Ford F-650 / 750 (2023 year). Manual in english — page 2

GENERAL INFORMATION

See the following sections for directions
on how to properly use safety restraints
for children.

WARNING:

Always make sure your

child is secured properly in a device that
is appropriate for their height, age and
weight. Child safety restraints must be
bought separately from your vehicle.
Failure to follow these instructions and
guidelines may result in an increased risk
of serious injury or death to your child.

WARNING:

All children are shaped

differently. The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration and other safety
organizations, base their
recommendations for child restraints on
probable child height, age and weight
thresholds, or on the minimum
requirements of the law. We recommend
that you check with a NHTSA Certified
Child Passenger Safety Technician

(CPST) to make sure that you properly
install the child restraint in your vehicle
and that you consult your pediatrician to
make sure you have a child restraint
appropriate for your child. To locate a
child restraint fitting station and CPST,
contact NHTSA toll free at
1-888-327-4236 or go to
www.nhtsa.dot.gov. In Canada, contact
Transport Canada toll free at
1-800-333-0371 or go to www.tc.gc.ca
to find a Child Car Seat Clinic in your
area. Failure to properly restrain children
in child restraints made especially for
their height, age and weight, may result
in an increased risk of serious injury or
death to your child.

WARNING:

On hot days, the

temperature inside the vehicle can rise
very quickly. Exposure of people or
animals to these high temperatures for
even a short time can cause death or
serious heat related injuries, including
brain damage. Small children are
particularly at risk.

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Recommendations for Safety Restraints for Children

Recommended Restraint

Type

Child Size, Height, Weight, or Age

Child

Use a child restraint

(sometimes called an

infant carrier, convertible

seat, or toddler seat).

Children weighing 40 lb (18 kg) or less

(generally age four or younger).

Infants or

toddlers

Use a belt-positioning

booster seat.

Children who have outgrown or no longer

properly fit in a child restraint (generally

children who are less than 57 in (1.45 m)

tall, are greater than age four and less

than age 12, and between 40 lb (18 kg)

and 80 lb (36 kg) and upward to 100 lb

(45 kg) if recommended by your child

restraint manufacturer).

Small children

Use a vehicle seatbelt

having the lap belt snug

and low across the hips,

shoulder belt centered

across the shoulder and

chest, and seat backrest

upright.

Children who have outgrown or no longer

properly fit in a belt-positioning booster

seat (generally children who are at least

57 in (1.45 m) tall or greater than 80 lb

(36 kg) or 100 lb (45 kg) if recommended

by child restraint manufacturer).

Larger children

•

You are required by law to properly use
child restraints for infants and toddlers
in the United States and Canada.

•

Many states and provinces require that
small children use approved booster
seats until they reach age eight, a
height of 57 in (1.45 m) tall, or 80 lb
(36 kg). Check your local and state or
provincial laws for specific
requirements about the safety of
children in your vehicle.

•

When possible, always properly
restrain children 12 years of age and
under in a rear seating position of your
vehicle. Accident statistics suggest that
children are safer when properly
restrained in the rear seating positions
than in a front seating position.

•

When installing a rear facing child
restraint, adjust the vehicle seats to
avoid interference between the child
restraint and the vehicle seat in front
of the child restraint.

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INSTALLING CHILD
RESTRAINTS

Child Restraints

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Use a child restraint, sometimes called an
infant carrier, convertible seat, or toddler
seat, for infants, toddlers, or children
weighing 40 lb (18 kg) or less (generally
age four or younger).

Using Seatbelts

WARNING:

Do not place a

rearward facing child restraint in front of
an active airbag. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury
or death.

WARNING:

Properly secure

children 12 years old and under in a rear
seating position whenever possible. If
you are unable to properly secure all
children in a rear seating position,
properly secure the largest child on the
front seat. If you must use a forward
facing child restraint on the front seat,
move the seat as far back as possible.
Failure to follow these instructions could
result in personal injury or death.

WARNING:

Depending on where

you secure a child restraint, and
depending on the child restraint design,
you may block access to certain seatbelt
buckle assemblies and LATCH lower
anchors, rendering those features
potentially unusable. To avoid risk of
injury, make sure occupants only use
seating positions where they are able to
be properly restrained.

When installing a child restraint with
seatbelts:

•

Use the correct seatbelt buckle for that
seating position.

