How To Adjust The Handle - Chicco SYNTHESIS Mode D'emploi

I. Handle adjustment buttons
J. Button for locking/unlocking the child car
seat from the stroller
K. CLIK CLAK system knob
L. Diagonal safety belt's guide
M. Sun canopy hooks
N. Mini insert (Optional)
O. Triple padding (two shoulder straps and
crotch strap)
P. Safety belts
Q. Safety harness straps
R. Safety belt's buckle
S. Button for opening the buckle
WARNING! The child car seat comes in different
versions: They may or may not feature triple pad -
ding, storage drawer, mini insert or side protec -
tion, depending on the country of use.
Index
• How to adjust the height of the safety harness
• How to fit the child car seat into the car
• How to place the child into the child car seat
• How to adjust the handle
• Child car seat in the bouncing or baby chair
position
• How to remove the fabric cover
• How to fit the child car seat to the stroller
HOW TO ADJUST THE HEIGHT OF THE
SAFETY HARNESS
1. Unfasten the safety harness, pressing the red
button located on the buckle (diag. 5).
2. If present, open the storage drawer located at
the rear (diag. 6), and remove the two shoulder
straps, if present, from the harness, as well as
the two ends of the safety harness, as shown in
diag. 7.
3. Remove the two parts of the safety harness
from the rear of the child car seat, and insert
them into the hole which is most suitable to
the child's height (diag. 8).
4. Re-insert the shoulder straps, if present.
HOW TO FIT THE CHILD CAR SEAT
INTO THE CAR
5. Put the child car seat's handle in a vertical
position, pressing the two side adjustment
buttons (diag. 9).
6. Place the child car seat onto the car seat where
you wish to fit it (diag. 10).
7. Pull the car safety belt and lock it into the ap -
propriate buckle, sliding the lap belt into the
two side guides of the child car seat marked
with the blue arrows (diag. 11).
8. Hold the diagonal belt and pull it, until the lap
belt is tensioned correctly (diag. 12). At the end
of these operations, check that the lap belt is
still locked correctly into the appropriate
guides marked with the blue arrows.
9. While keeping the diagonal belt tensioned, slide
it into the guide marked with the blue arrow,
located on the rear of the backseat (diag. 13).
Tension the belt as much as possible, checking
that it is not slack or twisted.
WARNING! After fitting the child car seat, always
check that car safety belt is tensioned correctly,
and that it is safely locked into its buckle. Also
check that the buckle of the car safety belt does
not come into contact with the points where
the safety belt fastens the child car seat: it could
make the child car seat unsafe in the event of an
accident.
CAUTION! For your child's safety: Do not fasten
the child car seat with the car safety belt in any
other ways than as indicated in this instructions
booklet!
10. Turn the handle, as shown in diag. 14.
HOW TO PLACE THE CHILD INTO THE
CHILD CAR SEAT
11. Press the grey button located at the front of
the child car seat and, while pressing the but -
ton, loosen the two belts of the child car seat
(diag. 15).
12. Unfasten the buckle of the safety belts press -
ing the red button (diag. 16).
13. Place the child into the child car seat and
fasten the harness (diag. 17). The shape of the
buckle prongs does not allow you to insert
and lock a single harness strap only.
14. Tension the safety harness, pulling the appro -
priate adjustment belt (diag. 18), and make
sure that it fits the child correctly.

HOW TO ADJUST THE HANDLE

The handle of the child car seat can be adjusted to
4 positions (diag. 19):
A Position for car transportation
X Middle position: Never use this position
B Position for hand transportation
C Rocking and stroller position
D Baby chair position
USING THE CHILD CAR SEAT IN A
FIXED OR ROCKING POSITION
(BABY ROCKING CHAIR USE)
When it is not used in the car, the child car seat
can also be used as a bouncing or baby chair.
To use it in the rocking position, place the handle
in the "C" position.
To use it as a baby chair, place the handle in the
"D" position.
Important! Please keep these instructions for fu -
ture reference.
WARNING: Never leave the child unattended
WARNING: Do not use the Reclined Cradle once
your child can sit unaided.
WARNING: This reclined cradle is not intended for
prolonged periods of sleeping.
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