Graco NAUTILUS User manual

© 2012 Graco PD224821A 9/12
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 STOPOR CRASH.
Child Restraint/Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual
READ THIS 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 ..........6
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 Restraint ...10-13
6.0 WARNINGS...............14-15
7.0 Height and Weight Limitations ...16
7.1 WITH Built-in Harness......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 To Install Locking Clip......23
8.7 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems . ............24-25
9.0 UAS (Universal
Anchorage System) ...........26
9.1 What is UAS? .........26-27
9.2 UAS System ..........28-29
10.0Using Child Restraint WITH
Built-in Harness ...........30-35

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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 To Install Locking Clip......23
8.7 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems . ............24-25
9.0 UAS (Universal
Anchorage System) ...........26
9.1 What is UAS? .........26-27
9.2 UAS System ..........28-29
10.0Using Child Restraint WITH
Built-in Harness ...........30-35
Table of Contents (cont.)
11.0 Securing the Child Restraint in Your
Vehicle .....................36
11.1 Using a Child Restraint WITH a
Built-in Harness ..........36
11.2 With a Vehicle Lap or
Lap/shoulder belt ......36-37
11.3 With UAS ............38-39
12.0Securing Your Child in the
Child Restraint ............40-41
13.0 Harness Removal .........42-46
14.0 Using Your Child Restraint WITHOUT
Built-in Harness...........47-49
15.0 Securing Child & Booster Seat in ..
Vehicle ....................50
16.0 Adjusting Head Support........51
17.0 Removing 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 UAS and Tether....60
20.0 Airplane Use ................61
21.0 Accessories.................62
22.0 Recline Foot ................63
23.0 Care and Maintenance .....64-65
24.0 To Remove Seat Cover .....66-67
25.0 Replacement Parts and Warranty68
26.0 Owners Manual Storage .......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
bag inates, it can hit the child and child restraint with great force
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
turn, sudden stop or crash. Your child’s safety depends on you installing and using this child
restraint correctly.
Even if using this child restraint seems easy to gure out on your own, it is very important to READ
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 UAS.
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 UAS. Many seat belts are NOT safe to use
with this child restraint, even though they can easily be threaded through or around the child
restraint!
6. Properly securing your child in the child restraint.

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2.0 Registration Information
Model Number:
Date of Manufacture:
Purchase Date:
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint
Please ll in the above information. The model
number and date of manufacture can be found on
a label underneath your child restraint. Fill out the
prepaid registration postcard attached to the
harness and mail it today.
Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons.
You must register this restraint to be reached in a
recall. Send your name, address, and the restraint’s
model number and date of manufacture to:
Elfe Juvenile Products
4500 Thimens
Saint-Laurent, QC H4R 2P2
or call 1-800-667-8184
or 514-344-3533 in Montreal
2.2 For Recall Information
Please contact our Customer Service
Department with any questions you may
have concerning parts, use, or
maintenance. When you contact us, please
have your product’s model and date of
manufacture ready so that we may help you
efciently. These numbers can be found
on a label on the underside of your child
restraint.
1-800-667-8184 or www.elfe.net
In Montreal: 514-344-3533
• Call Customer Service at 1-800-667-8184
(514-344-3533 in Montreal)
• www.elfe.net
2.3 If You Need Help

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3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life
WITH HARNESS
SYSTEM : This child
restraint conforms to
Canada Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 213
and is certied for use
in motor vehicles and
aircraft.
WITHOUT HARNESS
SYSTEM : This child
restraint (booster seat)
conforms to Canada
Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 213.2 and is
certied for use in
motor vehicles. Booster
seat is not certied for
use in aircraft
3.1 Certication
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 the bottom of the child restraint:
Model / Modèle : Name/Nom :
ELFE, 4500 THIMENS
SAINT-LAURENT, QC H4R 2P2
Serial # / No. de série
Date of manufacture/ Date de fabrication
Made in China Fabriqué aux Chine
year/année month/mois day/jour
PD186939A

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4.0 Features

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The locking clip is stored
on the back of the child
restraint. You will need to
use it with certain types
of vehicle seat belts.
Canada Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards have
dened a system for
installing car seats in
vehicles. The system is
called UAS* (Universal
Anchorage System).
* UAS may be used IN
PLACE of vehicle belt
ONLY if vehicle is
equipped with UAS
anchor points.
Please refer to
vehicle owner’s
manual for UAS
locations.

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
1. Lay child restraint flat on back. Grab seat pad
fabric in sitting area to expose the gutters .
MAKE SURE all hands, fingers and other objects
are clear of the gutters.
2. MAKE sure the harness straps are securely
attached within the “T”-shaped slots around the
arms as shown Ë.
With your other hand, raise seat back so that
both arms LOCK into the gutters Ì.
KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR
KEEP GUTTERS CLEAR
Arm
Harness Strap
T-slot
5.0 Assembling the Child Restraint
Adult assembly required.
Ë
Ì

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3.Arms should CLICK into the gutters.
Seat assembly should appear as shown Í.
CLICK!
Í
4.Attach 4 elastic loops from the seat pad under
the seat exactly as shown in . 

