Safety 1st onBoard 35 User Manual

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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 Carrier with Vehicle Belts

E. Installing Rear-Facing . . . . . . . . . . . .Pages 39-48

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 11-30

D. General Vehicle Installation . . .Pages 31-38

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 Using Locking Clip
D-6 Installing on Aircraft
D-7 Storing LATCH System

C-1 Remove and Install the Carrier 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 Harness System
C-9 Removing Pad for Cleaning
C-10 Canopy Use and Installation
C-11 Infant Insert
C-12 Installing Harness System

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Thank you for choosing this car seat, referred to throughout
this manual as a child restraint. The DJG family 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 have
questions or have any problems with this child restraint,
please contact our Consumer Relations Department at:

Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.

Website: www.djgusa.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...

A. Before You Begin

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

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 47202-2609
Attn: Consumer Relations

or call 1-800-544-1108 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

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 side of plastic
shell.

Model
Number

Manufacture

Date

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A-3 Understanding Your Child Restraint

Front View

Harness System Detail

A.

C.

B.

D.

A. Carry Handle

B. Canopy

C. Head/Hip Roll

(on select models)

D. Harness Release

Lever (under flap)

E. Harness Tightening

Strap

E.

F. Handle Adjustment

Lever

G. Handle Lock Indicator

H. Angle Indicator

I. Base Release Handle

J. Carrier (shell)

K. Removable Base

Back View

G.

F.

H.

I.

K.

J.

L. Chest Clip

M. Harness Straps

N. Buckle Tongue

O. Buckle

P. Buckle Strap

L.

N.

P.

M.

O.

A. Before You Begin

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A. Base Release Lever

B. Harness Slots

C. Harness Straps

D. Locking Clip

E. Base Attachment

Hooks

F. Splitter Plate

G. Instruction Book

Storage

H Harness Tightening

Strap

A.

B.

Bottom of Carrier

C.

D.

E.

E.

F.

G.

H.

Top of Base

I.

I. Base Belt Path

Openings

J. Base/Carrier Lock Bar

K. LATCH Storage Door

L. LATCH Belt

(under storage door)

J.

K.

L.

A. Before You Begin

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B-3 Child Restraint Use

This child restraint must only be used when
the child weighs between 4-35 lbs.
(1.8-15.9 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.

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. 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-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.

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C-1 Remove and Install the Carrier to Base

To Remove Carrier from
Base

From the back of the
carrier, pull the base
release handle out and lift
the carrier out of the base.

To Attach Carrier to
Base

Align the notches in the
front of carrier with the
base lock bar. Push down
firmly to lock. You will hear
a “click” when it is locked.
Pull up on carrier to make
sure it is locked.

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

C. Basic Use

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C-2 Reclining the Base (on select models)

Depending on your model, the base may have 2 recline
positions. Use any of these to help you achieve the recline
angle needed for the weight of your child.

Pull Foot Out

From the bottom of the
base, pull out the base
foot.

1.

Rotate Foot

Rotate foot 1/2 way
around.

2.

Align Arrows and Push
Foot In

Push foot back inside the
base. You will hear a
“click” when foot is locked
in.

3.

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C-3 Carrier Use

To Adjust Carrying
Handle

Squeeze both adjustment
levers on each side of
handle. Rotate up or down
to desired location. Release
levers.

When the handle adjuster
levers are in the locked
position, the lock indicator
will be green. Make sure
both handle adjuster levers
are in the locked position.

Indicators will be

green when handle is in

the locked position.

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

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 weighing less than 35

pounds (15.9 kg) and less than 32 inches (81.2 cm)
tall.

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. Basic Use

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C-4 Child Restraint Use

This child restraint is to be used rear-facing with children
weighing 4-35 lbs (1.8-15.9 kg) AND 32 inches (81.2 cm) tall
or less.

NOTE: If your child does not meet the criteria for the Rear-

Facing position, do not use this child restraint.

4-35 lbs (1.8-15.9 kg)
and 32 inches (81.2 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.

4-35 lbs (1.8-15.9 kg)
and 32 inches (81.2 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-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 Carrier
from Base

From the back of the
carrier, pull the base
release handle out and lift
the carrier out of the
base.

1.

Loosen Harness

Push down on the harness
release lever (under flap
on the front of child
restraint) while pulling out
on both harness straps.

2.

Release Chest Clip

Press on chest clip release
button and pull apart.

3.

continued on next page.

C. Basic Use

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