Peg-Perego PRIMO VIAGGIO 4-35 User manual

Do not install or use this child restraint
until you read and understand all
instructions in this manual. To avoid
serious injuries to your baby, follow the
instructions carefully and be sure to buckle
your baby using the 5-point harness.
WARNING: Child Requirements:
Weight limits: 4 - 35 lbs (1.8 - 15.8 kg)
Maximum height: 32 inches (81.3 cm)
USA
Instructions for use EN
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PRIMO VIAGGIO 4.35
OWNER’S MANUAL

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© 2014 Peg Perego. All rights reserved.
Table of Contents
Before You Start page 3
Customer Service/Registration Form page 4
Safety Rules page 5
Your Car Seat page 8
Your Car Seat Base page 10
Travel System page 11
Serial Numbers page 12
Assembly before first use page 13
Installation Instructions page 14
LATCH SYSTEM overview page 15
Vehicle seat belt overview page 16
Non compatible vehicle belt designs or seating
positions page 23
Installing the Base page 24
How to level the base in the vehicle page 25
How to Install the Base using the LATCH SYSTEM
page 26
How to install the Base using your VEHICLE SEAT BELT
page 29
Installing the Base with different Types of Seat Belts
page 31
Installing the Car Seat on the Base page 32
Installing the Car Seat without the Base page 34
Installing the Car Seat with different Types of Seat
Belts page 36
Use of a Locking Clip page 37
How to buckle your baby into the Car Seat
page 38
How to raise or lower the Shoulder Straps
page 43
Dual Cushion System page 45
Using the Car Seat outside the Vehicle page 46
How to use the Car Seat on aircraft page 49
Cleaning and Maintenance page 50
How to wash the chair padding - Cover removal
page 51
How to wash the chair padding - Refitting
page 54
Replacement Parts page 56

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1 Please read this manual carefully. Keep this manual in the rear compartment of your
child car seat.
2 Review car seat parts and read through instructions. Read and understand the
labels and all the instructions before using this car seat.
3 Fill in and return the registration form (see page 4).
4 All assembly must be performed by an adult.
5 Do not use the car seat if damaged or parts are missing.
6 Use only parts or accessories that come with the unit. Do not modify or repair any part.
7 Remember: this car seat is to be installed rear facing only.
8 Peg Perego has the right to make changes to the product at any time without notice.
Before You Start

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Call Peg Perego USA Customer Service at
1-800-671-1701 (toll free) for information
about repairs or spare parts. If any part
is missing or damaged, replace with Peg
Perego parts only. See page 56 for a list of
replacement parts.
If you want more than one base, you can
purchase it from your local dealer, or you
can call 1-800-671-1701 (toll free), or you
can go to www.pegperego.com.
Important! 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:
Peg Perego U.S.A., Inc.
3625 Independence Drive
Fort Wayne, IN 46808
Or call 1-800-671-1701 (toll free)
Or register online at
www.carseat-registration.pegperego.com
For recall information, 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
Important! This information is already
available on the registration form attached
to your new car seat. All that you can do is
tear off the part indicated and send through
ordinary mail. We have already paid for it.
Complete and send in the registration
form right away.
Customer Service Registration Form

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WARNING
• This car seat meets or exceeds all
applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standard 213 requirements for use in
motor vehicles and aircraft.
• Read all instructions before use of the
child carrier. Keep instructions for future
reference in the dedicated pocket located
in the rear compartment of this car seat.
• Your child could be seriously injured
if you do not follow instructions and
warning labels correctly.
• Use this car seat rear facing only. This seat
is not designed to face forward. Serious
injury or death can occur in an accident
if you install the seat facing forward.
• If your vehicle has air bags, do not
install this car seat on a seating position
equipped with an active air bag. In case
of air bag deployment the restraint
could be hit with severe force. Death or
serious injuries can occur to the restraint
occupant.
• If your vehicle is equipped with air bags,
Safety Rules
refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for
instructions on where to install a child
car seat.
• Owners of vehicles with front (or rear)
passenger side air bags should refer to
their vehicle owner’s manual for child
restraint installation instructions.
• This car seat is certified for use with
or without base. Use of the base is
highly recommended for ease of proper
installation. Install this car seat without
the base only if needed.
• Never install the car seat in the front
vehicle seat unless instructed by your
vehicle manual. According to accident
statistics, children are safer when properly
restrained in the rear seating positions
than in the front seating positions.

