Graco SMART SEAT PD163434A User manual

FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
Child Restraint
Owner’s Manual
READ THIS MANUAL.
Do not install or use this child restraint until you read
and understand the instructions in this manual.
Smart Seat
ALL-IN-ONE CARSEAT
TM
PD163434A
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Before you begin
1.0 Warnings to Parents and
Other Users
2.0 Registration Information
2.1 Register Your Child
Restraint
2.2 Recall Information
2.3 If You Need Help
3.0 Useful Information
3.1 Certication
3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life
3.3 Second Hand Child
Restraint
4.0 Assembly
4.1 Attaching LATCH Storage
Compartment
4.2 Attaching Cupholder
5.0 Features
5.1 Child Restraint
5.2 Base
6.0 Height and Weight
Limitations
6.1 Rear-Facing with base
6.2 Forward-Facing with base
6.3 Booster WITHOUT base
7.0 Choosing an Appropriate
Vehicle Seat Location
7.1 Vehicle Seat Location
Requirements
7.2 Vehicle Seat Belt
Requirements
7.3 SAFE Vehicle Seat Belt
Systems
7.4 For Built-in Harness Only
7.5 WITH or WITHOUT Built-in
Harness
7.6 UNSAFE Vehicle Belt
Systems
8.0 LATCH
8.1 What is LATCH?
8.2 LATCH System
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Installation
9.0 Installing Base Using
Vehicle Seat Belt
10.0 Installing Base Using
LATCH
11.0 REAR-FACING
INSTALLATION
12.0 FORWARD-FACING
INSTALLATION
13.0 Tether Use
14.0 Tether and LATCH Storage
14.1 Tether Storage
14.2 LATCH Storage
15.0 Harness System
15.1 Harness Strap
15.2 Chest Clip
15.3 Buckle
15.4 Crotch Strap
16.0 Accessories
16.1 Body Support
(on certain models)
16.2 Harness Covers & Crotch
Strap Cover (on certain
models)
17.0 Using Recline
18.0 Securing Child in Child
Restraint
18.1 Placing Child in Child
Restraint
18.2 Check Harness System
18.3 Adjusting Head
Support/Harness Straps
19.0 Booster Installation
19.1 Storing Harness
19.2 Using Child Restraint in
Booster Mode
19.3 Securing Child in
Booster Seat and Vehicle
19.4 Adjusting Head
Support in Booster Mode
20.0 Additional Information
20.1 Adjusting Armrest
20.2 Removing Seat Cover
20.3 Airplane Use
20.4 Care and Maintenance
21.0 Replacement Parts,
Warranty, and Owner’s
Manual Storage
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1.0 Warnings to Parents and Other Users
• DO NOT 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. Check
vehicle owner’s manual for information about side
air bags and child restraint installation.

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• No child restraint can guarantee protection from injury in every situation.
However, proper use of this child restraint reduces the risk of serious injury or
death to your child.
• 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. Failure to
follow these instructions and child restraint labels can result in child striking the
vehicle’s interior during a sudden stop or crash.
• EVEN IF USING THIS CHILD RESTRAINT seems easy to gure out on your own,
it is very important to READ THE OWNER’S MANUAL and 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. Infants less than 20 lbs. must use this child restraint
rear-facing.
2. SELECTING A SUITABLE LOCATION for the child restraint in your vehicle.
Some seating positions, such as those equipped with air bags, may not be
safe locations for this child restraint.
3. PROPERLY ROUTING THE VEHICLE SEAT BELT OR LATCH.

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4. PROPERLY SECURING THE CHILD RESTRAINT IN THE VEHICLE using a
seat belt designed to restrain a child restraint or by using LATCH. 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! Vehicle seat belt system
MUST hold child restraint securely. Not all vehicle seat belts can be used with
a child restraint. If vehicle seat belt does not hold child restraint securely, read
“7.0 Choosing An Appropriate Vehicle Seat Location, p. 22-26”.
5. PROPERLY SECURING YOUR CHILD IN THE CHILD RESTRAINT.
• NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED.
•YOU MUST READ your vehicle owner’s manual on child restraint use.
• REARFACING child restraint must be properly leveled:
• Too reclined can result in injury or ejection.
• Too upright can result in breathing diculties.
• NEVER LEAVE CHILD UNATTENDED, even when sleeping. Child may become
tangled in harness straps and suocate or strangle.
• According to accident statistics, CHILDREN ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY
RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE SEATING POSITION, 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.
• SECURE CHILDREN in rear seat of vehicle whenever possible.

