CONCORD ULTIMAX User manual

Using the ULTIMAX child car seat 0236-02
To safeguard your child you have
opted for our CONCORD
ULTIMAX seat. This product is
manufactured under strict quality
controls. Its excellent safety
features work best when the seat
is used in accordance with legal
requirements. Be sure, therefore,
to comply fully with the
instructions for its installation and
use.
The ULTIMAX is suitable for
infants from birth up to 18 kg or
for children up to the age of
approx. 4 years. The seat may
be used on all seats in your car
fitted with a three-point seat belt.
On the basis of accident
statistics, we recommend using
the seat behind the passenger
seat.
The child car seat comprises
three parts: seat shell (A), base
unit (B) and
reboard wedge (C).
The seat can also be engaged
in four different seat positions
when facing forwards and in one
position when rear-facing.
The seat shell must not be
removed while the child is still
seated in it.
Summary of contents:
1. Rear-facing installation (from
birth to 13 kg).
2. Front-facing installation (from
9 to 18 kg).
3. Securing the child.
4. Adjusting the head support /
adjusting the seat to the
child’s size.
5. Releasing and removing the
seat.
6. Removing the cover /
removing the pelvic insert.
7. Care instructions
8. Important information
9. Warranty terms
10. General information
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B C
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1. Rear-facing installation (from birth to 13 kg) 0237-02
Important!
Do not use on seats
with airbags.
Extreme danger!
Turn the rotary handle at the front
of the seat shell upwards (1) and
at the same time push the seat
shell into the upright position (2).
Hold the seat shell with your
thumbs on the left and right side
and use your fingers to pull the
grey levers as far as they will go
in the direction of the arrow. Keep
the levers extended and lift the
seat shell upwards and out until
the green component is visible
above the snap mechanism.
Then release the levers and
remove the seat shell.
Insert the base unit into the car
seat as illustrated.
Position the reboard wedge
(green) as shown.
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1. Rear-facing installation (from birth to 13 kg) 0238-01
Pass the car seat belt over the
top of the base unit and secure
the belt in the buckle.
Position the lower belt section
(1) (lap belt) under the blue lap
belt guides (see illustration). Pass
the upper belt section (2)
(diagonal belt) around the outside
of the base unit and insert it into
the blue belt clip. Tension the
belt as shown in the illustration,
and close the blue belt clip.
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1. Rear-facing installation (from birth to 13 kg) 0239-01
Wrong belt positioning!
Belt positioning when the base unit
is installed correctly.
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1. Rear-facing installation (from birth to 13 kg) 0240-02
Hold the seat shell as illustrated
and position it on the base unit.
Press the seat shell downwards
until it clicks audibly into position.
Always check that when the seat
shell is inserted a green dot is visible
on both sides through the opening
on the sidepieces. This indicates
that the seat is installed correctly.
When rear-facing the seat may
only be used in the upright
position! If the child’s body weight
exceeds 8 kg, the factory-fitted
pelvic insert should be removed,
see section 6.5.
Disassembly is done in the
reverse order.
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2. Front-facing installation (from 9 to 18 kg) 0241-01
Important!
Front-facing installation is only
suitable from a body weight of
9 kg and without the pelvic
insert, see section 6.5!
Turn the rotary handle at the front
of the seat shell upwards (1) and
push the seat shell into the
upright position (2).
Hold the seat shell with your
thumbs on the left and right side
and use your fingers to pull the
grey levers as far as they will go
in the direction of the arrow. Keep
the levers extended and lift the
seat shell upwards and out until
the green component is visible
above the snap mechanism.
Then release the levers and
remove the seat shell.
Insert the base unit into the car
seat as illustrated. Position the
reboard wedge (green) as
shown.
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2. Front-facing installation (from 9 to 18 kg) 0242-01
Pass the car seat belt over the
top of the base unit and secure
the belt in the buckle.
Insert the lower belt section (lap
belt) into the lap belt guides (red)
as illustrated.
Open the red belt clip on the belt
tensioner.
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2. Front-facing installation (from 9 to 18 kg) 0243-02
Turn the open side of the ratchet
shaft upwards.
Position the upper belt (diagonal
belt) in the opening of the ratchet
shaft and into the guide
mechanism behind it.
The belts must not be twisted!
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2. Front-facing installation (from 9 to 18 kg) 0244-01
Tighten the upper belt (1) slightly
and close the red belt clip (2).
Then tighten the belt once again.
Use the ratchet to wind the belt
up until the base unit is firmly
secured in the car seat.
The belt must be taut.
The base unit must be
positioned straight on the car
seat, parallel to the direction
of travel. Move the base unit
to adjust if necessary and then
tighten the belt again.
The car safety belt must be
threaded through all three belt
guides.
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2. Front-facing installation (from 9 to 18 kg) 0245-01
Belt positioning when the base
unit is installed correctly.
The buckle for the vehicle safety
belt must not come above the
edge of the lap belt guide.
If in doubt or if you are still
uncertain, please contact
CONCORD.
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2. Front-facing installation (from 9 to 18 kg) 0246-00
Always check that when the seat
shell is inserted a green dot is
visible on both sides through
the opening on the side pieces.
This indicates that the seat is
installed correctly.
Disassembly is done in the
reverse order (see 1.1 and 1.2).
To release the belt tensioner see
Chapter 5.
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Hold the seat shell as illustrated
and position it on the base unit.
Press the seat shell downwards
until it clicks audibly into position.

