Harmony DEFENDER 360 User manual
This child restraint is designed for use by children
who meet the following requirements:
Weight: 22 - 65 lbs (10 - 29.5 kg)
Height: 27 - 57 in (68.6 - 144.8 cm)
Weight: 30 - 110 lbs (13.6 - 50 kg)
Height: 34 - 57 in (86.4 - 144.8 cm)
Do not install or use this child restraint unl you read
and understand the instrucons in this manual.
®Harmony Juvenile Products 14/06
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Thank you for choosing the
You have chosen one of the
safest and most comfortable opons available for your
child on the market.
At Harmony, we pride ourselves on bringing the
most innovave, feature-rich products to our valued
customers. We have designed this child restraint 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 child
restraint will prevent injury or death in the event of a
collision, extensive tesng has shown that this child
restraint, when used properly, can reduce the risk of a
child’s injury or death in most accidents.
Please take the me to read and understand all the
instrucons and warnings for this child restraint. The
safety of your child depends on the proper installaon
and use of this child restraint.
Website:
Mailing Address:
Telephone:
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Welcome to the Harmony family .................................. 1
Registraon informaon ............................................... 4
If you need help ............................................................ 5
Warnings ....................................................................... 6
General warnings ....................................................... 6
Usage warnings .......................................................... 8
Injury warnings .......................................................... 9
Vehicle warnings ..................................................... 10
Cercaons ........................................................... 10
Airbag warnings ....................................................... 11
Damage warnings .................................................... 11
Choosing an appropriate vehicle seat locaon ............ 12
Weight and Height limitaons ..................................... 14
With built-in harness ............................................... 15
Without built-in harness, with back support ............ 16
Without built-in harness, without back support ....... 16
Maximum height ..................................................... 17
Parts list ................................................................. 18-20
Assembling/Unassembling child restraint .................. 21
Installing child restraint in harness mode:
LATCH or vehicle seat belt ....................................... 22
Safe vehicle seat belt systems ..................................... 23
Unsafe vehicle seat belt systems ................................ 23
Installing locking clip ................................................... 24
Using Top Tether .......................................................... 25
Preparing child restraint for use .................................. 27
Adjusng harness shoulder straps .......................... 27
Adjusng crotch strap posion ................................ 28
Recline ..................................................................... 29
LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) ....... 30
Installing with LATCH system ................................... 31
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Installing with Lap-and-Shoulder or
Lap-Only belt system .................................................... 32
Installaon safety check .............................................. 34
Using child restraint with built-in harness ................... 34
Securing child in child restraint .......................... 35
Removing child from child restraint ................... 37
Using child restraint in booster mode
(without internal harness) .......................................... 37
Removing/Installing harness ................................... 37
Booster with backrest ................................................. 38
Entanglement with vehicle belt .................................. 41
Securing child and booster seat in vehicle ................ 41
Booster without backrest ............................................ 42
Installing shoulder belt guide ................................... 43
Using shoulder belt guide ........................................ 44
Removing shoulder belt guide ................................. 44
Removing/Installing fabric seat cover ......................... 45
Installing cup holder (when applicable) ....................... 46
Care and maintenance ................................................ 46
Aircra installaon ...................................................... 47
Instrucon manual storage .......................................... 47
Warranty ..................................................................... 48
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Child
restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must
register this restraint to be reached in the event of a
recall, and to be eligible to receive replacement parts
while under warranty.
The model number, serial number and manufacturing
date can be found on a label on the underside of your
child restraint base.
or call:
or register online:
For recall informaon,
call the :
or go to:
For recall informaon, any quesons you may have, or
to make a change of address or contact informaon
please call Customer Service at 1-877-306-1001 or visit
us online at www.harmonyjuvenile.com.
.
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Our Customer Service Department is standing by
to help you with any quesons or concerns you
may have regarding installaon, use, care, parts
and/or maintenance. Please have your product’s
model number and manufacturing date available when
contacng us. These numbers can be found on a label
on the underside of your child restraint. You can reach
us at www.harmonyjuvenile.com or 1-877-306-1001.
: _______________________________
: _____________________________
: ______________________________
Please ll in the informaon below for future reference.
The model number and manufacturing date can be
found on a label on the underside of your child restraint
base.
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. Your child’s safety depends on the proper
installaon and use of this child restraint. Even if this
child restraint seems easy to install and use on your
own, it is to read and understand
these instrucons and the vehicle owner’s manual.
!
!
The safety of your child and the eecveness of this
child restraint depend on:
1. for the child restraint in
your vehicle.
2.
3.
using the harness system,
or a seat belt designed to restrain both the child
restraint and your child. Many seat belts are
safe to use with this child restraint. Please review
the secon “Unsfe vehicle seat belt systems”
(pg. 23) carefully. If in doubt about installing this child
restraint, consult the vehicle owner’s manual or call
the Harmony Customer Service Department.
