phil&teds alpha User Manual
safety certified
ECE R44/04
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FOR YOUR CHILD'S SAFETY
READ
THESE INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY
BEFORE USE
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alpha
™
KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
protect
™
The alpha™ complies with requirements applicable in market
of sale
For rights & remedies, refer www.philandteds.com/warranty
Please register your purchase through our online warranty registration
by visiting: www.philandteds.com/register
philandteds.com
The protect™ complies with requirements applicable in market
of sale
For rights & remedies, refer www.mountainbuggy.com/warranty
Please register your product purchase through our online warranty
registration by visiting: www.mountainbuggy.com/register
mountainbuggy.com
Congratulations on choosing
your new child seat!
Product Care
Safety Warnings
Features
Instructions
Product care
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Group 0+
Suitable for birth to 13kg child.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND MUST
BE KEPT WITH THE SEAT FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.
This product should be used rearward
facing until the child is too large for the seat
or exceeds 13kgs.
This product should never be used forward
facing.
CLEANING & CARING
Check your car seat for cuts & bruises. If your product
is damaged in any way, or you’re not sure how to use
it, please consult our web support from where you can
access a local customer care team.
Caring for your car seat
Unlike children, your car seat likes to stay clean.
Cleaning the fabric cover:
• Read the label on the removable cover for washing
instructions.
• Hand wash in warm water only.
• DO NOT tumble dry.
• The fabric cover can be easily removed for washing.
1. Remove the harness by gently feeding it through from
the front to the back of the seat.
2. Next remove the crotch strap, including buckle, by
rotating it a quarter turn and feeding it out through the
seat shell. The cover should now be free of obstruction.
3. Remove the cover and hand wash it at 30ºC; dry at -
away from direct heat.
4. To replace the cover follow the instructions above in
reverse.
Product care
Cleaning the harness, chest pads and seat:
• Sponge clean only. Use hand soap and warm water.
• DO NOT use solvents, harsh detergents or washing
up liquids as these may weaken the harness and
seat.
• Use only mild detegents.
• DO NOT lubricate or oil any part of the seat.
• DO NOT wring.
• Dry thoroughly before storage.
• Store in a well ventilated space, away from direct
sunlight which could damage or fade your product.
• Store in a safe place when it is not being used. Avoid
placing heavy objects on top of it.
• DO NOT allow to come into contact with corrosive
substances e.g. battery acid.
Cleaning the buckle
Food, drink, or other debris may collect inside the
harness buckle which can affect proper function. Wash in
warm water until clean. Be sure you can hear an audible
click to make sure the buckle is working properly.
The correct use and maintenance of your carseat will ensure it gives long and trouble free use. When somebody else
is using your car seat, ensure that they also know how to use it and especially the correct way to adjust it. The safety
of your child is your responsibility.
Please read thoroughly before commencing
installation as an incorrect installation could be
dangerous.
• This is a “Universal” child restraint; it is approved
to ECE Regulation 44.04 for general use in
vehicles and will t most, but not all, vehicle seats.
• A correct t 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 group.
• This child restraint has been declared “Universal”
under more stringent conditions than those
applied to earlier designs which do not carry this
notice.
• If in doubt, consult either phil&teds/Mountain
Buggy or the retailer.
Extreme Hazard
• Do not use in passenger seats equipped with
airbags.
IMPORTANT
Safety Warnings
WARNINGS
• PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE
COMMENCING INSTALLATION AS AN
INCORRECT INSTALLATION COULD BE
DANGEROUS.
• THIS CHILD SEAT SHOULD NEVER BE
USED ON A PASSENGER SEAT EQUIPPED
WITH AN AIRBAG.
• The child seat must only be installed in a rear
facing position.
• Important: Because of potential medical
issues inherent in low birth weight and
premature infants, always have a trained
professional doctor, or hospital staff member
assess the suitabillity of the child restraint
prior to leaving the hospital or using the child
restraint.
