Harmony Belt-Positioning Booster Car Seat User manual

®2012 Harmony Juvenile Products  10/11 



This booster seat is designed for use by children
who meet the following requirements:
Weight: 30 - 110 pounds (13.6 - 50 kg)
Height: 34 - 57 inches (86.4 - 144.8 cm)

Do not install or use this booster seat unl you read
and understand the instrucons in this manual.




Thank you for choosing the 
   . You have chosen one of the
safest and most comfortable opons available for your
child on the market today.
At Harmony, we pride ourselves on bringing the
most innovave, feature-rich products to our valued
customers. We have designed this booster car seat to be
safe, comfortable and easy-to-use so that you can have
peace-of-mind knowing your family is well protected.
Although it is not possible to predict if the use of a
booster seat will prevent injury or death in the event of
a collision, extensive tesng has shown that this booster
seat, when used properly, can reduce the risk of a child’s
injury or death in most accidents.

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Welcome to the Harmony family ................................. 1
Registraon informaon .............................................. 3
If you need help ........................................................... 3
Warnings ...................................................................... 4
Important safety notes ................................................ 7
Entanglement with shoulder belt ................................ 9
Parts list ...................................................................... 10
Instrucon booklet storage ........................................ 11
Booster seat locaon ................................................. 11
Weight and height limits ........................................... 12
Vehicle safety belts .................................................... 13
Vehicle seang posions ........................................... 14
Using your Harmony
belt-posioning booster car seat ............................... 15
Installing shoulder belt guide .................................... 16
Removing shoulder belt guide .................................. 16
Removing seat cover .................................................. 17
Installing seat cover ................................................... 17
Cup holder installaon (when applicable) ................. 18
Aircra installaon ..................................................... 18
Care and maintenance ............................................... 19
Warranty .................................................................... 20



Booster seats could be recalled for safety reasons.
You must register this booster seat to be reached in the
unlikely event of a recall.

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


For recall informaon, call the U.S. Government’s Auto
Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153)
or go to www.NHTSA.gov.
Our customer service department is standing by to
help you with any quesons or concerns you may have
regarding installaon, use, care and/or maintenance.
Please have your product’s   available
when contacng us. This number can be found on a
scker on the underside of your booster seat.
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

         
.
Follow all instrucons on this booster seat and in the
wrien instrucons.   INSTALL OR USE THIS
BOOSTER SEAT UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND
THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR
VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL.  allow others to
install or use the booster seat unless they understand
how to use it.
Register your booster seat with the manufacturer in
case of quesons, concerns or if the manufacturer
must contact you in case of a product recall.
A booster seat cannot guarantee protecon when
the vehicle is seriously impacted. However, when
correctly installed, a booster seat will substanally
improve the chances for survival and reduce the risk
of serious injury in most crashes.
 assist your child when geng into and out of
your booster seat.
 let your child lean on the armrest when
geng into or exing the booster seat to prevent the
seat from pping.
        
       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.
.

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This booster seat is not compable with vehicle
child-restraint anchorage systems (LATCH).
Use  the vehicle’s lap-and-shoulder-belt system
when restraining a child in this booster seat. 
use this booster seat with two-point vehicle belts (lap-
belt only or shoulder-belt only). Your child would be
seriously injured in the event of a crash.
This booster seat conforms to all applicable Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and is cered for use
in motor vehicles only. This seat must  be used in
the home, in aircra, in boats, or other non-cered
applicaons.

. In a sharp turn, sudden stop or in a crash, an
unsecured booster seat may injure vehicle occupants.
To prevent injury due to deterioraon, hidden
damage, lost instrucons, outdated technology, etc.,
disconnue use of a booster seat that is older than
six years.
      
. An accident can cause damage to the
booster seat that you cannot see.
To ensure proper booster seat use, keep and store this
instrucon manual with your booster and refer to it
when necessary.
      or use any
accessories or parts by other manufacturers.

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  leave folding vehicle seats unlatched. In
the event of a sudden stop, a loose seat back could
prevent the booster seat from protecng the child as
well as it should.
 use anything to raise the booster seat o the
vehicle seat.
 allow children to play with this booster seat.
 leave children alone in a vehicle.
       
. If an airbag
inates, it can hit the child and booster seat with great
force and cause serious injury or death to your child.
Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for informaon
about airbags and booster seat installaon.
 leave loose objects, e.g. books, bags, etc., in
the back of a vehicle. In the event of a sudden stop,
loose objects will keep moving, potenally causing
serious injuries.

.
 use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt.
 to someone else
without also giving them this instrucon manual.
According to accident stascs, children are
safer when properly restrained in  vehicle
seang posions, rather than front seang
posions. Please study the secon on 
  in this instrucon manual to ensure
the child’s safety. If in doubt about installing this
booster seat, consult the vehicle owner’s manual.

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Set a good example by always wearing your seat belt.
Make it a rm rule that the vehicle does not move unl
everyone is buckled up. Make no excepons.
Cover the booster seat with a towel or blanket when
the vehicle is parked in direct sunlight. 
      
.
Store the booster seat in a safe place when not in use.
Do not place heavy objects on top of the booster seat
while in storage.

       or a
booster seat whose history you do not know.
The booster seat 
. Contact with these parts can injure your
child.  touch the surface of any metal or
plasc parts before pung your child in the booster
seat.

Child is too tall when
top of ears (mid-point
of child’s head) are
above the top of the
vehicle seat back or
vehicle headrest.

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 ASSIST YOUR CHILD WHEN GETTING INTO
AND OUT OF YOUR BOOSTER SEAT.