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• SERIOUS CRIPPLING INJURY OR DEATH can result if infant faces front of
vehicle. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children should
remain rear-facing for as long as possible, but be at least one year of age before
being positioned forward-facing.
• SOME SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, such as pre-term babies or those who have
tested positive for positional apnea, may be at increased risk of suering
breathing or other diculties in a child restraint. If your child has special needs,
we recommend that you have your physician or hospital sta evaluate your child
and recommend the proper child restraint or car bed before using this product.
• DO NOT remove LATCH system from child restraint. If using vehicle seat belt
to secure child restraint, LATCH connectors must be stored. (see section “14.0
TETHER AND LATCH STORAGE, p. 39”.)
• NEVER ATTACH two LATCH connectors
to one vehicle lower anchor point unless
specically allowed by the vehicle
manufacturer.

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• DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT AND BASE 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.
• IF CHILD RESTRAINT IS IN A CRASH, it must be replaced. DO NOT use it again!
A crash can cause unseen damage and using it again could result in serious
injury or death. DO NOT use child restraint if it is damaged or missing parts.
DO NOT use a cut, frayed or damaged child restraint harness, vehicle seat belt or
LATCH belts.
• NEVER LEAVE A CHILD RESTRAINT and base unsecured in your vehicle. An
unsecured child restraint or base 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. If not using LATCH, make sure unsecured LATCH
connectors are properly stored on base.
• NEVER GIVE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT to someone else without also giving
them this manual.

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• DO NOT use accessories or parts other than those provided by Graco. Their use
could alter the performance of the child restraint.
• NEVER USE A SECONDHAND CHILD RESTRAINT or a child restraint whose
history you do not know.
• DO NOT MODIFY YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT or use any accessories or parts
supplied by other manufacturers.
• THE CHILD RESTRAINT CAN BECOME VERY HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Always
touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts before putting your child in the
child restraint.
• DO NOT use child restraint with any stroller.
• DO NOT allow the liquid in the level indicator to be ingested or come into
contact with the eyes.

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2.0 Registration Information
Model Number:
Manufactured in:
Purchase Date:
Please ll in the above information. The model number and manufactured
in (date) can be found on a label on the 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 manufacturing date to:
Graco Children’s Products Inc.
150 Oaklands Blvd. Exton, PA, 19341
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at:
http://www.gracobaby.com/carseatregistration
2.1 Register Your Child Restraint

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STOP using child restraint and throw it away after
the date MOLDED into the child restraint.
Do not use this child restraint 10 years
after the date of manufacture.
3.2 Child Restraint Useful Life
Look For:
3.0 Useful 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 manufactured in (date) ready so that we may help you
eciently. These numbers can be found on a label on the child restraint.
USA: 1-800-345-4109
or www.gracobaby.com
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
2.3 If You Need Help
2.2 For Recall Information
THIS CHILD RESTRAINT
CONFORMS to all
applicable requirements
of Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard 213 and
is certied for use in
motor vehicles.
3.1 Certication
Graco Children’s Products Inc. advises against loaning
or passing along a child restraint.
3.3 Second Hand Child Restraint

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• Remove seat pad from right hand side of the child restraint as child sits in
restraint D.
• Insert cupholder into opening in child restraint E.
• Rotate cupholder down, until you hear a click, to lock into place F.
• Wrap seat pad back around cupholder and side of child restraint G.
• Tuck fabric around cupholder and lock knob H.
4.0 Assembly
4.2 Attaching Cupholder
4.1 Attaching LATCH Storage Compartment
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NEVER use without LATCH storage compartment or
cupholder attached.
NEVER place sharp or pointed objects in a
cupholder. In a crash, these objects could hit your
child and cause serious injuries.
• Insert LATCH storage compartment under metal tube into bottom of
base as shown A.
• Line tabs on bottom of LATCH storage compartment with openings in
child restraint B.
• Push into base until you hear a click C.