•

Insert the belt tongue into the proper
buckle until the latch engages. Make
sure the tongue is securely fastened in
the buckle.

•

Keep the buckle release button
pointing up and away from the child
restraint, with the tongue between the
child restraint and the release button,
to prevent accidental unbuckling.

•

Place the vehicle seat in the upright
position before you install the child
restraint.

•

This vehicle does not require the use
of a locking clip.

Perform the following steps when
installing the child restraint with seatbelts:

Note:

Although the child restraint

illustrated is a forward facing child restraint,
the steps are the same for installing a rear
facing child restraint.

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1.

Position the child restraint in a seat
with a seatbelt.

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2. Pull down on the shoulder belt and

then grasp the shoulder belt and lap
belt together.

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3. While holding the shoulder and lap belt

portions together, route the tongue
through the child restraint according
to the child restraint manufacturer's
instructions. Make sure that you did not
twist the belt webbing.

4. Insert the belt tongue into the proper

buckle, the buckle closest to the
direction the tongue is coming from,
for that seating position until the latch
engages. Make sure the tongue is
latched securely by pulling on it.

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5. To put the retractor in the automatic

locking mode, grasp the shoulder
portion of the belt and pull downward
until you pull all of the belt out.

6. Allow the belt to retract to remove

slack. The belt clicks as it retracts to
indicate it is in the automatic locking
mode.

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7.

Try to pull the belt out of the retractor
to make sure the retractor is in the
automatic locking mode. You should
not be able to pull more belt out. If the
retractor is not locked, unbuckle the
belt and repeat Steps 5 and 6.

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8. Remove remaining slack from the belt.

Force the seat down with extra weight,
for example, by pressing down or
kneeling on the child restraint while
pulling up on the shoulder belt in order
to force slack from the belt. This is
necessary to remove the remaining
slack that exists once you add the extra
weight of the child to the child restraint.
It also helps to achieve the proper
snugness of the child restraint to your
vehicle. Sometimes, a slight lean
toward the buckle helps to remove
remaining slack from the belt.

9. If the child restraint has a tether strap,

attach it.

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10.

Before placing the child in the seat,
forcibly move the seat forward and
back to make sure the seat is securely
held in place.

To check this, grab the seat at the belt path
and attempt to move it side to side and
forward and back. There should be no
more than 1 in (2.5 cm) of movement.

We recommend checking with a NHTSA
Certified Child Passenger Safety
Technician to make certain the child
restraint is properly installed. In Canada,
check with Transport Canada for referral
to a Child Car Seat Clinic.

Using Cinch Tongue Seatbelts

WARNING:

Do not place a

rearward facing child restraint in front of
an active airbag. Failure to follow this
instruction could result in personal injury
or death.

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WARNING:

Properly secure

children 12 years old and under in a rear
seating position whenever possible. If
you are unable to properly secure all
children in a rear seating position,
properly secure the largest child on the
front seat. If you must use a forward
facing child restraint on the front seat,
move the seat as far back as possible.
Failure to follow these instructions could
result in personal injury or death.

WARNING:

Always use both the

lap and shoulder portion of the seatbelt
in the center seating position.

Note:

The following applies to the rear

center position of Super Cab and Crew Cab
vehicles and the front center position of all
vehicles.

The belt webbing below the tongue is the
lap portion of the seat belt. The belt
webbing above the tongue is the shoulder
belt portion of the seatbelt.

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1.

Position the child restraint in the front
center seat.

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2. Slide the tongue up the webbing.

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3. While holding both shoulder and lap

portions next to the tongue, route the
tongue and webbing through the child
restraint according to the child restraint
manufacturer's instructions. Make sure
that you did not twist the belt webbing.

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4. Insert the belt tongue into the proper

buckle, the buckle closest to the
direction the tongue is coming from, or
that seating position until the latch
engages. Make sure the tongue is
latched securely by pulling on it.

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5. While pushing down with your knee on

the child restraint, pull up on the
shoulder belt portion to tighten the lap
belt portion of the seat belt.

6. Allow the seatbelt to retract and

remove any slack in the belt to securely
tighten the child restraint in the vehicle.

7.

If the child restraint has a tether strap,
attach it.

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8. Before placing the child in the seat,

forcibly move the seat forward and
back to make sure the seat is securely
held in place. To check this, grab the
seat at the belt path and attempt to
move it side to side and forward and
back. There should be no more than
1 in (2.5 cm) of movement.