• Do not remove any labels on the child safety
seat. Important information is contained on
the labels.
• Do not modify the child safety seat in any way.
• Do not take apart or attempt to take apart
or attempt to take apart the child safety seat
except as instructed in this manual.
• Do not use the child safety seat with damaged
or missing parts.
• Do not use damaged or frayed harness straps
or vehicle belt.
• Never use this child safety seat without the car
seat cover.
• Do not replace the child seat cover or harness
with any other than the ones we recommend
as these parts are integral to the child safety
seat's performance.
• Never use this child restraint with any other
base except ones that the manufacturer
permits.
• Do not use a child safety seat that has been in
a crash. A crash can cause damage to the child
safety seat that you cannot see.
Safety Warnings
• Do not use a second-hand child seat or child
seat whose history you don't know.
• Always check the tightness of the restraint
and the harness before each use.
• Always make sure all vehicle belts and
harness straps are not twisted before each
use.
• Never leave the child in the child seat when
the harness straps are loose or undone.
• Never leave your child unattended even for a
short time.
• Do not leave your child in this restraint for an
extended period of time.
• Do not use this child seat on a vehicle
passenger seat tted with an active airbag.
Death or serious injury can occur.
• Always install the child safety seat in a rearfacing position.
• Never install the child safety seat fowardfacing.
• Do not use on the vehicle seats that face
the sides or rear of the vehicle. Use the child
safety seat only on the vehicle seats that
face foward. According to accident statistics,
children are safer when properly restrained
in the rear seating positions than in the front
seating positions.
• Never use this child safety seat with 2 point
vehicle belts.
• Do not use in any conguration not shown in
the instructions.
• Do not use alternative routings not shown in
these instructions.
• Make sure that the child safety seat does
not become trapped by folding or moveable
passenger seat or in the door of your car.
• Make sure all folding passenger seats are
properly latched.
• Do make sure to properly secure any loose
objects, such as luggage or books, in your car
Safety Warnings
as they may cause injuries in the event of an
accident.
• This child restraint should be securely belted
in the vehicle even when not in use. In a crash
or sudden stop, an unsecured child safety seat
may injure other occupants.
• All occupants of the vehicle should be correctly
restrained. Unrestrained passengers may
be thrown into other passengers and cause
serious injury or death in a crash.
• Do not allow children to play with or adjust the
child safety seat.
• Always make sure the handle is properly
locked in the upright carrying position before
carrying a child in the child seat.
• Never take a child out of the child safety seat
when the vehicle is moving.
• Cover the child safety seat when left in the
direct sunlight. Parts of a child safety seat may
become too hot for the child's skin. Always
check surfaces before placing a child in the
child's seat. Seat cover may fade in direct
sunlight.
• Never place the car seat or infant carrier near
the edge of an elevated surface or on a soft
surface such as a seat cushion or mattress.
The car seat of an infant carrier could fall off
these surfaces and cause serious injury or
death.
• Never use the child safety seat with a
shopping cart.
• Make sure the lap strap of the harness is
worn low down so that the infant pelvis is
rmly engaged.
CHECKLIST BEFORE USE
Inspect
• Only use this car seat rear facing
• Child restraint free of damage
Verify Child within Weight and Size Range
• Weight between birth and 13kg
• Height 74cm or less (top of head 2cm or more
below top of shell)
Secure Child Properly in Child Restraint
• Correct shoulder strap height (at or slightly
below shoulders)
• Harness not twisted and low across hips
• Harness secure and tight
Safety Warnings
Install Child Restraint Rearward-facing in Safe
Location in Vehicle
• Vehicle seats that face front of vehicle only
• Handle locked in specied position (6a)
• Child facing rear of vehicle
• Position with NO active airbag
• 3 point (shoulder/lap) belt used
• Seat belt not twisted
• Belt path followed
• Tight against vehicle seat
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