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WARNING
• NEVER leave the child unattended.
• Always buckle your baby into the car
seat with the harness. Be sure to latch
buckles correctly.
• Fall hazard: child's activity can
move carrier. NEVER place carrier on
countertops, table or any other elevated
surface.
• Do not use in the seating area or across
the top of shopping carts.
• Suffocation hazard: child carrier
can roll over on soft surfaces and
suffocate child. NEVER place carrier
on beds, sofas or other soft surfaces.
• Strangulation hazard: children have
STRANGLED in loose or partially buckled
harness straps. Fully restrain the child
even when carrier is used outside the
vehicle.
• In case of accident: if this car seat is
involved in a car accident, it may be
no longer safe to use. You may need to
get a new unit. Call customer service
at 1-800-671-1701 (toll free) for more
information.
• Do not use this carrier if it is broken or
damaged.
• If you use a lap belt or lap/shoulder
belt to install the base, you must use
a seat belt that locks in place. Please
refer to your owner's vehicle manual for
additional information. You may need
to use a locking clip, not provided with
this seat.
• When lifting the seat out of the base, be
sure you first secure the handle into the
carrying position.
• Keep fingers away from moving parts.
Safety Rules

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WARNING
• Use only with children who weigh
between 4 and 35 pounds (1.8 and 15.8
kg) and whose height is 32 inches (81.3
cm) or less. If your baby was born with
low birth weight, ask your doctor for
special instructions on using a child car
seat.
• Never leave your baby alone in the car
seat. He/she could get tangled in the
straps and be seriously injured or could
move or tip the seat.
• Install this car seat on front facing
seats only. Do not use on rear facing or
side facing seats or in cars with door-
mounted or motorized shoulder belts.
• Use this car seat in vehicles with
standard lap or lap/shoulder belts or
universal lower anchors. If your vehicle
has lower anchors, use those to secure
the car seat instead of the standard seat
belt. Read your vehicle manual to locate
the lower anchors.
• Be sure the car seat is properly leveled.
If the seat reclines too much, your baby
can be injured or ejected from the seat.
If the seat is too upright, it can cause
your baby to have breathing problems,
which could lead to injury or death.
• Do not leave the car seat or base
unsecured in the vehicle, even if not
occupied. A loose car seat can injure
other passengers in a crash.
• Do not use this unit after seven (7) years
from the date of production labeled on
the seat.
• Do not hang toys on handle of seat.
• Use only approved parts. Use of
unapproved parts can affect the safety
of the car seat and cause serious injury
or death in an accident.
Safety Rules

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HOOD
Splitter plate
Harness
shoulder straps
Waist anchors
BACK
Chest clip
Harness buckle
Harness latch plate
5 POINT HARNESS SYSTEM
Shoulder pads
FRONT
Seat handle
First stage cushion
Second stage cushion
Side Impact
Head protection
Harness adjuster button
Harness adjuster strap
Your Car Seat

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Rear compartment door
Sliding harness plate
Release lever
Harness plate button
Energy absorbing Expanded
Polystyrene (EPS) foam lined shell
and headrest for added impact
protection.
Your Car Seat

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Your Car Seat Base
Rear latches
Front latches
Integrated Right Tight locko clip
Level indicator
UAS connector
Angle adjuster knob
Latch strap
Color coded belt slots
Anti rebound bar

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Base
Seat Chassis /Strollers:
. Booklet
. Book
. Book Plus
. Book Pop-Up
. Switch Four
. Duette
. Triplette
Travel System

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Serial Numbers
Open the rear compartment door to read
the product identity label as shown in the
picture. The label carries the following
information: product name, production
date and serial number, which identify
your product uniquely.
Every buckle and harness used on Primo
Viaggio 4.35 is marked with a production
serial number located as shown in the
pictures.
In the event of problems with the
product, these details may be requested
by PegPerego Customer Service.

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Assembly before first use
Primo Viaggio 4.35 is almost ready for use.
Disconnect the car seat from the base
following instructions at page 25.
Snap fit the anti-rebound bar into the
base as shown in the picture.
Check that the bar is properly installed by
pulling on top of it trying to detach the
bar from the base.
IMPORTANT NOTE: the anti rebound bar
provides extra protection in case of a
rear collision or during the movement of
the seat in a crash. Always assemble it
properly.
In case, the anti rebound bar can be
removed by pressing the buttons located
inside each latch connector storage
housing.
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Installation Instructions
Peg Perego Primo Viaggio 4.35 is certified
for use with or without the base. Use of
the base is highly recommended because
it makes installation easier and therefore
safer.
Unlatch the seat from the base following
instructions at page 25, then re-latch and
repeat this operation until you are familiar
with this important feature.

