Lap-Shoulder Belt - Selecting A Belt Path - Britax Frontier Xt Guide D'utilisation

Installing the Child Seat: Harness Mode
Lap-Shoulder Belt – Selecting a Belt Path
Due to variability in vehicle seat designs and belt systems, the
Frontier XT child seat can be secured to the vehicle seat by a
lap-shoulder belt with either a short belt path or a long belt path
installation method.
The following may help with selecting which belt path to try first:
Do not use the long belt path for LUAS or lap
WARNING!
belt installations.
Buckle stalk behind
child seat
The buckle stalk is in position for
short belt path installation
Rotate the positioning block to the front and place the child
A
seat on the vehicle seat in the chosen seating position. Note the
position of the vehicle buckle stalk relative to the child seat. If the
buckle stalk is behind the child seat (i.e. the child seat is wider
than the insertion points of the vehicle seat belt system), then the
short belt path may be the best option to try first.
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Outside edge
B
of child seat
If one installation method results in more than 2.5 cm (1 in.) of
front-to-back or side-to-side movement at the belt path, then try the
other method.
Both the short and long lap-shoulder belt path installation
methods meet or exceed all Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards. Either of these options can be used based upon vehicle
compatibility for children at least 2 years old and 11.4 kg (25 lbs)
up to 29.5 kg (65 lbs) in harness mode.
Installing the Child Seat: Harness Mode
The buckle stalk is in position for
long belt path installation
If the buckle stalk is to the side of the child seat (i.e. the child
seat is narrower than the insertion points of the vehicle seat belt
system), then the long belt path may be the best option to try first.
Outside edge
of child seat
Buckle stalk beside
child seat
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