Sparco Corsa Sparco F500i Isofix User manual

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ECE R44/04 GROUP 1
ISOFIX for Group 1 Sparco F500i
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
9-18
kgs

WARNING!
PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY BEFORE COMMENCING
INSTALLATION AS AN INCORRECT INSTALLATION
COULD BE DANGEROUS.
DO NOT USE THIS CHILD SEAT IN PASSENGER
SEATS EQUIPPED WITH AIRBAGS.
This child seat must only be installed in a forward
facing position in passenger seats. Do not use on
side facing or rear facing seats .
Never use this child seat without fastening the
child's harness correctly, and never attempt to use it
without fastening it into the car as described in these
instructions.
Do not modify the seat in any way.
In the event of an emergency it is important that the
child can be released quickly, this means that the
buckle is not fully tamperproof and so your child
must be taught never to play with the buckle .
Do not leave your child unattended in the seat at any
time.
It is recommended that this car seat should be
changed when it has been subjected to violent
stresses in an accident or has become badly worn,
periodically inspect the harness for wear, paying
particular attention to the attachment points,
stitching and adjusting devices.
Ensure that no part of the seat is trapped in a door or
folding seat, if your car has a folding rear seat,
ensure that it is correctly latched in the upright
position.
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WARNING!
Car interiors can become very hot when in direct
sunlight, it is therefore recommended that the child
seat is covered when not in use this prevents
components ,particularly those attached to the child
seat ,becoming hot and burning the child.
Luggage and other heavy or sharp objects should be
secured in the car, loose objects are liable to cause
injury in the event of an accident.
The safest seating position for a child car seat is on
the rear seat of a vehicle.
The child restraint must not be used without cover.
The seat cover should not be replaced with any
other than the one recommended by the manufac-
turer, because the cover constitutes an integral part
of the restraint performance.
Keep this manual properly for future reference.
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IMPORTANT!:
When installed with 3-point-belt in combination with
support leg, the child seat must be used by 3-point belt
that approved to UN/ECE Regulation No.16 or other
equivalent standards.
IMPORTANT!:
When installed with ISOFIX attachment, read the car
manufacturer’s hand book before use.

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Know Your Child Car Seat
14. Head pillow
15. Belts slots
16. Shoulder pads
17. Harness strap
18. Buckle
19. Crotch strap bracket
20. Harness releasing button
21. Recline handle
22. Adjuster strap
23. ISOFIX connector extending lever
24. Floor support leg
1. Seat cover
2. Seat shell
3. Upper shaft and lock
4. Lower shaft and lock
5. Lock-o device
6. Belt guard door
7. Red hooks
8. Warning marking
9. Belt yoke
10. Seat base
11. ISOFIX connectors
12. ISOFIX indicator
13. ISOFIX releasing
button
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Installation
Five positions of the car seat
Install the child car seat using ISOFIX system.
Group l(9-18kg)
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The car seat can be used in
five positions:
lift the handle under the
front of the seat up and pull
or push the shell forwards
or backwards. Release the
handle in the required
position and push until you
hear a distinct click.
Place the seat forward
facing in your car.
Pull the lever to extend the
ISOFIX connectors.
Lock on the two ISOFIX
connector into the ISOFIX
anchorages, the ISOFIX
indicator will turn to green,
when the connector is locked
to the anchorages.
Pull and hold the ISOFIX
adjusting lever, and pull the
child seat into the car seat ,
release the lever when there
is no space between the
child seat back and car seat.

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Extend the floor support leg
fully out ,adjust the height of
the floor support leg to make
sure the leg is reached the
floor of your car.
This child seat can also be installed with a 3-point
safety belt, however always in combination with the
adjusted floor support leg.
Place the child seat into car
seat, Pull the lower shaft
out of the seat.
Adjust the child car seat into
the most-reclined position,
then tilt the seat shell
forward.
Installing the car seat using a 3-point safety
belt with floor support leg.
Group 1 (9-18kg)

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Thread the car belt through
the seat base and secure
the car belt in the belt
buckle.
Make sure the lap portion of
car belt fits under the red
hooks, the diagonal portion
of car belt runs from the belt
buckle directly diagonal
upwards.
Push the child car seat into
the vehicle seat firmly, pull
the diagonal belt tight to
remove the slack in the belt,
then place the diagonal car
belt in the lock-o device
and fasten it.
Fit back the lower shaft into
child seat and lock.
Then pull out a small portion
of the upper metal shaft, let
the shoulder belt go through
inside of the upper metal
shaft, and secure the upper
metal shaft.
Make sure that there is no
kinks or twists in car belt.

