Graco AFFIX User manual

READ THIS MANUAL.
Do not install or use this car seat until you read and
understand the instructions in this manual.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CAR SEAT
INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
© 2013 Graco PD236799A 3/13 US
AFFIXTM
Booster Seat
featuring
Owner’s Manual

Registration Information...............................3
For Recall Information..................................3
If You Need Help/Booster Seat Useful Life.4
Parts List .......................................................5
Warnings to Parents and Other Users........6-9
Weight and Height Limits......................10-11
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements..........12
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements............13-14
SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems.......................13
UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems .................14
Assembling the Booster Seat.................15-16
Assembling the Back Support ...............17-22
Using your Graco Booster Seat .................23-25
Booster Seat Positions.......................................26
Attaching Booster to Vehicle Seat .............27-29
Securing your Child in Vehicle .............30-33
Adjusting the Head Support........................34
Removing the Back Support (on certain
models) to Use as Backless Booster.........35
Securing Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip.............36-39
Airplane Use ...............................................40
Cupholder and Storage Compartment.........40
Instruction Sheet Storage............................41
Care and Maintenance ...........................41-42
Replacement Parts.......................................44
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Table of Contents

Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:
Registration Information
Register Your Booster Seat
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at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go
to http://www.NHTSA.gov
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For Recall Information
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Please fill in the above information. The model
number and date of manufacture can be found
on a label underneath your booster seat. Fill out the
prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat
cover and mail it today.
Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons.
You must register this restraint to be reached in a
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model number and date of manufacture to:
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Attn: Customer Service
3 Glenlake Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30328
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at
http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration

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If You Need Help
Please contact our Customer Service Department
with any questions you may have concerning parts,
use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please
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we may help you quickly. This number can be found
on a sticker on the underside of your booster seat.
1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
www.cpsc.gov
www.NHTSA.gov
www.seatcheck.org
Booster Seat Useful Life
STOP using this booster seat and throw it away
10 years after the date of manufacture.
Look for this sticker on the bottom of the booster
seat: MODEL
Date of Manufacture
GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
ATLANTA, GA 30328 1-800-345-4109
Made in China
PD206938A
NAME
year month day

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Parts List
Adult assembly required.
Base
Shoulder belt
positioning clip
On certain models
Seat pad
Cupholder
(in bottom of base)
Seat pad
Armrests
Head support Lower back support

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NEVER PLACE THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN
A VEHICLE SEATING
LOCATION THAT HAS AN
AIR BAG. If an air bag inflates, it
can hit the child and booster seat
with great force and cause serious
injury or death to your child. Refer
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information about air bags and booster seat
installation.
Warnings to Parents and
Other Users

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NO BOOSTER SEAT CAN GUARANTEE
PROTECTION FROM INJURY. HOWEVER,
PROPER USE OF THIS BOOSTER SEAT
REDUCES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH TO YOUR CHILD.
 DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS
BOOSTER SEAT UNTIL YOU READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN
THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR VEHICLE
OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others
install or use the booster seat unless they
understand how to use it.
 FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS
BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A SHARP
TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. Your
child can be injured in a vehicle even if you are
not in a crash. Sudden braking and sharp turns can
injure your child if the booster seat is not properly
installed or if your child is not properly secured in
the booster seat.

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SAFER WHEN PROPERLY RESTRAINED
IN REAR VEHICLE SEATING POSITIONS,
RATHER THAN FRONT SEATING
POSITIONS. For a vehicle with a front
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manual as well as these instructions for booster
seat installation.
 NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD
UNATTENDED.
 NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER SEAT
UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE. An
unsecured booster seat can be thrown around and
may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden
stop or crash. Remove it or make sure that it is
securely belted in the vehicle.
 IF AFFIXTM BOOSTER IS NOT CONNECTED
TO VEHICLE ANCHORS, secure the booster
seat with the lap/shoulder belt into the vehicle seat.
 REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER
A CRASH OF ANY KIND. A crash can cause
damage to the booster seat that you
cannot see.

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 DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT
or use any accessories or parts supplied by other
manufacturers.
 NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS
DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT
use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt.
 THE BOOSTER SEAT CAN BECOME VERY
HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with these
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surface of any metal or plastic parts before
putting your child in the booster seat.
 THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS
to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards and is certified for use in motor
vehicles. This restraint is NOT certified for use in
aircraft because there is no shoulder belt available.
 NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to
someone else without also giving them this
manual.
 NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER
SEAT or a booster seat whose history you do not
know.
 NEVER USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT without
the armrests attached to the base.
 DO NOT USE THE BOOSTER SEAT without
the seat pad.

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FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner
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risk of serious injury or death.
Weight and Height Limits
To use this Graco booster seat, your child MUST
meet ALL of the following requirements:
With back support
(approximately 3 to 10 years old) :
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(mass between 13.6 and 45 kg), and
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in height, and
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lap portion is positioned low
on the childs hips, and
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of booster seat. If tops of ears
are above top of seat, your
child is too large for the
booster seat
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