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Follow all labels on this child restraint and in these
wrien instrucons.
.
However, when correctly installed, a child restraint
will substanally improve the chances for survival and
reduce the risk of serious injury in most crashes.
Carefully follow the instrucons in this manual and in
your vehicle owner’s manual. If there is a discrepancy
between the two, the vehicle owner’s manual must
take precedence with regards to LATCH, seat belts, Top
Tethers and/or airbags.
.
without properly
assembling it.
allow children to play with this child restraint.
leave children alone in a vehicle under any
circumstance.
Set a good example by wearing your seat belt.
Make it a rm rule that the vehicle does not move unl
everyone is buckled up. .
Harmony Juvenile Products advises against loaning
or passing along a child restraint.
or a child restraint
whose history you do not know.
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To prevent injury due to deterioraon, hidden damage,
etc., disconnue use of this child restraint if it is older
than . There is an expiry date for
use of this child restraint indicated on the underside
of the child restraint base.
aer the date
indicated. Please dispose of the unit in a way others
cannot reuse it (e.g. use a dark trash bag, do not sell to
a thri shop or in a garage sale, etc.).
The Naonal Highway Trac Safety Administraon
(NHTSA) and the U.S. Department of Transportaon
recommends that children under the age of 13 years be
placed in the back seat of the vehicle and away from
acve front airbags.
According to accident stascs,
.
Please study the secon “Choosing an appropriate
vehicle seat locaon” (pg. 12).
Many local police and re departments frequently hold
safety inspecon events to ensure that child restraints
are properly installed. Please contact your local
emergency services department to see if and when they
oer this service.
Harmony Juvenile Products recommends
. Failure to use the
vehicle seat belt Top Tether, or LATCH Top
Tether, or to adjust it properly can result in your child
striking the vehicle’s interior in a sharp turn, sudden
stop or crash, which may result in serious injury or
death.
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allow others to install or use this child restraint
unless they read and understand all the instrucons
and labels.
to someone else
without also giving them this instrucon manual.
To ensure proper child restraint use, keep and store
this instrucon manual and refer to it when necessary.
. In a collision, sharp turn or sudden
stop, an unsecured child restraint can injure other
occupants. Remove it or make sure that it is securely
aached with the vehicle seat belt
Top Tether, or LATCH Top
Tether, even when not in use. If not
using LATCH and/or Top Tether, make
sure LATCH and Top Tether connectors
are properly stored on back of the
child restraint ❶.
if the child restraint is not properly installed
or if your child is not properly secured in the child
restraint.
leave folding vehicle seats unlatched. In
the event of a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash, a
loose seat back could prevent the child restraint from
protecng the child as well as it should.
leave loose objects, e.g. books, bags, etc.,
in the back of a vehicle. In the event of a sharp turn,
sudden stop or crash, loose objects will keep moving,
potenally causing serious injuries.
Store the child restraint in a safe place when not in
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use. place heavy objects on top of the child
restraint while in storage.
. Contact with these parts can injure your child.
touch the surface of any metal or plasc
parts before pung your child in the child restraint.
Cover the child restraint with a towel or blanket when
the vehicle is parked in direct sunlight.
use this child restraint with unsafe vehicle seat
belts listed in secon “Unsafe vehicle seat belt systems”
(pg. 23) of this manual. Your child would be seriously
injured in the event of a crash.
use this child restraint if it can’t be properly
installed. It is possible that your vehicle has no suitable
seang posion for this child restraint due to seat belt
type, airbag system and/or lack of locaon of a tether
strap anchor. Read and follow these instrucons, and
your vehicle owner’s manual carefully.
aach two LATCH lower connectors to the
same anchor point.
This child restraint system conforms to Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standards, secon 213 and 213.2.
: This child
restraint conforms to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards 213 and is cered for use in passenger
motor vehicles and aircra.
: This child
restraint (booster seat) conforms to Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard 213.2 and is cered for use
in passenger motor vehicles only. This restraint is
for aircra use when used as a booster
the harness.
This child restraint must be used in homes, boats,
buses, motorcycles, motor homes, or any other vehicles
that have non-forward-facing seats, missing seat belts,
or whose seat belts do not meet the requirements of
this child restraint.
This child restraint is compable with vehicle child
restraint ower nchors and ethers for ildren
(LATCH).
. An accident can
cause damage to the child restraint that you cannot
see.
.
An inang airbag may cause serious injury or death.
Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for informaon
about airbags and child restraint installaon.
This child restraint may be used in a rear seang posion
equipped with side impact airbags providing they are:
• Roof mounted;
• “Curtain” type deployment;
• Will interfere with, impact or in any way
reposion the child restraint when inated.