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CLICK!

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5.0 Features
5.1 Child Restraint

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*Vehicles are now (or can
be) equipped with tether
anchor points behind
some seats. A tether
anchors the top of the
child restraint to the body
of the vehicle. When used
properly with the vehicle
seat belt or LATCH, a
tether helps reduce injury
in a sudden stop or crash.
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Harness slots
Harness buckle
Crotch strap
Cupholder
Harness release lever
Harness adjustment strap
Recline handle
Lock knobs
Armrest
Chest clip
Harness strap
Level indicator
Head support
Head support release
Tether storage
Tether *
Instruction manual storage

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5.0 Features
5.2 BASE
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NOTE: Only use base with
Smart Seat™ All-In-One Carseat.

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**United States Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards have dened a new
system for installing child restraints in
vehicles. The system is called LATCH.
LATCH may ONLY be used IN PLACE of
vehicle belt if vehicle is equipped with
LATCH anchor points. Please refer to
vehicle owner’s manual for LATCH
in vehicles.
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Vehicle belt/LATCH path
Child restraint pin guides
Lock identication window
LATCH connector
LATCH adjustment belt
LATCH belt **
Seat belt lock-o
LATCH storage compartment
LATCH (stored)

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Rear-Facing with base 5 lbs-20 lbs
(2.2 kg-9 kg)
and up to
1 year
MUST BE
REAR
FACING
Forward-Facing with base 40 lbs-65 lbs
(18.1 kg-29.5 kg)
MAX HEIGHT
50” (127 cm)
Shoulders are
BELOW top harness
slot position
Booster WITHOUT Base 30 lbs-65 lbs
(13.6 kg-29.5 kg)
IF Shoulders are
ABOVE top
harness slot position
65 lbs-100 lbs
(29.5 kg-45 kg)
MAX HEIGHT
57” (145 CM)
Top of ears are BELOW
top of booster seat
6.0 Height & Weight Limits
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 dier 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.
20 lbs-40 lbs
(9 kg-18.1 kg)
and
Top of head
AT LEAST 1”
(2.54 cm)
BELOW top of
head support
20 lbs-39 lbs
(9 kg-17.7 kg)
At least 1 year
old and can
sit upright
unassisted
approx. 3-10 years

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• Infants who weigh less than 20 lbs. (9 kg) MUST be rear-facing.
• Infants or toddlers 20 to 40 lbs. (9 to 18.1 kg) may be
rear-facing.
IMPORTANT: This child restraint is certied for use rear-facing
with children up to 40 lbs. (18.1 kg).
However, some children approaching 40 lbs. (18.1 kg) may be
too tall to t rear-facing. Top of head must be at least 1”
(2.54 cm) below the top of the head support.
• Child should use child restraint forward-facing only if child is
over 20 lbs. (9 kg) and can sit upright unassisted. (*)
*The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children should be at least
one year of age before being positioned forward-facing. They also recommend that
the child should ride rear-facing as long as possible or to the extent permitted by
the car seat.
A preterm infant or low birth weight infant may be at special risk in a vehicle or
aircraft.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, these infants may suer
breathing diculties if improperly reclined in a child restraint.
Graco advises that you have your physician or hospital sta evaluate your infant and
recommend the proper child restraint or car bed before you and your infant leave
the hospital.
6.1 Rear-facing with base: 5 to 40 lbs. (2.2-18.1 Kg)
1” (2.54 cm)
Preterm or Low Birthweight Infants

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6.2 Forward-facing with base: 20 to 65 lbs. (9 to 29.5 kg)
WITH BUILTIN HARNESS SYSTEM:
• Child must not exceed 50 inches (127 cm)
• At least one year old.
• Toddlers 20 to 65 lbs. (9 to 29.5 kg) who are capable
of sitting upright unassisted may be forward-facing. If
unable
to sit upright unassisted, use rear-facing when below
40 lbs.
• Toddlers 40 to 65 lbs. (18.1 to 29.5 kg) and up to 50 inches
(127 cm) tall MUST be forward-facing.
• Shoulders are BELOW top harness slot/head support height.
If shoulders are above harness slots, child is too large
for forward-facing with built-in harness.