IMPORTANT!

You must ensure that you follow these instructions carefully and correctly. If this seat is not fitted securely
and your child is not strapped in correctly, your child and other passengers are at serious risk of injury in the
event of an accident

Please read this User Guide carefully BEFORE trying to install your child car seat WARNING
The Hampshire Trading Standards Authority Guarantee Britax, whilst taking into account child DO NOT use the child seat on a
and Britax advise that child car seats should not All Britax products are carefully designed, car seat contact with vehicle seats passenger seat fitted with an active
be bought or sold second-hand. Please dispose manufactured and tested. However, should throughout the development of new front airbag unless your vehicle
of your child seat safely. Do not sell or pass this product prove faulty within 12 months of products, cannot accept responsibility manufacturer confirms that it is safe.
it on. purchase due to a materials or manufacturing for damage occurring to vehicle seats DO NOT use the child seat on side facing
After an accident fault please return it to the original place of or seat belts. vehicle seats.
The child seat and your car seat belts should be purchase. We will then, at our discretion, either DO NOT use anything, such as a cushion or coat,
repair it free of charge or replace it with the IMPORTANT – The child seat MUST
replaced. Although they may look undamaged, to raise the child seat off the passenger seat.
same or a similar product. only be used with a lap and diagonal
if you were to have another accident the child DO NOT attempt to dismantle, modify or add
seat belt (approved to UN/ECE
seat and your car seat belts may not be able to For guarantee purposes proof of purchase will to any part of the child seat or change the way
Regulation no. 16 or other equivalent
protect your child as well as they should. be required. We recommend that you retain your car seat belts are made or used.
standards).
No child seat is escape proof your receipt and attach it to this user guide. DO NOT use the child seat without the cover
Belt restraint systems cannot be designed to be They should be kept in a safe place. fitted.
completely “child proof” and yet comply with the Britax does not accept liability for damage DO NOT leave loose objects, such as luggage
legal requirements of European Standard arising from abuse, misuse or negligence. This or books, in the back of your car. They must be
ECE R44. guarantee is not transferable and therefore does properly secured.
Looking after your child seat not apply to second-hand products. DO NOT leave folding passenger seats
Diagonal
The child seat and its cover have been carefully Your statutory rights are not affected by this unlatched. If you have to stop your car suddenly
designed, manufactured and tested to high guarantee. Lap a loose seat back could injure your child.
safety standards. DO NOT leave children alone in your car, even
Possible seating positions (providing that the
Cleaning the cover child seat can be fitted in accordance with the for a short time.
Please read the labels on the cover for washing user guide) DO NOT allow children to play with or adjust the
instructions. child seat.
Britax Excelsior Limited
DO NOT tumble dry the cover – short spin and DO cover the child seat if your car is left in direct
1 Churchill Way West sunlight. Fittings can become hot to touch in
drip dry only.
Andover sunny weather and the cover may become faded.
Cleaning the shell Hampshire SP10 3UW
Sponge clean ONLY using hand soap and DO keep this user guide safe for future
United Kingdom reference.
warm water.
A Britax Childcare company DO make sure that the child seat does not
DO NOT use solvents, detergents or washing-up
Customer Service Helpline: 01264 386034 become trapped by a folding passenger seat or
liquid as these may weaken the seat.
Email: [email protected] in the door of your car.
Removing and refitting the cover If in doubt DO store the child seat in a safe place when it is
Switchboard: 01264 333343
To remove and refit the cover, please use the Not all car seats fit all cars. For advice as to the not being used. Avoid placing heavy objects on
methods shown in the diagram below.
Fax: 01264 334146
suitability of this restraint for your car please top of it and do not store near direct heat sources.
IMPORTANT – The cover is a safety feature. use on our website at www.britax.eu
DO always keep the child seat secure, even if it
NEVER use the child seat without it. Don’t put www.britax.eu, call our Customer Service Britax is a registered trademark of Britax Childcare is not being used by your child.
your child’s safety at risk by using other makes Helpline on 01264 386034 or email DO make sure that all occupants in the vehicle
of replacement cover, they could stop the child [email protected]. are correctly restrained.
seat from protecting your child as well as it DO make sure when using positions with side
should. airbags, that your child does not lean into the
A replacement cover is available from your area immediately around the airbag (consult
Britax stockist or contact Britax Customer your vehicle manufacturer for details).
Service Department on 01264 386034.

Introducing your new child car seat

Shoulder belt guide (red)

Shoulder strap Arm rests

Lap belt guides Cover

GB User Guide
15-36 kg (Group 2-3)

Removing and Refitting the cover

Lift the cover from the back and push the shoulder strap and shoulder belt guide through the slot in the
cover . Put both hands under the cover at the back and lift the cover up and forwards over the shell .
To refit the cover, simply follow the steps for removing the cover in reverse order.

1 2

BBO-664-00
 1. Installing the child seat in your car (approx 4-11 years) 15-36kg

1a 1b 1c 1d 1e
11 33

A B
22
22

33 11

IMPORTANT – The child seat MUST Sit your child on the seat. Make sure If necessary use the methods shown or lengthen the strap (dia 1d). Fasten the seat belt across your
only be installed using a lap and that the shoulder strap is long enough to shorten the strap (dia 1c) child. The lap section of the seat belt
diagonal seat belt. for the red seat belt guide to lie over should rest on the red lap belt guides
your child’s shoulder (dia 1b). on each side of the child seat
Place the child seat in your car
(dia 1e).
ensuring it is pushed firmly into the
seat (dia 1a).
A – Shoulder strap
B – Red seat belt guide

1f 1g 1h

1 2 3

4 5 6

IMPORTANT – The lap section of the Attach the red shoulder belt guide to the diagonal section of the car seat belt, Re-threading the shoulder belt guide
seat belt should rest as forward and by slotting each side through the shoulder belt guide, and (dia 1g). Should the shoulder belt guide come undone from the strap, use the following
as low as possible over your child’s method to re-thread it (dia 1h).
Adjust the shoulder strap so that the guide sits just above your child’s shoulder
pelvis. 1 With the child seat facing away from you, thread the end of the strap
(dia 1g inset). This ensures that the seat belt sits correctly over your child’s
Adjust the seat belt to suit your child’s shoulder and not across the neck. Remove as much slack as possible and through the bottom of the guide.
body. Tighten the seat belt by first make sure the belt is not twisted. Your child should now be secure. 2 Roll the guide towards you into the position shown.
pulling at and then and to 3 Feed the short end of the strap through the gap in the guide.
remove as much slack as possible
4 Now do the same with the longer length of strap.
and make sure that the seat belt is
not twisted (dia 1f). When both sides of the strap are through the gap, the guide is properly
attached 5 , pull the strap tight. Roll the guide away from you into the position
shown.
Your shoulder belt guide should now look like this 6 (dia 1h).

1i 1j 1k

Correct buckle position If the seat belt buckle looks like this (dia 1j), where the buckle If the seat belt does not lie within the lap belt guides then the
IMPORTANT – Once you have installed the child seat it is is being pulled around the shell into the red lower belt guide, try seat is not properly installed (dia 1k).
important that you check the position of the seat belt buckle to another seating position in the car.
If you are in any doubt please contact our Customer Service
ensure a secure installation.
IMPORTANT – Do not leave your child seat loose. Always fasten Helpline on 01264 386034.
If the seat belt buckle looks like this (dia 1i) then the seat belt the seat belt across the child seat when it is not being used by
To release your child simply undo the seat belt.
buckle position is correct. your child to prevent the seat being hurled forward in the event of
an accident.