Graco NAUTILUS Elite User manual

© 2013 Graco PD247322A 6/13 US
READ THIS MANUAL
Do not install or use this child restraint until you read and understand the instructions in this manual.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURYOR DEATH INASUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
Child Restraint/Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual

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Table of Contents
1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users
......................4-5
2.0 Registration Information.........6
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint 6
2.2 For Recall Information ......6
2.3 If You Need Help ..........7
3.0 Useful Information .............7
3.1 Certification...............7
3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life....7
3.3 Second Hand Child Restraint .7
4.0 Features...................8-9
5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint10-13
6.0 WARNINGS..............14-15
7.0 Height and Weight Limitations . . .16
7.1 WITHBuilt-inHarness......16
7.2 WITHOUT Built-in Harness. .17
7.3 WITHOUT Back Support....18
8.0 Choosing anAppropriate Vehicle
Seat Location ...............19
8.1 Vehicle Seat Location
Requirements............19
8.2 Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements
......................20
8.3 SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt
Systems ................20
8.4 For Built-in Harness Only . .21
8.5 WITH or WITHOUT Built-in
Harness................22
8.6 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems..............23-24
9.0 LATCH......................25
9.1 WhatisLATCH?.......25-26
9.2 LATCHSystem...........27
10.0Using Child Restraint WITH Built-in
Harness.................28-33

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Table of Contents (cont.)
11.0 Securing the Child Restraint in Your
Vehicle .....................34
11.1 Using a Child Restraint WITH a
Built-inHarness..........34
11.2 With a Vehicle Lap or
Lap/shoulder belt ......34-36
11.3WithLATCH..........37-38
12.0Securing Your Child in the
Child Restraint ............39-40
13.0 Harness Removal or
Re-attaching Harness ......41-45
14.0 Using Your Child Restraint WITHOUT
Built-inHarness...........46-48
15.0 Securing Child & Booster Seat in . .
Vehicle ....................49
16.0 Adjusting Head Support.....50-51
17.0 Removing or
Re-attaching Back Support. . 52-54
18.0 Securing Child in Vehicle Belt
with Shoulder Belt
Positioning Clip. ..........55-58
19.0 Using the Tether..............59
19.1 Storing Lower Anchors and
Tether..................60
20.0 Airplane Use ................61
21.0Accessories.................62
21.1 Body Support
&HarnessCovers............62
22.0 Recline Foot ................63
23.0 Care and Maintenance .......64-65
23.1 Buckle Cleaning Process ......65
24.0 To Remove Seat Cover ........66
25.0 Owners Manual Storage. .......68
26.0 Replacement Parts and Warranty..68

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1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users
NEVER PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT IN A VEHICLE
SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS A FRONT AIR BAG. If an air
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and cause serious injury or death to your child. Refer to your
vehicle owner’s manual for information about side air bags and
child restraint installation.

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Failure to properly use this child restraint increases the risk of serious injury or death in a sharp
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restraint correctly.
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THE OWNER’S MANUALand the vehicle owner’s manual.
Your child’s safety depends on:
1. Choosing the correct mode of use for the child restraint depending on your child’s size.
2. Inserting the harness straps (if needed) in the proper slots for your child.
3. Selecting a suitable location for the child restraint in your vehicle.
4. Properly routing the vehicle seat belt or LATCH.
5. Properly securing the child restraint in the vehicle using a seat belt designed to restrain
both the child restraint and your child or by using LATCH. Many seat belts are NOT safe to use
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restraint!
6. Properly securing your child in the child restraint.

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2.0 Registration Information
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a label on the child restraint. Fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the harness and
mail it today.
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to: Graco Children’s Products Inc.
Attn: Customer Service, 3 Glenlake Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30328
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at:
http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint
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 or contact Graco:
1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
2.2 For Recall Information
Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:

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3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life
Please contact our Customer Service Department with any questions you may have concerning
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on a label on the child restraint.
USA: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
www.cpsc.gov
www.NHTSA.gov
www.seatcheck.org
2.3 If You Need Help
THIS CHILD RESTRAINT
CONFORMS to all applicable
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
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use in motor vehicles.
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only when used with the
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as a booster without the
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3.1 CertiÀcation
Graco Children’s Products Inc. advises against loaning or
passing along a child restraint.
3.3 Second Hand Child Restraint
3.0 Useful Information
STOP using this child restraint and throw it away 10 years after
the date of manufacture. Look for this sticker on rear of 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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4.0 Features

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Harness
straps
United States Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards have
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installing child restraints
in vehicles. The system
is called LATCH (Lower
Anchors and Tether
for CHildren). LATCH
may ONLY be used
IN PLACE of vehicle belt
if vehicle is equipped
with LATCH anchor
points. Please refer to
vehicle owners manual
for LATCH locations in
vehicles.

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1. Lay child restraint flat on back. Grab seat pad
fabric in sitting area to expose the gutters .
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are clear of the gutters.
2. MAKE sure the harness straps are securely
attached within the “T”-shaped slots around the
arms as shown .
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both arms LOCK into the gutters .
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Harness Strap
T-slot
5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint
Adult assembly required.
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