Please refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for airbag
type, and for appropriate use with child restraints.
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use this child restraint if it is damaged in any
way or has missing parts.
tamper with or modify the child restraint,
including the buckles, harness system or LATCH, for
any reason.
use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt,
LATCH belt or harness.
use anything to raise the child restraint o
the vehicle seat. Untested modicaons such as
adding extra padding could aect the safety of the
child restraint and result in serious injury or death in
a crash.
This includes any accessories or parts by other
manufacturers as non-tested accessories can aect
the safety of the child restraint.
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Some seang posions in your vehicle may be
safe for this child restraint. Some vehicles have
seang posions which are compable with this
child restraint because of the type of seat, seat belt
system, airbag system, lack of locaon to anchor the
Top Tether strap and/or any seang posions where
the child restraint is level and stable when installed.
read and follow the vehicle owner’s manual
for child restraint system use.
!
Children aged 13 and under
ride in the rear seats,
away from front airbags. The
only excepon is if the airbags are turned o. When
using a child restraint in a vehicle with airbags, refer to
the vehicle owner’s manual for addional installaon
instrucons and precauons. Failure to disable the
airbag system can result in serious injury or death.
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Only use this child restraint in forward-facing vehicle
seats. Side-facing or rear-facing seats in vans, staon
wagons or trucks be used.
!
. use
the child restraint with the following vehicle seats:
• Seats which face sides of vehicle.
• Seats which face rear of vehicle.
• Rear seats of small extended cab pickup trucks.
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• The front of the child restraint
hang over the edge
of the vehicle seat by more
than 2 inches (5 cm).
Refer to the vehicle owner’s manual
for child restraint installaon
instrucons for your specic vehicle.
use this booster seat if it can’t be properly
leveled, stabilized, and installed as per this instrucon
manual. It is possible that your vehicle has no suitable
seang posion for this booster seat due to seang
surface, seat belt type and/or airbag system. Read and
follow these instrucons, and your vehicle owner’s
manual carefully.
!
: Verify your child’s height and weight
frequently. guess before choosing the proper
setup for your child.
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Harmony Juvenile Products recommends using the
child restraint the internal harness system as long
as possible unl the weight or height limits specied
are reached.
Harmony Juvenile Products recommends that you
conrm state laws with local authories. Laws
vary from state to state regarding minimum / maximum
child restraint requirements for age, weight and height.
Your child must meet requirements:
• : Between 22 and 65 pounds (10 - 29.5 kg).
• : Between 27 and 57 inches (68.6 - 144.8 cm).
• At least one (1) year old.
• Shoulders are top harness
slots.
• Child’s ears top
of the headrest. If tops of ears are
above the top of the headrest at its
maximum height, the child is too
large for the child restraint.
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Your child must meet requirements:
• : Between 30 and 110 pounds (13.6 - 50 kg).
• : Between 34 and 57 inches (86.4 - 144.8 cm).
• The shoulder belt lie across
child’s shoulder and the lap poron
of the belt be posioned
low on the child’s hips.
• Child’s ears the
top of the vehicle seat cushion/
vehicle headrest. If tops of ears are
above the top of the vehicle seat
cushion/vehicle headrest at its
maximum height, the child is too
large for the booster seat.
Your child must meet requirements:
• : Between 30 and 110 pounds (13.6 - 50 kg).
• : Between 34 and 57 inches (86.4 - 144.8 cm).
• The shoulder belt lie across
child’s shoulder and the lap poron
of the belt be posioned
low on the child’s hips.
• Child’s ears top
of the headrest. If tops of ears are
above the top of the headrest at its
maximum height, the child is too
large for the booster seat.
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Child is too tall
when top of ears (mid-point of child’s
head) are above the top of the child
restraint’s headrest.
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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Headrest
Backrest
Base
Shoulder Belt Guides
Harness Straps, Buckle and Clips
Chest Clip
Shoulder Pads
Crotch Strap and Pad
1-Hand Headrest Height Adjustment Handle
(Under Headrest Fabric)
Cup Holder
Metal Up-Front Harness Adjustment Buon
(Above Strap)
Up-Front Harness Adjustment Strap
Recline Knob
Headrest Fabric Cover (Pre-Installed)
Backrest Fabric Cover (Pre-Installed)
Seat Fabric Cover (Pre-Installed)
Top Tether
“LATCH” System
Harness Splier Plate
Mesh Storage Pouch
Backrest Plate
Latch Storage Loops
Screw with Plasc Knob, Washers and Plasc
Encased Inner Bolt (x2)
Locking Clip
Shoulder Belt Guide with 0.5 inch (1.3 cm)
Screw (for Backless Booster mode)
Base Plate with Instrucon Manual Storage
In the United States or Canada, please
contact us at www.harmonyjuvenile.com
or by calling 1-877-306-1001.
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