Phil & Teds Capsule Base User manual

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READ
KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
FOR YOUR CHILD'S SAFETY
THESE INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE USE
CAREFULLY
Capsule Base
Group 0+
Suitable for birth to 13kg child
protect™
alpha™

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For rights & remedies, refer www.philandteds.com/warranty
The Capsule Base complies with requirements applicable in
market of sale
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Congratulations on choosing your
new car seat capsule base!
Product Care
Safety Warnings
Features
Instructions

Product care
CLEANING & CARING
Check your car seat for cuts & bruises. If your product is
damaged in any way, or you’re not sure how to use it, please
consult our web support from where you can access a local
customer care team.
Caring for your car seat
Unlike children, your car seat likes to stay clean.
Cleaning the fabric cover:
• Read the label on the removable cover for washing
instructions.
• Hand wash in warm water only
• DO NOT tumble dry.
• The fabric cover can be easily removed for washing.
1. Remove the harness by gently feeding it through from the
front to the back of the seat.
2. Next remove the crotch strap, including buckle, by rotat-
ing it a quarter turn and feeding it out through the seat
shell. The cover should now be free of obstruction.
3. Remove the cover and hand wash it at 30ºC; dry flat -
away from direct heat.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Group 0+
Suitable for birth to 13kg child.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND MUST
BE KEPT WITH THE SEAT FOR FUTURE
REFERENCE.
This product should be used rearward facing until the
child is too large for the seat or exceeds 13kgs.
This product should never be used
forward facing.

Product care
IMPORTANT
4. To replace the cover follow the instructions above
in reverse.
Cleaning the harness, chest pads and seat:
• Sponge clean only. Use hand soap and warm water.
• DO NOT use solvents, harsh detergents or washing
up liquids as these may weaken the harness and seat.
• Use only mild detegents.
• DO NOT lubricate or oil any part of the seat.
• DO NOT wring.
• Dry thoroughly before storage.
• Store in a well ventilated space, away from direct
sunlight which could damage or fade your product.
• Store in a safe place when it is not being used. Avoid
placing heavy objects on top of it.
• DO NOT allow to come into contact with corrosive
substances e.g. battery acid.
Please read thoroughly before commencing
installation as an incorrect installation could be
dangerous.
• Onlysuitableforuseinvehiclesttedwitha
three-point seat belt approved under UN/ECE 16
or equivalent standard.
• Thecategoryofthischildrestraintsystemis
“SEMI-UNIVERSAL” and it is suitable for
installation in the vehicles and in the seat
positions indicated in the vehicle list on
philandteds.com or mountainbuggy.com.
• Ifindoubt,consultthemanufacturer,retaileror
 certiedinstaller.
The correct use and maintenance of your carseat
will ensure it gives long and trouble free use. When
somebody else is using your car seat, ensure that they
also know how to use it and especially the correct way to
adjust it. The safety of your child is your responsibility.

Safety Warnings
WARNINGS
• PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS IN
THIS MANUAL AND IN THE VEHICLE
OWNER’S MANUAL RELATED TO CHILD
SAFETY SEATS CAREFULLY AND
UNDERSTAND THEM. INSTALL AND USE
THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT AS DESCRIBED
IN THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL. FAILURE
TO DO THIS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH OF YOUR CHILD. THE
INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE RETAINED
WITH THE CHILD RESTRAINT FOR THE
FUTURE USE.
• BECAUSE OF POTENTIAL MEDICAL
ISSUES INHERENT IN LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
AND PREMATURE INFANTS, ALWAYS HAVE
A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR, OR
HOSPITAL STAFF MEMBER ASSESS THE
SUITABILITY OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT
PRIOR TO LEAVING THE HOSPITAL OR
USING THE CHILD RESTRAINT.
• Do not remove any labels on the child safety
seat. Important information is contained on
the labels.
• Do not use a child safety seat with damaged
or missing parts.
• Do not use damaged or frayed harness
straps or vehicle belt.
• Do not modify or attempt to modify the child
safety seat in any way.
• Do not take apart or attempt to take apart
this child safety seat except as instructed in
this manual.
• Do not use a child safety seat that has been
in a crash. A crash can cause damage to the
child safety seat that you cannot see.
• Do not replace the child seat cover or
harness with any other than the ones we
recommend as these parts are integral to the
child safety seat’s performance.
• Make sure that the child safety seat does

