Coleman ELITE WEATHERMASTER TENT Manual

Before you begin

Read all instructions before set up.

• Select a level site clear of rocks, branches, and other hard or sharp objects, to install your tent.

Keep clear of overhead power lines.

• Do not set up your tent under trees because of potential lightning strikes or falling tree limbs in inclement weather.
• Secure with all stakes and guylines provided to prevent property damage or personal injury.
• For best results in windy conditions, position narrow end of tent into the wind.
• Enlist the help of at least one other person to assist you when it is time to assemble the tent.

may have sharp edges. Handle with care to avoid injury

Keep out of reach for children.

To Set Up Tent

1. Unfold tent and spread out on a clean, level surface with the door facing the desired direction. Unzip doors. (Fig. 1)
   
2. Pull four corners of tent taut, then secure by driving stakes through web loops at an angle for better anchoring. (Fig. 2)
   
3. Assemble four, steel, shock-corded, curved Ridge Poles. Insert Ridge Poles (with red marking) into center sleeves on top of tent with the red trim (Fig. 3). Insert the remaining curved Ridge Poles into the other two sleeves on top of tent.
   
4. Assemble eight, steel, shock-corded, Leg Poles. Push down on steel button on tapered end and insert into end with four holes.
   NOTE: Make sure steel button locks into third hole on pole as shown. (Fig.4)
   
5. Insert curved end of Leg Poles (with red marking) into the ends of the Ridge Pole (with red marking). Insert curved end of remaining short Leg Poles into the ends of the remaining Ridge Poles. (Fig. 5 & 6)
   
   
6. Rotate all eight Leg Poles upright and insert pin on each web loop at the side locations as shown. (Fig. 7 & 7A)
   
   

7. Locate the plastic hooks at sides and corners of tent, then snap onto Leg Poles to attach. (Fig. 8)
   
8. To stretch tent to fi nished size:

• Push in button on Leg Pole while twisting lower Leg Pole section counterclockwise (Fig.9);
  
• Pull up on top Leg Pole section until tent is taut;
• Twist the lower Leg Pole clockwise until the button locks into the center or lowest hole;
• Repeat on remaining Leg Poles.

9. Insert plastic stakes through web straps located on both sides of tent, then drive in to secure. (Fig. 10)
   NOTE: It may be necessary to remove metal stakes through web straps at side of tent and screen room, pull tent taut, and drive in stakes to secure.
   

Hinged, Rigid Door

1. Assemble Vertical Door Pole (shorter black pole with plastic tips); then insert through zippered vertical pole sleeve on hinged side of door. (Fig. 11)
   
2. Insert end of Vertical Door Pole into bottom hinge plate, apply pressure to form a slight bow, then insert other tip of pole into top hinge. Zip up vertical pole sleeve. (Fig. 12 & 13)
   
3. Assemble Door Pole (longer black pole with plastic cap tips); then insert into zippered pole sleeve at top of door. (Fig. 14)
   
4. Insert end of Door Pole into top hinge plate, apply pressure to form a bow, then insert other tip of pole into the bottom hinge. (Fig. 15)
   
5. Zip up pole sleeve to enclose Door Pole. (Fig. 16)
   

To Attach Rainfly

1. Drape Rainfly over tent. Make sure seams on Rainfly are facing down and centered over poles of the tent. (Fig. 17)
   
   NOTE: Hook and loop fasteners, located on seams of underside of Rainfl y, should be centered over Ridge Poles.

2. Assemble thin, black, shock-corded Awning Pole with metal tips; then insert through sleeve in Rainfly above door. Repeat the process to install the awning pole at the opposite side of the tent. (Fig. 18)
   

6. Insert metal hook
   onelastic straps on Rainfly into the hole on each Leg Pole. (Fig. 21 & 22)
   

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