children.
LATCH works by connecting parts of your child’s car seat
or booster seat to special anchors in the vehicle.
Vehicle LATCH hardware:
Lower Anchors: These are a pair of metal bars hidden
in the vehicle's seat crease. Most vehicles since 2003
have the lower anchors for at least 2 seating positions
(almost always for the driver & passenger side seats.
The center seat almost never has lower anchors).
Tether Anchors: These are metal rings or bars that
are behind the vehicle seat. Most vehicles since 2000
have tether anchors for at least 3 seating positions.
Read your vehicle’s owners manual to see if and where
your vehicle has lower anchors and tether anchors.
Child Seat LATCH hardware:
Lower Anchor Connectors: These are hooks on your
child’s seat that will hook onto the lower anchors in
the vehicle’s seat crease.
Flexible LATCH: When the hooks are attached to a
exible strap that is part of your child's seat.
Rigid LATCH: When the hooks are rigidly attached to
the child's seat and there is no strap involved.
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LATCH - WHAT IS IT AND WHERE
IS IT IN THE VEHICLE?
This booster seat has rigid LATCH
Tether Strap: The tether is a strap found on every
forward-facing car seat. The tether strap secures the
top of the child's car seat to the vehicle’s tether anchor.
The tether strap keeps the brain and spine safer for a
child riding in a forward-facing car seat. Booster seats
usually do not have or use tether straps.
This booster seat does not have a tether strap.
Lower anchors
Lower anchors connector
(Rigid latch)
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RIGID LATCH - WHY TO USE IT?
This booster seat features rigid LATCH which secures the
booster to the vehicle:
• Using rigid LATCH is optional.
• With or without rigid LATCH, this booster seat meets
or exceeds all safety standards and can keep your
child safe.
• However, Peg Perego strongly recommends
using rigid LATCH with this booster seat whenever
possible. Rigid LATCH gives this booster seat added
stability in case of a sudden stop or sharp turn. Rigid
LATCH also prevents the booster from ying around
when the child is not in it, which can hurt others in the
car.
Your child will always use the seat belt across them as their
restraint. This is regardless of whether or not you have
used rigid LATCH to secure the booster to the vehicle.
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MODES OF USE: HIGHBACK AND BACKLESS
This booster seat can be either a highback or a backless
booster.
When you use the headrest &
backrest, you have a highback
booster.
Without the headrest &
backrest, it is a backless booster.
Highback mode gives your child the best protection
because the headrest & backrest:
• Provide additional protection to your child’s head, neck,
and chest in a side impact crash
• Provide a more enclosed seat which helps kids sit up
straight. Kids often lean over and squirm less when in a
highback than a backless booster.
• Help keep the child’s body in a better position during
swerving or other pre-crash maneuvers.
• Help keep a sleeping child’s body upright. When a
sleeping child slumps sideways, the seat belt gets loose
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and slides o the correct parts of their body.
• Provide head and neck support to prevent whiplash
injuries in vehicles that can't support to the top of the
child's ears.
We strongly recommend using this as a highback booster
whenever possible. However, we realize there are times
when it is easier to travel with it in backless mode.
In backless mode: Make sure some part of the vehicle either the seat back or the head restraint - comes to at
least the top of the child’s ears.
Why? The top of the ears is the same height as the base of
the child’s skull. When the seat back or the head restraint
comes to at least the top of the ears, the child can not
throw their head back in a crash. This support helps
prevent whiplash injuries.
If the vehicle can not support the top of the child’s
ears you may not use this booster in backless mode
and must use it in highback mode to give the child's
head the support it needs.
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ADJUSTING THE SEAT TO FIT YOUR CHILD
HIGHBACK MODE:
The headrest and backrest adjust in 3 dierent ways.
The three adjustments are independent of each other to
ensure the best t for kids of dierent sizes. Take a few
minutes and try out dierent adjustments until you nd
the one that ts your child best. Kids grow quickly. Make
sure to check the adjustments every 3 months. As your
child grows, you will need to make the headrest and
backrest taller, and widen the backrest.
Some kids prefer a narrower backrest, others like more
room for their arms. Let your child tell you what is most
comfortable for them.
IMPORTANT: When the headrest AND backrest are
both in their highest positions AND the red shoulder
belt guides are below the child's shoulders you must
STOP using this as a highback booster.
Refer to page 33 for backless mode conversion.
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ADJUSTING THE SEAT TO FIT YOUR CHILD
HIGHBACK MODE:
1. Headrest height
The headrest has 5
positions. Squeeze the
handle (a) on the back of
the headrest and at the
same time raise or lower
the headrest (b). Make
sure the headrest clicks
into place by trying to
move it without touching
the handle. Make sure the
red shoulder belt guides
are always at, or up to 1
inch above, the child’s
shoulders (see page 32).
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ADJUSTING THE SEAT TO FIT YOUR CHILD
HIGHBACK MODE:
2. Backrest height
The height of the backrest
has 3 positions. Squeeze
the handle (1) on the back
of backrest and at the
same time raise or lower
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the backrest (2). Make sure
the backrest clicks into
place by trying to move
it without touching the
handle.