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5. Pull elastic loop on the seat pad through the
vehicle belt guide on side of seat and attach to
hook as shown . Repeat on other side. 
6. Squeeze height adjust button and push
head support into slots Ñon the back support
as shown. Head support will click into the back
support.
You may need to unfasten the hook and loop
attachment tape on both sides at the top of
the back support to allow for easier access to
the slots.
Always use child restraint with head support
installed and properly adjusted. CLICK!
Ñ


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7. The assembly is now complete.

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6.0 WARNINGS
•DO NOT use locking clip in booster mode.
• 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 child
restraint installation. The back seat is the safest
place for children 12 and under.
• NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.
• DO NOT USE THIS child restraint without
properly assembling it.
• NO CHILD RESTRAINT CAN GUARANTEE
PROTECTION FROM INJURY. However, proper
use of this child restraint reduces the risk of
serious injury or death to your child.
• DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT 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
child restraint unless they understand how
to use it.
•FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT 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 child restraint is not
properly installed or if your child is not properly
secured in the child restraint.

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• NEVER LEAVE A CHILD RESTRAINT
UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE.An
unsecured child restraint 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 with
vehicle seat belt. If not using UAS, make sure
UAS connectors are properly stored on back
of seat.
• REPLACE THE CHILD RESTRAINT AFTER
AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident
can cause damage to the child restraint that
you cannot see.
• DO NOT MODIFY YOUR CHILD
RESTRAINT or use any accessories or parts
supplied by other manufacturers.
• NEVER USE CHILD RESTRAINT IF IT HAS
DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. Do not use
a cut, frayed or damaged child restraint
harness, UAS belt or vehicle seat belt.
• THE CHILD RESTRAINT 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 child restraint.
• NEVER GIVE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT to
someone else without also giving them this
manual.
• NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND CHILD
RESTRAINT or a child restraint whose history
you do not know.

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FAILURE TO USE CHILD RESTRAINT IN A MANNER APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR CHILD’S
SIZE MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. Instructions for the use of
this child restraint differ greatly depending on the size of your child. Be sure you are using the child
restraint in the correct mode and with the correct features for your child.
7.0 Height and Weight Limitations
Your child must meet all requirements:
• Weight: between 10 and 29.5 kg (22 to 65 lbs)
• Height: 69 and 132 cm (27 to 52 inches)
• At least one year old and can sit upright unassisted
• Shoulders are BELOW top harness slots.
If shoulders are above top harness slots, child
is too large for built-in harness.
7.1 WITH Built-In Harness

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7.2 WITHOUT Built-in Harness
Your child must meet all requirements:
• weigh 18 and 45 kg (40 and 100 lbs),
• and are between 101 and 145 cm
(40 and 57 inches) in height,
• approximately 4-10 years of age
• the shoulder belt MUST lie across child’s
shoulder as shown and the lap portion of the
belt is positionned low on the child’s hips.
• Child’s ears are BELOW top of booster seat. If tops
of ears are above top of seat, child is too large for
booster seat.
If child is between 13.6kg and 29.5 kg
(30 and 65 lbs) and shoulders are below the
upper harness slots, we highly recommend use
of the built-in harness for as long as possible
(up to 29.5kg (65 lbs).

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7.3 WITHOUT Back Support
Your child must meet all requirements:
• weigh 18 and 45 kg (40 and 100 lbs),
• and are between 101 and 145 cm
(40 and 57 inches) in height,
• approximately 4-10 years of age
• the shoulder belt MUST lie across child’s
shoulder as shown and the lap portion of the
belt is positionned low on the child’s hips.
When sitting on the booster seat, your child’s
ears should be below the top of the vehicle seat
cushion / head rest.
Your Graco booster seat can be used with or
without the back support as long as all
requirements are met.

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8.0 Choosing an Appropriate Vehicle Seat Location
8.1 Vehicle Seat Location Requirements
Some seating positions in your vehicle may not be safe for this child restraint. Some vehicles do
not have any seating positions that can be used safely with the child restraint. If you are not sure
where to place the child restraint in your vehicle, consult your vehicle owner’s manual or call Elfe
Juvenile Products at 1-800-667-8184 (514-344-3533 in Montreal).
• Children are safer when properly
restrained in rear vehicle seating positions.
Whenever possible secure the child restraint in
the center position of the seat directly behind
the front seats. However, this position is
sometimes equipped with a lap belt only and
cannot be used when this child restraint is
used without the built-in harness.
• The vehicle seat must face forward.
Do not use child restraints on rear-facing or
side-facing vehicle seats.
IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT
INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.

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8.2 Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements
MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE TO USE
WITH THE CHILD RESTRAINT. THE VEHICLE SEAT BELT
MUST BE DESIGNED TO HOLD THE CHILD RESTRAINT
TIGHTLY AT ALL TIMES. 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 or call call Elfe Juvenile Products at 1-800-667-8184 (514-
344-3533 in Montreal).
This child restraint is not to be used in vehicles that do not have seat belts or tether anchorages.
VEHICLE TYPES WHICH THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM
CAN NOT BE USED
The restraint system may only be used in these classes of vehicles:
passenger cars, multi-purpose passenger vehicles and trucks that have vehicle lap/shoulder belts
and tether anchors.
CLASSES OF VEHICLES WHICH THE RESTRAINT
SYSTEM CAN BE USED