Need help with Britax Marathon installation

[i_like_trucks]

We recently upgraded our Graco Safeseat to a Britax Marathon. My husband installed it and I'm not sure if he did it right. It's in the middle seat in the back of my Honda Accord, no latch. He threaded the belt through these slits where it goes over the part of the seat where my son's legs rest so you can actually see the seatbelt on the seat. This seems odd to me.

Does anyone have picture directions of how to install a Britax Marathon? Pictures would be great! But that's probably asking too much.

Thanks

ETA this is for RF a 10 month old

[natysr]

The Marathon can be installed with the seatbelt either going over the cover, or under the cover. (I tend to do it under the cover, because I think it looks better.)

The manual as well as videos are available on britax's website (http://www.britaxusa.com/customer-service/user-guides/).

I would advise that both you AND your husband read the manual cover to cover and both practice installing the seat. You never know when you may be stranded on the side of the road, or be in some other emergency situation where you need to install the seat quickly.

Oh, and don't forget that your seat can also be tethered rearfacing. There is a video on that on the website as well.

[joolsplus3]

I used to always do mine through those slits, it's just so much easier :). But here's what it should look like if you peel back the cover to route the belt (then just tuck the cover back around the front of the seat) http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/joolstag/?action=view&current=DCP00309.jpg

Seconding the vote to learn to to it yourself, it's a breeze once you get the hang of it :thumbsup:

[mommycat]

The manual as well as videos are available on britax's website (http://www.britaxusa.com/customer-service/user-guides/).


Here's the Marathon RF install with lap/shoulder on youtube (I linked from the website above but it took a few clicks to get there):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-ZVrn7xVu0&feature=channel_page

If you click on the username "BritaxUSACarSeats (http://www.youtube.com/user/BritaxUSACarSeats)" you will get a list of all the videos they have posted (currently 48 available).