3. Securing the child 0247-00
Open the belt buckle and open
the child seat belts outwards to
lie on the armrests. Then put the
child into the seat shell so that
its back rests against the
backrest.
The central adjuster is located at
the front of the seat, beneath the
cover. This secures the central
belt.
Release the central adjuster by
pushing the small flap up (see
illustration), and then pull the belt
forwards (do not pull on the belt
padding!).
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3. Securing the child 0248-02
Tension the belt system by pulling
the belt of the central adjuster
until your child is securely
strapped in. Please check that
both the shoulder and lap belts
are tensioned equally. To take
the child out, press the red
“Press” button on the belt buckle
of the harness system.
Fit both belt parts together (see
illustration) and push them into
the belt buckle so that they
engage with an audible “click”. click
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4. Adjusting the seat to the child’s size / adjusting the head support and harness
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Grasp the head support at the
top and pull it forwards. You can
then set it to the height that is
right for your child. There are six
possible different positions.
Attention! Always make sure
the belt is positioned correctly,
as shown in 4.2, illustration
(A).
When the child is strapped in,
the shoulder belt should feed
horizontally to the back or incline
slightly upwards, see illustration
(A). If the shoulder belt feeds
downwards as shown in the
illustration (B), then the belt must
be repositioned and inserted
through the next slot up.
To do this proceed as follows:
To adjust the shoulder belt
positions, the seat shell must
be removed from the base unit
(see 1.1 and 1.2)!
Pull away the back trim located
on the back of the seat shell.
A
B
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4. Adjusting the seat to the child’s size / adjusting the head support and harness
0250-02
On the rear of the seat shell,
separate the two belts from the
connecting piece.
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The central adjuster is located at
the front of the seat, beneath the
cover. This secures the central
belt.
Release the central adjuster by
pushing the small flap up (see
illustration), and then pull the
belts through to the front (do not
pull on the belt padding!).

4. Adjusting the seat to the child’s size / adjusting the head support and harness
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Then pull the two belts out to the
front through the backrest and
the seat cover.
Now thread both belts from the
front through the cover and into
the required slot.
On the back you must thread
both belts back into the
connecting piece, then tighten
the belt at the front by the central
belt.
Please check that the left and
right harness belts are both
adjusted in the same way.
Pull the two metal clasps on the
back of the seat out of their
recesses and fit them through
the belt openings in the seat shell.
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4. Adjusting the seat to the child’s size / adjusting the harness / shortening the belts
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4.8
When does the belt system
need to be shortened?
If you cannot tighten the child
seat belt sufficiently by pulling on
the central adjuster at the front
of the seat, then it will be
necessary to shorten the belt
system.
To do this proceed as follows:
4.9
On the back of the seat, clip the
metal clasps back into position.
They must engage with an
audible “click”.
Thread the belts back into the
connecting piece, as shown in
the illustration.
Finally, clip in the back trim.

4. Adjusting the seat to the child’s size / shortening the belts 0253-01
Remove the seat shell from the
base unit and lay the shell upside
down on a clean surface.
Release the elastic tapes on the
cover and pull the cover back a
little. Lever out the metal clasps
secured on the bottom of the
shell, and thread them through
the large side opening and the
small slot (see illustration).
Now press the metal clasps from
the outside into the recess.
Both sides must be adjusted
equally!
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4. Adjusting the head support / adjusting the seat to the child’s size 0254-01
When does the shortened belt
system need to be returned to
its lengthened setting?
If, after releasing the child seat
belt by means of the central
adjuster, it does not pull forwards
sufficiently to allow the belt
system to be closed, then the
belt system needs to be
lengthened.
To do this proceed as follows:
Remove the seat shell from the
base unit and lay the shell upside
down on a clean surface.
Release the elastic tapes on the
cover and pull the cover back a
little. Lever out the metal clasps
secured on the side of the shell
and push them back through their
slots.
Now press the metal clasps from
the outside into the recess. The
clip must engage with an audible
“click”.
Both sides must be adjusted
equally!
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