Graco ISPB004HB 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.
©2004 Graco ISPB004HB 5/04 ENGLISH
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Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
European Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Warnings to Parents and Other Users . . . .6-9
Adjusting the Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10
Assembling the Back Support . . . . . . .11-15
Weight and Height Limits . . . . . . . . . .16-17
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements . . . . .18
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements . . . . . .19-20
SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . . . . . .19
UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . . . .20
Using your Graco Booster Seat . . . . . . . .21-23
Booster Seat Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Securing your Child in Vehicle . . . . . .25-28
Adjusting the Head Support . . . . . . . . . . .29
Securing Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip . . . . . .30-33
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Airplane Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Instruction Sheet Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37
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Table of Contents

Important Information
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Read this Owner’s Manual completely BEFORE first
use of your booster seat!
Always keep this Owner’s Manual with the booster
seat. Provisions are made on the bottom of the seat
shell. Plan to spend some time getting to know your
booster seat — time well spent when you consider that
your baby’s safety depends on it. Pay special attention
to the warnings.
Before continuing, please locate your vehicle owner’s
manual. You may need to refer to it as part of these
instructions.
Booster seats are designed to give protection to your
child in the event of a sudden stop or crash. No booster
seat can guarantee absolute protection from injury in
the event of a crash, but their use reduces the risks.
Countries differ in their laws and recommendations for
safe child restraint use. For further advise contact your
local law enforcement officers or your vehicle supplier.

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European Standard
European Safety Standards specify the construction
and performance of your booster seat as well as its
components, requirements for fitting and use,
instructions and markings.
Your booster seat has been approved to
European Standard
ECE R44.03
Universal Group 2,3 15-36 kg
An approval number is attached to the seat shell and
must not be removed.
Only suitable for use in a vehicle fitted with
3-point with retractor safety belts, approved to ECE
Regulation No. 16 or other equivalent standards.
Graco Children’s Products
Consumer Services Department
First Floor
900 Pavilion Drive
Northampton NN4 OYR
UK
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Parts List
Adult assembly required.
Base
Shoulder belt
positioning clip
Head support
Lower back support
Armrest covers
On certain models

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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 UNTILYOU READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN
THIS MANUALAND IN YOUR VEHICLE
OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others
install or use the booster seat unless they
understand how to use it.
•IT IS MOST IMPORTANT that the booster seat
is correctly routed with the lap portion of the belt
across the red belt guides under the armrests and
the diagonal belt through the red shoulder belt
guides when used with a back support or through
the red shoulder belt positioning clip when used as
a back-less booster. Ensure the belt webbing is not
twisted.
•DO TAKE CARE to locate and install the
booster seat so that it is not liable to become
trapped by a moveable seat or in a door of the
vehicle.

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•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.
•DO NOT use another manufacturers seat cover
with this booster seat. See your retailer for Graco
replacment parts only.
•DO NOT USE in any configuration not shown in
the instructions.
•DO NOT use alternative load-bearing points not
shown in these instructions.
• According to accident statistics, CHILDREN
ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY
RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE
SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER THAN
FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a vehicle
with a front passenger air bag, refer to your
vehicle owner’s manual as well as these
instructions for booster seat installation.
•NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD
UNATTENDED.

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•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.
•NEVER LEAVE LUGGAGE or other objects
unsecured in a vehicle, they are liable to cause
injuries in the event of a collision.
•REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER AN
ACCIDENT OFANY KIND. An accident can
cause damage to the booster seat that you cannot
see.
•DO NOT MODIFYYOUR 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
parts can burn your child’s skin. Always touch the
surface of any metal or plastic parts before
putting your child in the booster seat.
•NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to
someone else without also giving them this
manual.

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Adjusting the Armrests
Step 1.
To adjust armrests,
remove screw and press
in button on side of
base as shown to raise
or lower / .
Reinsert screw and
tighten.
CHECK to make sure
armrests are securely
attached by pulling up
on them.
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•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.

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Step 2.
Slip armrest covers
(on certain models)
onto armrests as shown.
Step 3.
Your Graco booster seat
is now ready to use. See
page 30, “Securing
Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt
Positioning Clip”.
FOR MODELS with a
back support continue
on to Step 4.

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Assembling the Back Support
(on certain models)
Step 4.
Flip head support and lower back support over
as shown .
Step 5.
Squeeze red adjustment button and slide two pieces
together until they snap into place .
CHECK to make sure two pieces are securely snapped
together by pulling on them.
CLIK!
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Step 7.
Flip seat over and insert the fabric from the head
support underneath the fabric on the lower back support
as shown .
To make insertion of fabric easier, slide the upper and
lower back pieces apart by squeezing the red adjustment
button.
Step 6.
Attach elastic strap as shown 3 .
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Step 8.
Attach backrest to base. “U”-shaped hooks on bottom
of backrest will interlock with bars on base .
Make sure that no part of the seat covering interferes
when attaching backrest to the base.
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Step 9.
Once backrest is securely attached to the base, push
backrest up as shown .
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Step 10.
Your Graco booster
seat is now ready to use.
See page 21-28, “Using
your Graco Booster Seat”
and “Securing Your Child
in Vehicle”.

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FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner
appropriate for your child’s size may increase the
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) :
• weigh between 15-36 kg, and
• are between 96 and 145 cm in height, and
• the shoulder belt MUST lay
across child’s shoulders in
red zone as shown in and
the lap portion is positioned
low on the childs hips, and
• the child’s ears are below top
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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Without back support
(approximately 4 to 10 years old) :
• weigh between 15-36 kg, and
• are between 101 and 145 cm in height, and
• the shoulder belt MUST
lay across child’s shoulders
in red zone as shown in
and the lap portion is positioned
low on the childs hips, and
• when sitting on the booster
seat, your child’s ears are
below the top of the vehicle
seat cushion / head rest.
Your Graco booster seat can be
used with or without the back
support (on certain models) as
long as the above requirements are met.
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IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOOSTER
SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH. Some seating positions in
your vehicle may NOT be safe for this booster seat.
Some vehicles do not have any seating positions
that can be used safely with the booster seat. If you
are not sure where to place the booster seat in your
vehicle, consult your vehicle owner’s manual.
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements
•Children are safer when properly restrained in
rear vehicle seating positions. Whenever possible
secure the Graco booster seat in the center position
of the seat directly behind the front seats. However,
this position is often equipped with a lap belt only
and cannot be used.
• The vehicle seat MUST face forward.

MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT
SAFE TO USE WITH THE BOOSTER SEAT.
Pay careful attention to these systems; some of
the seat belts that are NOT safe to use look very
much like seat belts that are safe to use. If you
are unsure, consult your vehicle owner’s manual.
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements
ONLY A LAP/SHOULDER
BELT SYSTEM CAN
BE USED WITH THIS
BOOSTER SEAT, IF
the seat location meets
all other requirements
of these instructions
and those in your vehicle
owner's manual.
SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt System
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DO NOT USE ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING
VEHICLE BELT
SYSTEMS.
• NEVER use a
lap-only belt.
UNSAFE Vehicle Seat Belt Systems
• NEVER use a
Passive Restraint -
Lap or Shoulder Belt
Mounted on Door
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