Graco CONNEXT 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.
© 2012 Graco PD215107B 10/12 US
CONNEXT®
Backless Booster with Latch
Owner’s Manual

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Registration Information................3
For Recall Information .................3
IfYouNeedHelp .....................5
Booster Seat Useful Life................5
PartsList............................6
WarningstoParentsandOtherUsers....7-9
Seat Pad............................10
Weight and Height Limits..............11
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements .....12
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements ......13-14
SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems ..........13
UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems .......14
Using your Graco Booster Seat ........ 15-17
Attaching Booster to Vehicle Seat ..... 18-20
Securing your Child in Vehicle.......21-22
Securing Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip ......23-26
AirplaneUse........................27
CareandMaintenance .............27-28
Instruction Sheet Storage ..............32
Replacement Parts....................32
Table of Contents

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Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:
Registration Information
Register Your Booster Seat
Call the U.S. GoYernment¶s Vehicle Safety Hotline
at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go
to http://www.NHTSA.goY
Graco: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracoEaEy.com
For Recall Information
Please fill in the aEoYe information. The model
number and date of manufacture can Ee found on
a laEel underneath your Eooster seat. Fill out the
prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat
coYer and mail it today.
Child restraints could Ee recalled for safety reasons.
You must register this restraint to Ee reached in a
recall. Send your name, address, and the restraint¶s
model numEer and date of manufacture to:
Graco Children¶s Products Inc.
Attn: Customer SerYice
3 Glenlake Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30328
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at
http://www.gracoEaEy.com/carseatregistration

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NEVER PLACE THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN A
VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION
THAT HAS AN AIR BAG. If an air
Eag inflates, it can hit the child and
Eooster seat with great force and
cause serious injury or death to your
child. Refer to your Yehicle owner¶s
manual for information aEout air Eags
and Eooster seat installation.

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If You Need Help
Please contact our Customer SerYice Department
with any questions you may haYe concerning parts,
use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please
haYe your product¶s model number ready so that
we may help you efficiently. This numEer can Ee
found on a sticker on the underside of your Eooster
seat.
1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
Booster Seat Useful Life
STOP using this child restraint and throw it away
10 years after the date of manufacture.
Look for this sticker on the Eottom of the child
restraint:
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 assemEly required.
Base
Shoulder Eelt
positioning clip
Seat pad
Plastic clip

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Warnings to Parents and
Other Users
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 Eooster 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 Ee injured in a Yehicle eYen if you are
not in a crash. Sudden Eraking and sharp turns can
injure your child if the Eooster seat is not properly
installed or if your child is not properly secured in
the Eooster seat.

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According to accident statistics, CHILDREN
ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY
RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE
SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER THAN
FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a Yehicle
with a front passenger air Eag, refer to your
Yehicle owner¶s manual as well as these
instructions for Eooster seat installation.
NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD
UNATTENDED.
NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER SEAT
UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE. An
unsecured Eooster seat can Ee thrown around and
may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden
stop or crash. Attach with the CONNEXT®
connectors to make sure that it is securely Eelted
in the Yehicle or remoYe it.
REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER
AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident
can cause damage to the Eooster seat that you
cannot see.
DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT
or use any accessories or parts supplied Ey other
manufacturers.

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NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS
DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT
use a cut, frayed or damaged Yehicle seat Eelt.
THE BOOSTER SEAT CAN BECOME VERY
HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with these
parts can Eurn your child¶s skin. Always touch the
surface of any metal or plastic parts Eefore
putting your child in the Eooster seat.
THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all
applicaEle Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and is certified for use in motor Yehicles. This
restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft
Eecause there is no shoulder Eelt aYailaEle.
NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to
someone else without also giYing them this
manual.
NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER
SEAT or a Eooster seat whose history you do not
know.
DO NOT USE BOOSTER SEAT without
CONNEXT®seat pad.

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Step 1.
Wrap seat pad oYer on
top of Ease 1.
Step 2.
Insert plastic clip into
slits in seat pad 2.
Attach plastic clip to
front of seat as shown
3.
Step 3.
Your Graco Eooster seat
is now ready to use. See
page 18, “Attaching
Booster to Vehicle Seat”.
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2
Seat Pad