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.
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