9. Check from time to time to be sure that

there is no slack in the seatbelt. The
shoulder belt must be snug to keep the
lap belt tight during a crash.

We recommend checking with a NHTSA
Certified Child Passenger Safety
Technician to make certain the child
restraint is properly installed. In Canada,
check with Transport Canada for referral
to a Child Car Seat Clinic.

Using Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children

The Lower Anchors and Tethers for
CHildren (LATCH) system has three
vehicle anchor points:

•

Two lower anchors where the vehicle
seat backrest and seat cushion meet,
called the seat bight.

•

One top tether anchor behind that
seating position.

Your vehicle does not have the lower
anchor points in the seat bight. For this
vehicle, use the vehicle seatbelt and upper
tether to secure a child restraint.

Using Tether Straps

Many forward-facing child restraints
include a tether strap which extends from
the back of the child restraint and hooks
to an anchoring point called the top tether
anchor. Tether straps are available as an
accessory for many older child restraints.

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Contact the manufacturer of your child
restraint for information about ordering a
tether strap, or to obtain a longer tether
strap if the tether strap on your child
restraint does not reach the appropriate
top tether anchor in the vehicle.

The passenger seats of your vehicle may
have built-in tether strap anchors behind
the seats as described below.

The tether strap anchors in your vehicle
are in the following positions:

Regular Cab

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Crew Cab

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Super Cab

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5910

591

5910

910

91

9

91

10

10

10

0

0

00

591

591

910

9

1

1

5910

1

910

10

0

59

9

9

9

1

1

1

0

0

910

9

1

1

0

0

591

91

91

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Attach the tether strap only to the
appropriate tether anchor as shown. The
tether strap may not work properly if
attached somewhere other than the
correct tether anchor.

Once you install the child restraint using
the seatbelt, you can attach the top tether
strap.

Attaching the Tether Strap

1.

Route the child restraint tether strap
over the back of the seat.

Note:

For vehicles with adjustable head

restraints, route the tether strap under the
head restraint and between the head
restraint posts. Otherwise, route the tether
strap over the top of the seat backrest. If
the top of the child restraint hits the head
restraint, raise the head restraint to let the
child restraint fit further rearward.

2. Locate the correct anchor for the

selected seating position.

3. You may need to pull the seat backrest

forward to access the tether anchors.
Make sure the seat is locked in the
upright position before installing the
child restraint.

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4. Remove the tether cover.

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5. Clip the tether strap to the anchor as

shown.

If the tether strap is clipped incorrectly, the
child restraint may not be retained properly
in the event of a crash.

6. Tighten the child restraint tether strap
according to the manufacturer's
instructions.

If you do not anchor the child restraint
properly, the risk of a child being injured in
a crash greatly increases.

If your child restraint system has a tether
strap and the child restraint manufacturer
recommends its use, we also recommend
its use.

BOOSTER SEATS

WARNING:

Do not put the shoulder

section of the seatbelt or allow the child
to put the shoulder section of the
seatbelt under their arm or behind their
back. Failure to follow this instruction
could reduce the effectiveness of the
seatbelt and increase the risk of injury or
death in a crash.

Use a belt-positioning booster seat for
children who have outgrown or no longer
properly fit in a child safety restraint
(generally children who are less than 57 in
(1.45 m) tall, are greater than age 4 and
less than age 12, and between 40 lb (18 kg)
and 80 lb (36 kg) and upward to 100 lb
(45 kg) if recommended by your child
restraint manufacturer). Many state and
provincial laws require that children use
approved booster seats until they reach
age eight, a height of 57 in (1.45 m) tall, or
80 lb (36 kg).

Booster seats should be used until you can
answer YES to ALL of these questions
when seated without a booster seat:

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•

Can the child sit all the way back
against their vehicle seat backrest with
knees bent comfortably at the edge of
the seat cushion?

•

Can the child sit without slouching?

•

Does the lap belt rest low across the
hips?

•

Is the shoulder belt centered on the
shoulder and chest?

•

Can the child stay seated like this for
the whole trip?

Always use booster seats in conjunction
with your vehicle lap and shoulder belt.

Types of Booster Seats

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•

Backless booster seats

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If your backless booster seat has a
removable shield, remove the shield. If a
vehicle seating position has a low seat
backrest or no head restraint, a backless
booster seat may place your child's head
(as measured at the tops of the ears)
above the top of the seat. In this case,
move the backless booster to another
seating position with a higher seat backrest
or head restraint and lap and shoulder
belts, or consider using a high back booster
seat.

