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ECE R44/04

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FOR YOUR CHILD'S SAFETY

READ

THESE INSTRUCTIONS

CAREFULLY

BEFORE USE

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KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE

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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

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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

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Congratulations on choosing your new child seat!

Product Care

Safety Warnings

Features

Instructions

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 conguration 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

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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.

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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 specied 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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Safety Warnings

On outer rear seat

On centre rear seat with 3-point belt

On a rearward-facing seat

On seats facing sidewards

On rear seat with lapbelt only

Front seat with airbag off

YES

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APPROVED SEAT BELT TYPES:

This car seat can only be tted into the passenger seat of a car with a lap and diagonal seat belt and no air bag.

The car seat is only suitable if the vehicle is tted with 3-point static or 3-point retractor safety belt, approved to UN/ECE Regulation No. 16 or other equivalent standards.

Do not use on a passenger seat with an airbag.

Safety Warnings

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Features

01 Handle

02 Head Support

03 Shoulder Pads

04 Infant Pads

05 Harness

06 Buckle

07 Adjuster Button

08 Crotch Pad

09 Adjuster Strap

10 Canopy

11 Handle Release Button

12 Lap Belt Guide

13 Crotch Belt

14 Crotch Strap Slot

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Features

15 Shoulder Belt Guide

16 Harness Slot

17 Splitter Plate

18 Shell

19 Adapter* (only for some models)

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Instructions

HARNESS POSITIONING

1a Position the height of harness according to the child’s

height. The harness straps should be level with the

child’s shoulders. Do not use the child restraint

with the harness if the child’s shoulders are above

the highest slots in the backrest or if the child’s

weight exceeds 13kg.

1b Put the two buckle clips together, then lock into

the female buckle. (1b)

Tighten the straps until they are in contact with your

child's body.

CAUTION!

The hip belt must lie as low as possible over your

child's hips.

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Instructions

ADJUSTING THE HANDLE

2a There are 4 positions: In vehicle position (A),

Carry position (A), Middle position (B,C), and

Stationary position(D)

2b To adjust, squeeze handle release buttons on both

sides, then rotate the handle, The handle will lock

into position.

2c You should hear a click when the handle button

is engaged and handle is locked into the upright

carrying position.

WARNING:

Always make sure the handle is securely locked in

the upright carrying position before carrying.

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Instructions

ADJUSTING THE HARNESS

3a Adjust the shoulder straps height so they are

level with, or just below child shoulders.

3b To adjust the height of shoulder straps, you need to

take out the straps from the splitter plate located in

the rear of the seat.

3d Pull both straps through the shell and seat cover.

3e Thread the harness straps through the proper

harness slot. Make sure that both straps are even

and not twisted. From the rear of the seat, secure

the har ness strap onto the splitter plate (3b). Pull to

make sure the harness straps are rmly secured

onto the splitter plate. Remember, shoulder

straps should be level with, or just below the child’s

shoulders (3a).

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Instructions

ADJUSTING THE CROTCH STRAP POSITION

The crotch strap adjusts to 2 positions to t the child’s

size. Only move crotch strap position to outer position

when the child weighs more than 7kg. Typically this is

when the harness is in middle slots.

4a To move the crotch strap, locate the metal plate attached

to the crotch strap under the child restraint (4a). Rotate

the metal plate and push it through the shell and seat

cover. Loosen harness adjuster strap if it is in the way.

4b Locate the appropriate crotch strap slot and insert the

metal plate and crotch strap through the seat cover and

shell (4b). Pull on harness buckle to make sure crotch

strap is securely installed.

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Instructions

SECURING THE CHILD IN CHILD RESTRAINT

5a Press the adjuster button on the front center of the seat

and pull on both shoulder straps to loosen the harness.

5b Press the red button on the buckle to release the

shoulder straps and move them to the side.

5c Place child’s bottom on the seat and the child’s back

at against the back of the child restraint. This will

increase the child’s comfort and allow the harness to

properly secure the child. Slide shoulder straps over the

child’s shoulders (5c). Make sure the harness is at or

below the top of the child’s shoulders.