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3. Backrest width
The width of the backrest
has 3 settings. Push the
button on the side of the
knob (1) and at the same
time turn the knob (2)
clockwise to make the
backrest wider. To narrow
the backrest, turn the knob
counter-clockwise.
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INSTALLING THE BOOSTER SEAT IN THE VEHICLE
HIGHBACK MODE:
Please read “Rigid LATCH: Why to Use It” (see page 18).
If you choose not to use the rigid LATCH:
- Skip to “Highback Mode: Buckling your Child in the
Booster” (see page 29).
IMPORTANT: because your booster is not secured
to the vehicle it can become a projectile when the
child is not in it. Therefore, make sure you buckle
the booster when it is empty so it does not become
a projectile.
If you choose to use the rigid LATCH, follow the
instructions below.
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SECURING THIS BOOSTER WITH RIGID LATCH
HIGHBACK MODE:
Find the lower anchors in
your vehicle (see "LATCH What is it and where is it in
the vehicle?" - see page 16)
1. Squeeze the yellow
handle (a) at the front of
the booster. Both yellow
rigid LATCH connectors
will pop out (b) at the same
time. Squeeze the yellow
handle once more to make
sure both connectors
popped out all the way .
2. Align the yellow rigid
LATCH connectors with
the lower anchors in
the vehicle’s seat crease.
Connect by pushing the
booster towards the back
of the vehicle seat.
click
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SECURING THIS BOOSTER WITH RIGID LATCH
HIGHBACK MODE:
3. Check that there is green
in both indicator windows.
Green (a) means the rigid
LATCH connectors are
securely connected to the
vehicle’s lower anchors.
Red (b) means the booster
is not connected to the
vehicle’s lower anchors.
4. Pull the yellow handle
at the front of the booster
(a) again. At the same time,
push the booster against
the back of the vehicle seat
(b). This will hide the release
buttons (c) for the rigid
LATCH connectors. This
will prevent someone from
accidentally disconnecting
the rigid LATCH.
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SECURING THIS BOOSTER WITH RIGID LATCH
HIGHBACK MODE:
5.
You may recline this
highback booster seat.
Squeeze the yellow handle and
pull the booster seat towards
you to create the recline that is
best for your child.
You may need to adjust
or remove the vehicle’s
head restraint to allow this
booster seat to t best. If you
remove your vehicle’s head
restraint, be sure to store it
away from the vehicle.
6. To disconnect the
booster seat squeeze the
yellow handle at the front
2
of the booster (1) and pull
the booster seat towards
you until the yellow release
buttons on the side of the
base are fully revealed.
Pull both yellow release
buttons at the same time
(2) until you hear the rigid
LATCH connectors open.
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SECURING THIS BOOSTER WITH RIGID LATCH
HIGHBACK MODE:
7. To store the rigid LATCH
connectors inside the
booster seat, squeeze the
yellow handle and at the
1
same time push the yellow
rigid LATCH connectors
into the booster until they
disappear.
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IMPORTANT: Make sure the booster does not sit
on top of the seat belt hardware or webbing for its
seat or a neighboring seat. If the booster sits on top of
the hardware or webbing, stop using the rigid LATCH
and reposition the booster seat. If it still sits on top
of the hardware or webbing, move the booster to a
dierent seating position. If you need further help,
check your vehicle owner’s manual and/or contact
Peg-Perego Customer Service at 1-800-671-1701.
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BUCKLING YOUR CHILD IN THE BOOSTER
HIGHBACK MODE:
IMPORTANT: Make sure to remove bulky or puy
jackets because they can make the seat belt too loose on
the child’s body during a crash. In winter, it is safe for the
child to wear thin, tight-tting sweaters and jackets.
Have the child sit in the
booster seat up straight (1)
and the child must sit all
the way back (2) so that his
back touches the backrest
of the booster. Make sure
the child is not slouching.
Slouching is dangerous as
it puts the lap belt on the
soft belly.
The red shoulder belt
guides must always be at
or up to 1 inch above the
child’s shoulders (see page
32).
IMPORTANT: Stop using this booster in high back
mode when the red shoulder belt guides can not be
positioned at or above the child’s shoulders with the
head rest and back rest in their highest positions.
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BUCKLING YOUR CHILD IN THE BOOSTER
HIGHBACK MODE:
1. Slide the shoulder belt
into the red shoulder belt
guide that is on the same
side as where the vehicle’s
shoulder belt comes from.
Make sure the shoulder
belt is completely inside
the red guide and can not
slip out. NEVER use both
red shoulder belt guides at
the same time.
Route the lap belt under
both armrests.
Why? When the lap belt
goes under both armrests,
the armrests keep the
lap belt on the strong hip
bones. When the lap belt
goes over an armrest the
lap belt puts the crash
forces on the child's soft
belly which causes serious
injuries.
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