Safety Warnings
not become trapped by folding or moveable
passenger seat or in the door of your car.
• Do not use on the vehicle seats that face
the sides or rear of the vehicle. Use the child
safety seat only on the vehicle seats that
face forward. According to accident statistics,
children are safer when properly restrained
in the rear seating positions than in the front
seating positions.
• Donotuseinanycongurationnotshownin
the instructions.
• Never use this child safety seat with 2 point
vehicle belts.
• Do not use belt routing methods not shown in
these instructions.
• Do not allow children to play with or adjust
the child safety seat.
• Always check the tightness of the restraint
and the harness before each use.
• Do not use a second-hand child seat or child
seat whose history you do not know.
• Do not use this child safety seat in a
passenger seat with an active airbag unless
thevehiclemanufacturerconrmsthatitissafe.
• This child restraint should be securely belted
in the vehicle even when not in use. In a
crash or sudden stop, an unsecured child
safety seat may injure other occupants.
• Make sure to properly secure any loose
objects, such as luggage or books, in your
car as they may cause injuries in the event
of an accident.
• Never leave your child unattended in a car
even for a short time.
• Never take your child out of the child safety
seat when the vehicle is moving.
• Never use this child safety seat without the
car seat cover.
• Hot! Cover the child safety seat when left in
direct sunlight. Parts of a child safety seat

Safety Warnings
may become too hot for the child’s skin.
Always check surfaces before placing a child
in the child seat.
• Do not use any load bearing contact points
other than those described in the instructions
and marked in the child restraint.
• The rigid items and plastic parts of a child
restraint must be so located and installed that
they are not liable, during everyday use of the
vehicle to become trapped by a movable seat
or in a door of the vehicle.
• We recommended that any straps holding
the restraint to the vehicle should be tight,
that any straps restraining the child should be
adjusted to the child's body, and that straps
should not be twisted.
• Important. Please ensure that any lap strap
iswornlowdown,sothatthepelvisisrmly
engaged.
• Never use this child restraint with any other
base except ones that the manufacturer permits.
• Always make sure all vehicle belts and
harness straps are not twisted before each use.
• Never leave the child in the child seat when
the harness straps are loose or undone.
• Do not leave your child in this child restraint
for an extended period of time.
• Always install the child safety seat in a rear-
facing position.
• Never install the child safety seat forward facing.
• Do not use alternative routings not shown in
these instructions.
• Make sure all folding passenger seats are
property latched.
• All occupants of the vehicle should be
correctly restrained. Unrestrained passengers
may be thrown into other passengers and
cause serious injury or death in a crash.
• Always make sure the handle is properly

Safety Warnings
locked in the upright carrying position before
carrying a child in the child seat.
• Never place the car seat or infant carrier near
the edge of an elevated surface or on a soft
item such as a seat cushion or mattress. The
car seat or infant carrier could fall off these
surfaces and cause serious injury or death.
• Never use the child safety seat with a
shopping cart.
• Only suitable for use in the listed vehicles
ttedwith3pointsafetybelts,approvedto
ECE Regulation No. 16 or other equivalent
standards.
• Make sure the adult safety-belt buckle does
not contact or interfere with the main load
bearing contact points on the car seat.
• Contact the child restraint manufacturer or
your retailer if in doubt about these points.

Safety Warnings
Do not use on
a passenger
seat with a front
airbag.
On outer rear seat YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
On a rearward-facing seat
On seats facing sidewards
On rear seat with lapbelt only
Front seat with airbag off
On centre rear seat with
3-point belt

Safety Warnings
CHECKLIST BEFORE USE
Inspect
• Childrestraintfreeofdamage
Verify Child within Size Range
• Weightbetween0-13kg
• Height74cmorless(topofhead2cmormore 
below top of shell)
Install Child Restraint Rearward-facing in Safe
Location in Vehicle
• Vehicleseatsthatfacefrontofvehicleonly
• Handlelockedinspeciedposition
• Childfacingrearofvehicle
• PositionwithNOactiveairbag
• 3point(shoulder/lap)beltused
• Seatbeltnottwisted
• Beltpathfollowed
• Tightagainstvehicleseat
Secure Child Properly in Child Restraint
• Correctshoulderstrapheight
• Harnessnottwisted
• Harnesslowacrosships
• Harnesssecureandtight

Features
Features
01 Handle
02 HeadSupport
03 ShoulderPads
04 InfantPads
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
8
10
11
12
15
16
17
18
19
13
14
05 Harness
06 Buckle
07 AdjusterButton
08 CrotchPad
09 AdjusterStrap
10 Canopy
11 Handle Release Button
12 Lap Belt Guide

Features
Features
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21
24
23
22
09 AdjusterStrap
10 Canopy
11 Handle Release Button
12 Lap Belt Guide
13 Crotch Belt
14 Crotch Strap Slot
15 ShoulderBeltGuide
16 Harness Slot
17 SplitterPlate
18 Shell
19 Adapter*(onlyforsomemodels)
20 StoragefortheManual
21 Lock Off
22 Release Button
23 Support Leg
24 Support Leg Adjustment Button