!
 LET YOUR CHILD LEAN ON
THE ARMREST WHEN GETTING INTO
OR EXITING THE BOOSTER SEAT TO
PREVENT THE SEAT FROM TIPPING.
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


     
     


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Check your vehicle’s safety informaon and seat belt
guide to learn about how your seat belt works.
It is recommended that the switchable retractor be
engaged by the caregiver to hold the child snugly, so the
shoulder belt cannot be pulled out:
• Place your child into the booster seat and fasten the
seatbelt.
• Pull the seatbelt all the way out unl the retractor
locks.
• let the seatbelt retract unl it is snug against
your child.
•  that it is not too ght or too loose.
• Do the same for all unused seatbelts.
Teach your child that seat belts are not toys and should
never be played with, regardless of whether the car is in
moon or not.
 be aware of what your children are doing in
the back seat.

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


  - Base
  - Fabric seat pad (pre-installed)
  - Shoulder belt-guide (pre-installed)
 - Clip-on cup holder (when applicable)
:
In the United States or Canada, please
contact us at www.harmonyjuvenile.com
or by calling 1-877-306-1001.

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We recommend that you store
your instrucon booklet under
the fabric cover in the rear of
the booster seat.


     

Some seang posions in your vehicle may  be
safe for this booster seat. Some vehicles do not have
any seang posions that can be used safely with
this booster seat. If you are not sure where to place
the booster seat in your vehicle, consult your vehicle
owner’s manual or call Harmony Juvenile Products.

!
• Children are safer when properly restrained in 
vehicle seang posions.
• The vehicle seat  face forward.


      
      
        


!
To use this Harmony booster car seat, your child 
meet  of the following requirements:
: Between 30 - 110 lbs (13.6 – 50 kg).
: Between 34 – 57 inches (86.4 – 144.8 cm).
Shoulder belt  lie across child’s shoulder and
cross over child’s sternum (see illustraon), and lap
poron  be posioned low across child’s hips.
 if, when sing on the booster seat, the
mid-point of your child’s head is above the top of the
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
: Some vehicles have no seang posions
compable with this or any other booster seat. If in
doubt, contact the vehicle manufacturer for assistance.
To protect your child in a crash, you must use this booster
seat with vehicle safety belts that are compable.


      

 use any of the following vehicle belt systems
with this booster seat:
 use a lap-only belt.
 use a passive restraint
lap or shoulder belt mounted
on door.
 use a passive restraint
lap belt with motorized
shoulder belt.
 use vehicle belts that
are aached to the door in
any way or that automacally
surround the passenger when
the door is closed.
 use front vehicle belts
with top or boom anchorage
points in the door.
 use three-point belts
that have separate retractors
for the shoulder and lap
secons.


The vehicle owner’s manual will have informaon on
the types of seat belts in the vehicle. If the belt type is
listed above, select another seang posion.

!
The U.S. Department of Transportaon warns
that children aged 12 and under must ride in
the rear seats, away from front airbags. The only
excepon is if the airbag is turned o. When using
a booster seat in a vehicle with airbags, refer to
the vehicle owner’s manual for addional booster
seat installaon instrucons and precauons.
Only use this booster seat in forward-facing
vehicle seats. Side-facing or rear-facing seats in
vans, staon wagons or trucks  be used.
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

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• Place the booster seat rmly against the back of a
forward-facing vehicle seat in a posion equipped
with a vehicle shoulder-and-lap belt and headrest.
• Have your child sit on the booster seat with their back
at against the car seat.
• Pull the vehicle belt from the retractor and posion the
lap belt under  armrest belt guides (as indicated
by the arrows), then latch the vehicle belt buckle.
• Ensure the buckle is secure by gently pulling on it.
• Adjust the vehicle belt’s shoulder secon so that it
crosses the chest and center of the child’s collar bone.

Use the Harmony shoulder belt guide if the above
cannot be achieved with the vehicle’s shoulder-and-lap
belt alone:
Slide the vehicle’s shoulder belt into the red clip
ensuring it is at. Posion belt guide just above child’s
shoulder (see illustraon).
Gently pull upwards on the belt and plasc buon
unl removed.
Straps should be ght and not twisted. All slack
should be removed from lap and shoulder porons
of the vehicle belt to ensure a snug t. THE LAP BELT
PORTION MUST PASS UNDER BOTH ARMRESTS AND
BE POSITIONED LOW ON THE HIPS.
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       








• Gently slide o the plasc shell from the back of the
booster seat towards the front of the seat.
• Slide fabric over the plasc shell.
• We recommend rst sliding the fabric pad’s armrests
midway onto the armrests of the plasc shell. Then,
while holding the fabric in place with one hand, slide
the front of the fabric seat pad over the front of the
plasc shell. Finally, pull remaining fabric over the
back of the plasc shell.
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To install:
Determine which side you would like the cup holder
to be installed on.
Locate the plasc protrusion on either side of the
booster seat (see illustraon).
Insert cup holder over plasc protrusion and pull
down unl locked into place.
Li to remove.


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This booster seat is  cered for aircra use.
Aircra seats are not equipped with shoulder-and-lap
belts which are required for use with this booster seat.



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:
• MACHINE WASH SEPARATELY using cold water
- delicate cycle.
•  BLEACH.
• DRIP DRY to prevent cover from shrinking.
:
• SPONGE CLEAN using warm water and mild soap.
• TOWEL DRY.
•   use solvents, abrasive cleaners or
disassemble booster in any way, except as
instructed.