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•

High back booster seats

If, with a backless booster seat, you cannot
find a seating position that adequately
supports your child's head, a high back
booster seat would be a better choice.

Children and booster seats vary in size and
shape. Choose a booster that keeps the
lap belt low and snug across the hips,
never up across the stomach, and lets you
adjust the shoulder belt to cross the chest
and rest snugly near the center of the
shoulder. The following drawings compare
the ideal fit (center) to a shoulder belt
uncomfortably close to the neck and a
shoulder belt that could slip off the
shoulder. The drawings also show how the
lap belt should be low and snug across the
child's hips.

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If the booster seat slides on the vehicle
seat upon which it is being used, placing a
rubberized mesh sold as shelf or carpet
liner under the booster seat may improve
this condition. Do not introduce any item
thicker than this under the booster seat.
Check with the booster seat
manufacturer's instructions.

CHILD RESTRAINT
POSITIONING

WARNING:

Airbags can kill or injure

a child in a child seat. Never place a
rear-facing child seat in front of an active
airbag. If you must use a forward-facing
child seat in the front seat, move the
vehicle seat upon which the child seat is
installed all the way back. When
possible, all children age 12 and under
should be properly restrained in a rear
seating position. If all children cannot be
seated and restrained properly in a rear
seating position, properly restrain the
largest child in the front seat.

WARNING:

Always carefully follow

the instructions and warnings provided
by the manufacturer of any child
restraint to determine if the restraint
device is appropriate for your child's size,
height, weight, or age. Follow the child
restraint manufacturer's instructions and
warnings provided for installation and
use in conjunction with the instructions
and warnings provided by your vehicle
manufacturer. A safety seat that is
improperly installed or utilized, is
inappropriate for your child's height, age,
or weight or does not properly fit the
child may increase the risk of serious
injury or death.

WARNING:

Never let a passenger

hold a child on his or her lap while your
vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot
protect the child from injury in a crash,
which may result in serious injury or
death.

WARNING:

Never use pillows,

books, or towels to boost a child. They
can slide around and increase the
likelihood of injury or death in a crash.

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WARNING:

Always restrain an

unoccupied child seat or booster seat.
These objects may become projectiles
in a crash or sudden stop, which may
increase the risk of serious injury.

WARNING:

Never place, or allow

a child to place, the shoulder belt under
a child's arm or behind the back because
it reduces the protection for the upper
part of the body and may increase the
risk of injury or death in a crash.

WARNING:

To avoid risk of injury,

do not leave children or pets unattended
in your vehicle.

Recommendations for attaching child safety restraints for children

Use any attachment method as indicated below by X

Combined

child and

seat

weight

Restraint

Type

Safety belt

only

Safety belt
and LATCH

(lower

anchors

and top

tether

anchor)

Safety belt

and top

tether

anchor

LATCH

(lower

anchors

only)

LATCH

(lower

anchors

and top

tether

anchor)

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing

child seat

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Rear facing

child seat

X

Up to 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward

facing

child seat

X

Over 65 lb

(29.5 kg)

Forward

facing

child seat

Note:

The child seat must rest tightly

against the vehicle seat upon which it is
installed. It may be necessary to lift or
remove the head restraint. See

Head

Restraints

(page 88).

CHILD SAFETY LOCKS

(IF

EQUIPPED)

When these locks are set, the rear doors
cannot be opened from the inside.

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The childproof locks are located on the
rear edge of each rear door. You must set
the lock separately for each door.

Move the lock control up or down to
engage or disengage the childproof lock.

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PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

WARNING:

Always drive and ride

with the seat backrest upright and the
lap belt snug and low across the hips.

WARNING:

To reduce the risk of

injury, make sure children sit where they
can be properly restrained.

WARNING:

Never let a passenger

hold a child on his or her lap while your
vehicle is moving. The passenger cannot
protect the child from injury in a crash
which may result in serious injury or
death.

WARNING:

All occupants of the

vehicle, including the driver, should
always properly wear their safety belts,
even when an airbag supplemental
restraint system is provided. Failure to
properly wear your safety belt could
seriously increase the risk of injury or
death.