Instructions
HARNESS POSITIONING
1a Position the height of harness according to the child’s
height.The harness straps should be level with the
child’s shoulders. Do not use the child restraint
with the harness if the child’s shoulder are above
the heightest slots in the backrest or if the child’s
weight exceeds 13kg.
1b Put the two buckle clips together, then lock into
 thefemalebuckle.(1b)
Tighten the straps until they are in contact with your
child's body.
CAUTION!
The hip belt must lie as low as possible over your
child's hips.
1a
1b

Instructions
ADJUSTING THE HANDLE
2a Thereare4positions:Invehicleposition(A), 
 Carryposition(A),Middleposition(B,C),and 
 Stationaryposition(D)
2b To adjust, squeeze handle release buttons on both
sides, then rotate the handle, The handle will lock
into position.
2c You should hear a click when the handle button
is engaged and handle is locked into the upright
carrying position.
WARNING:
Always make sure the handle is securely locked in
the upright carrying position before carrying.
2a
2b
2c

Instructions
ADJUSTING THE HARNESS
3a Adjust the shoulder straps height so they are
level with, or just below child shoulders.
3b To adjust the height of shoulder straps, you need to
take out the straps from the splitter plate located in
the rear of the seat.
3d Pull both straps through the shell and seat cover.
3e Thread the harness straps through the proper
harness slot. Make sure that both straps are even and
not twisted. From the rear of the seat, secure the
 harnessstrapontothesplitterplate(reversethe3b).
 Pulltomakesuretheharnessstrapsarermly 
secured onto the splitter plate. Remember,
shoulder straps should be level with, or just below
 thechild’sshoulders(3a).
3a
3b
3c
3d
3e

Instructions
ADJUSTING THE CROTCH STRAP POSITION
Thecrotchstrapadjuststo2positionstotthechild’s
size. Only move crotch strap position to outer position
 whenthechildweighsmorethan7kg.Typicallythisis
when the harness is in middle slots.
4a To move the crotch strap, locate the metal plate attached
 tothecrotchstrapunderthechildrestraint(4a).Rotatethe
metal plate and push it through the shell and seat cover.
Loosen harness adjuster strap if it is in the way.
4b Locate the appropriate crotch strap slot and insert the
metal plate and crotch strap through the seat cover and
 shell(4b).Pullonharnessbuckletomakesurecrotchstrap
is securely installed.
4a
4b

Instructions
SECURING THE CHILD IN CHILD RESTRAINT
5a Press the adjuster button on the front center of the seat,
and pull on both shoulder straps to loosen the harness.
5b Press the red button on the buckle to release the
shoulder straps and move them to the side.
5c Place child’s bottom on the seat and the child’s back
at against the back of the child restraint.This will
increase the child’s comfort and allow the harness to
properly secure the child. Slide shoulder straps over the
 child’sshoulders(5c).Makesuretheharnessisator
below the top of the child’s shoulders.
5a
5b
5c

Instructions
5d Align the top and bottom buckle clips to form
one clip.
5e Insert into the buckle until you hear a “click”. Make sure the
shoulder straps are not twisted. Adjust the shoulder pads
over the centre of the child’s shoulders.
5f Pull the harness adjustment strap until shoulder straps are
tight against the child.
5g Forpropertightness,onengershouldtbetweenthe
harness straps and the child’s shoulders.
To remove the child, loosen shoulder straps and release
buckle.
 Discontinueusewhenchild’sweight>13kg,height>74cm
or head is less than 2cm above the top of the shell.
SECURING THE CHILD IN CHILD RESTRAINT
5a Press the adjuster button on the front center of the seat,
and pull on both shoulder straps to loosen the harness.
5b Press the red button on the buckle to release the
shoulder straps and move them to the side.
5c Place child’s bottom on the seat and the child’s back
at against the back of the child restraint. This will
increase the child’s comfort and allow the harness to
properly secure the child. Slide shoulder straps over the
 child’sshoulders(5c).Makesuretheharnessisator
below the top of the child’s shoulders.
5d
5e
5f
5g

Instructions
APPROVED USES OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE
• ALWAYSsecurethechildwiththeharnesswhenplacing
the child in the child restraint.
• ALWAYSmakesurethehandleissecurelylockedbefore
using. For use as an infant carrier, place handle in carrying
 station(Ain2a).Forrocking,placethechildrestrainton
 levelground,makesurehandleisincarrierpositions(Ain
2a) and lock gently.
• Forfeedingandresting,placeseatonsecureand 
level surface away from the edge of elevated surfaces, and
 puthandleinthestationaryposition(Din2a).