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Instructions

5d Align the top and bottom buckle clips to form

one clip.

5e Insert into the buckle until you hear a “click”. Make sure the

shoulder straps are not twisted. Adjust the shoulder pads

over the centre of the child’s shoulders.

5f Pull the harness adjustment strap until shoulder straps are

tight against the child.

5g For proper tightness, one nger should t between the

harness straps and the child’s shoulders.

To remove the child, loosen shoulder straps and release

buckle.

Discontinue use when child’s weight is greater than 13kg,

height is greater than 74cm or head is less than 2cm

above the top of the shell.

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Instructions

APPROVED USES OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE

• ALWAYS secure the child with the harness when placing

the child in the child restraint.

• ALWAYS make sure the handle is securely locked before

using. For use as an infant carrier, place handle in carrying

station (A in 2a). For rocking, place the child restraint on

level ground, make sure handle is in carrier positions (A in

2a) and lock gently.

• For feeding and resting, place seat on secure and

level surface away from the edge of elevated surfaces,

and put handle in the stationary position (D in 2a).

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INSTALLATION IN THE VEHICLE

WITHOUT BASE

Instructions

6a Place the child restraint rear-facing on the vehicle seat and

make sure the handle is in specied position. The child will

face the rear of the vehicle.

6b Route the vehicle lap belt through both lap belt guides and

buckle the seat belt.

6c Route the vehicle shoulder belt around the back of the

child restraint and through the shoulder belt guide.

6d If vehicle shoulder belt is too short, please move vehicle

seat as far back as possible and lower the vehicle seat belt

height adjustment to the lowest possible height. If the vehicle

belt is still too short, try another authorised seating position.

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Instructions

6e Adjust the child restraint to the proper recline to ensure

maximum protection for the child. A tightly rolled towel

under the front edge of the child restraint can be used to

achieve the correct recline.

WARNING:

Do not route the vehicle belt using any other path when

using the child seat. For assistance contact our Customer

Service team.

Do not use 2 point vehicle belt to install this child seat.

Only install the child restraint rear-facing on forward-

facing vehicle seats.

Make sure the child is properly secured in the child

restraint, and the child restraint is tightly installed in the

vehicle.

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Instructions

REMOVING THE CANOPY AND COVER

7a / 7b On the side of canopy, pull the tab and detach the

canopy frame.

7c / 7d Pull out the cover from shell front.

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Instructions

TRAVEL SYSTEMS

This child seat can be used as a travel system in

conjunction with selected strollers

Installing:

Having correctly attached an appropriate car seat adapter

(sold separately) to your stroller, test that the child seat is

fully attached by pulling the child seat up and forward; it

should not come free from the car seat adaptor.

Removing the child seat:

Red release levers are located on both sides of the child

seat, immediately above the connector points (as shown).

Lift up on both levers then lift the child seat off the stroller

using the carry handle.

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Instructions

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publication. These include, without limitation, the phil~teds, adapt~survive!, ~, INLINE trade marks and INLINE DOUBLE BUGGY shape. We actively

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AU/NZ

Mountain Buggy Australasia 102-112 Daniell Street Newtown, Wellington 6021 New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande. + 64 4 3800 833

EUR

Mountain Buggy Europe Klavermaten 37C 7472 DD Hof van Twente (Goor) NETHERLANDS / Pays-Bas. + 31 (0) 547 352 727

USA/CAN

Mountain Buggy USA 221 Jefferson Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 USA. 1 800 916 8442

FRA

Mountain Buggy France 15 rue Gertrude Bell 56000 Vannes FRANCE. + 33 (0) 2 97 44 88 26

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AU/NZ

phil&teds 102-112 Daniell Street Newtown, Wellington 6021 New Zealand / Nouvelle-Zélande. + 64 4 3800 833

EUR

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USA/CAN

phil&teds USA Inc 221 Jefferson Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 USA. 1 800 839 4985

FRA

phil&teds France 15 rue Gertrude Bell 56000 Vannes FRANCE. + 33 (0) 2 97 44 88 26

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