WARNING:

It is extremely

dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside
or outside of a vehicle. In a crash, people
riding in these areas are more likely to be
seriously injured or killed. Do not allow
people to ride in any area of your vehicle
that is not equipped with seats and
safety belts. Be sure everyone in your
vehicle is in a seat and using a safety belt
properly.

WARNING:

In a rollover crash, an

unbelted person is significantly more
likely to die than a person wearing a
safety belt.

WARNING:

Each seating position

in your vehicle has a specific safety belt
assembly which is made up of one
buckle and one tongue that are designed
to be used as a pair. 1) Use the shoulder
belt on the outside shoulder only. Never
wear the shoulder belt under the arm. 2)
Never swing the safety belt around your
neck over the inside shoulder. 3) Never
use a single belt for more than one
person.

WARNING:

When possible, all

children 12 years old and under should
be properly restrained in a rear seating
position. Failure to follow this could
seriously increase the risk of injury or
death.

WARNING:

Safety belts and seats

can become hot in a vehicle that has
been closed up in sunny weather; they
could burn a small child. Check seat
covers and buckles before you place a
child anywhere near them.

WARNING:

Front and rear seat

occupants, including pregnant women,
should wear safety belts for optimum
protection in an accident.

All seating positions in this vehicle have
lap and shoulder safety belts. All
occupants of the vehicle should always
properly wear their safety belts, even when
an airbag supplemental restraint system
is provided.

The safety belt system consists of:

•

Lap and shoulder safety belts.

•

Shoulder safety belt with automatic
locking mode, (except driver safety
belt).

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•

Height adjuster at the front outboard
seating positions.

•

Safety belt pretensioner at the front
outboard seating positions.

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•

Safety belt warning light and chime.

FASTENING THE SEATBELTS

The front outboard and rear safety
restraints in the vehicle are combination
lap and shoulder belts.

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1.

Insert the belt tongue into the proper
buckle (the buckle closest to the
direction the tongue is coming from)
until you hear a snap and feel it latch.
Make sure you securely fasten the
tongue in the buckle.

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2. To unfasten, press the release button

and remove the tongue from the
buckle.

Using the Seatbelt with Cinch
Tongue (Front Center and Rear
Center Seats Only)

The cinch tongue slides up and down the
belt webbing when the belt is stowed or
while putting seatbelts on. When the lap
and shoulder seatbelt is buckled, the cinch
tongue allows the lap portion to be
shortened, but pinches the webbing to
keep the lap portion from getting longer.
The cinch tongue is designed to slip during
a crash, so always wear the shoulder belt
properly and do not allow any slack in
either the lap or shoulder portions.

Before you can reach and latch a lap and
shoulder belt having a cinch tongue into
the buckle, you may have to lengthen the
lap belt portion of it.

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1.

To lengthen the lap belt, pull some
webbing out of the shoulder belt
retractor.

2. While holding the webbing below the

tongue, grasp the tip (metal portion)
of the tongue so that it is parallel to the
webbing and slide the tongue upward.

3. Provide enough lap belt length so that

the tongue can reach the buckle.

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Fastening the Cinch Tongue

WARNING:

Always drive and ride

with your seatback upright and the lap
belt snug and low across the hips.

1.

Pull the lap and shoulder belt from the
retractor so that the shoulder belt
portion of the seatbelt crosses your
shoulder and chest.

2. Be sure the belt is not twisted. If the

belt is twisted, remove the twist.

3. Insert the belt tongue into the proper

buckle for your seating position until
you hear a snap and feel it latch.

4. Make sure the tongue is securely

fastened to the buckle by pulling on
the tongue.

While you are fastened in the seatbelt, the
lap and shoulder belt with a cinch tongue
adjusts to your movement. However, if you
brake hard, turn hard, or if your vehicle
receives an impact of 5 mph (8 km/h) or
more, the seatbelt will become locked and
help reduce your forward movement.

Lap Belts

WARNING:

Always drive and ride

with your seatback upright and the lap
belt snug and low across the hips.

The front center lap belt does not adjust
automatically.

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Insert the tongue into the correct buckle
(the buckle closest to the direction the
tongue is coming from). To lengthen the
belt, turn the tongue at a right angle to the
belt and pull across your lap until it reaches
the buckle. To tighten the belt, pull the
loose end of the belt through the tongue
until it fits snugly across the hips.

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Shorten and fasten the belt when not in
use.

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