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Extend the floor support leg
fully out, adjust the height of
the floor support leg to
make sure the leg is
contacted to the floor of your
car firmly.
Loosen the shoulder belts by
pressing the release button
and pulling the shoulder belts
towards you.
Note! Do not pull on the belt
pads.
Then open the harness buckle
(press the red release button).
Draw the belts over the hooks
on the shell.
Put your baby comfortably
with his/her back against the
shell and make sure that there
are no toys or other hard
objects in the shell.
Slide buckle tongue sections
together and insert them in the
buckle. Pull the shoulder belts
tight.
Pull the remaining slack out of
the belt system & pull the belts
tight by the harness strap.
Fit your child with harness system.
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The correct belt height of the
shoulder belts is attained
when the belt disappears into
the shell slightly above the
shoulder of the child.
Make sure that the shoulder
belts fit properly over the
shoulders of the child.
Loosen the shoulder belts by
pressing the release button
and pulling the shoulder belts
as far as you can. Note! Do not
pull the belt pads!
Adjust the baby car seat into
the sleeping position.
Take the lower shaft out of
the seat, then pull the seat
back.
Adjusting the height of the shoulder belts
The shoulder harnesses can be set to four heights and
must be passed through the holes closest to the shoulders
of your child. If the shoulders of your child are between two
pairs of holes, use the higher ones.

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Open the belt guard door.
Make sure that the buckle remains fixed to prevent the
belts twisting.
remove the shoulder belts
from the metal retainer clip
and the shoulder strap
connector.
Pull the shoulder belts
through the shell and the
cover , then place them at the
desired height using the same
slits in both the cover and the
actual seat.
Place the shoulder belts
through the belt pads, the
head pillow, the cover and the
seat and reattach them to the
metal retainer clip and the
shoulder strap connector.

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Close the belt guard door.
Take the lower shaft in to the
seat.
Adjusting the child car seat into
the most-reclined position ,
then take the lower shaft out of
the seat.
Remove the harness system

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Open the belt guard door .
Remove the harness belt
from the belt yoke.
Pull out the metal part
which is used to fasten the
shoulder pad strap to the
back of the seat shell.
Tilt the seat shell forward.

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Pull the harness belts and the
pads out of the belt slots. Then
open the harness buckle .
Pull out the metal part which
is used to fasten belt to the
bottom of the seat shell.
Push the metal plate, with
which the harness buckle is
fixed to the seat shell on its
side upwards through the belt
slot.

Removing the harness .
Take the elastic loops of
the cover o the hooks
under the edge of the seat
shell. Now you can remove
the seat cover.
Refitting the seat cover
To refit the seat cover on the seat just hook up the
elastic bands to its hook stand.
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Removing and refit the seat cover

Care instructions
Washing instruction
The seat cover can be washed with Luke-warm water and
a gentle soap.
Do not use any abrasive detergents. The cover must be
washed by hand at a maximum temperature of 30°C. Do
not use dry cleaning (see also washing instructions).
The buckle may be cleaned with warm water.
It is advisable to buy an extra cover. So you can use baby
car seat all the time when the original cover was washed.
Notice: Take out the instruction manual from the pouch
before washing the seat cover.
Checklist
For safety's sake read through this checklist before you set
o.
Check that the harness belt system fits properly and tightly
around your child and that the shoulder belts are at the
correct height.
Check regularly that the belt in the baby car seat is not
damaged.
If it is damaged do not use your product in any circum-
stances and contact your supplier or importer. Check that
you have secured your baby car seat with the seat belt.
If you have any questions, please contact your supplier.
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NOTICE
1. This is an ISOFIX CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM.
It is approved to Regulation No.44,04 series of
amendments for general use in vehicles fitted
with ISOFIX anchorages systems.
2. It will fit vehicles with position approved as
ISOFIX positions (as detailed in the vehicle
handbook), depending on the category of the
child seat and of the fixture.
3. The mass group and the ISOFIX size class for
which this device is intended is: Group 1
(9-18kg) and ISOFIX size class B1.
4. The child car restraint can also be installed
with a 3-point safety belt, however always in
combination with the adjusted support leg. And
it can only be installed on forward facing seats
equipped with an automatic 3-point safety belt
approved in accordance with ECE R16 or an
equivalent standard.