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LATCH SYSTEM overview
Primo Viaggio 4.35 is equipped with latch connectors on the base (refer to page 26 for
latch operation). Latches must be connected to your vehicle latch anchors located at the
junction of the seat and backrest in your vehicle seat. There are at least two anchors for
each seating position and they are spaced by about 11" (28 cm). They may be visible or
slightly recessed into the vehicle upholstery and can be protected by plastic or fabric
shields. The LATCH anchor can be located by this symbol:
Check your Vehicle Owner's Manual to
nd the LATCH anchor locations in your
vehicle and the possible combinations of
use of a child restraint in it.
11” - 28cm

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Vehicle seat belt overview
VEHICLE SEATBELTS: this child seat is designed to be installed with vehicle belts.
There are many dierent vehicle belt designs. Unfortunately, some may be unsuitable
for a safe installation of Primo Viaggio 4.35. Please read carefully the pages below.
Check your vehicle owner’s manual or call Peg Perego Customer Service @ 1-800-671-
1701 for additional help.
The most common vehicle belt is
composed of a web strap (a), a latch
plate (b), a buckle (c) and a retractor (d).
A retractor is a spring loaded device that
rolls the seatbelt automatically when not
in use. Common retractors are:
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)
allows the occupant to have free
movement while buckled up, but in
an emergency situation or crash the
retractor instantly locks securing the
occupant.
Switchable Locking Retractor (ELR —>
ALR) Switches from Emergency Locking
Retractor (ELR) to an Automatic Locking
Retractor (ALR). This allows the user to
lock the retractor at a set position (also
called child restraint mode) used for
securing child seats.

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Vehicle seat belt overview
ALR mode is activated by extending the
retractor all the way out until a "click" is
heard, next let the seat belt (webbing)
retract into the retractor to the desired
length and stop the belt at that point.
The retractor locks and will not let the belt
lengthen at that point (only retract).
To cancel ALR mode and return the
retractor to the ELR mode, just let the
retractor retract the webbing all the way
back into the retractor.
A latch plate can be a sliding latch plate (a)
or a locking latch plate (b). A sliding latch
plate is available on lap/shoulder belt
only and moves freely along the strap. A
Locking latch plate has a mechanism to
lock the movement of the plate on the
strap.

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Lap/shoulder belt (3-point) with
Switchable Locking Retractor (ELR
—> ALR) and free sliding latch plate.
This type of seat belt has a latch plate that
moves freely along the belt. To activate
ALR for child restraint installation, some
vehicle models may require to pull the
belt all the way out; some other vehicle
models may require to pull the belt for
a certain length (check vehicle owner’s
manual for details).
For installation of Primo Viaggio 4.35,
leave the seatbelt in ELR mode and use
the locko clip integrated in the child
seat base.
A locking clip may be required when the
child seat is used without base (refer to
page 37).
ELR ALR
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Vehicle seat belt overview

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Lap/shoulder belt (3-point) with
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)
and with a locking latch plate. This
type of belt can be adjusted by pulling/
releasing the strap at the latch plate
adjuster. Please refer to your vehicle
owner’s manual for details.
A locking clip may be required when the
child seat is used without base (refer to
page 37).
Note: Some locking latch plates need to
have the web positioned at the correct
angle for proper locking. Make sure the
latch plate properly locks when installing
the car seat with a locking latch plate.
Note: some vehicles are equipped with
switchable latch plate that can switch
from a sliding type to a locking type. In
this specic case, make sure that the latch
plate is in a locking mode.
ELR
SLIDE LOCK
Vehicle seat belt overview

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Vehicle seat belt overview
Lap/shoulder belt (3-point) with
Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR)
and free sliding latch plate. This type
of seat belt has a latch plate that moves
freely along the belt; it will only lock in an
emergency (sudden stop or crash).
For installation of Primo Viaggio 4.35,
leave the seatbelt in ELR mode and use
the locko clip integrated in the child
seat base.
A locking clip may be required when the
child seat is used without base (refer to
page 37).
If additional help is needed, consult with a
Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST).
To locate a technician go to the website at
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cps/cpstting/index.cfm
ELR