Orbit Baby G3 Infant Car Seat and Base - Manual (Page 21)

Installing the Car Seat Base and Car Seat
Installing the Car Seat Base and Car Seat
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9. Attach both LATCH/UAS connectors
to their corresponding vehicle
anchorages. With the connector
oriented with logo facing outward,
push it straight onto the metal bar until
you hear and feel a
CLICK (Photo J).
10. Pull out on each LATCH/UAS connector
to be sure it is locked onto the vehicle
anchorage.
11. Tighten the LATCH/UAS belt around
the car seat base by pulling the LATCH/
UAS belt loop to remove the slack
(Photo K) from both sides of the lock-
off clamp. Make sure the car seat base
is not loose.
12. Turn the StrongArm knob at the front of
the car seat base clockwise to activate
the StrongArm mechanism (Photo L).
As you’re turning the knob, the
StrongArm mechanism is amplifying
your strength and tightening the car
seat base into the vehicle.
Each installation varies slightly, but
typically the knob can turn 10 full
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Installing the Car Seat Base: With LATCH/
UAS
cont’d
revolutions. After 10 full revolutions,
check the car seat base for a tight
installation.
You know that you have reached
the optimal tightness setting when
you tug on the belt guides (Photo
M) and the base upright does not
move more than 2.5 cm (1 in) in any
direction.
13. RE-CHECK the following to make
sure that the car seat base installation
is secure:
a. CHECK that the car seat base
installation is not loose. It should
not move by more than 2.5 cm (1
in) in any direction.
b. CHECK that the car seat base is
level by making sure that window
in the level indicator is green
(Photo N).
If the car seat base is loose or if the
level indicator window shows red
(Photo O), remove and re-install the
car seat base beginning at Step 2.