Operation Manual. Product Code 885-V51. Computerized Embroidery Machine GETTING READY EMBROIDERY APPENDIX

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1 Computerized Emroidery Mhine Opertion Mnul Produt Code 885-V51 GETTING READY EMBROIDERY APPENDIX Plese visit us t where you n get produt support nd nswers to frequently sked questions (FAQs).

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3 Introdution Thnk you for purhsing this emroidery mhine. Before using this mhine, refully red the "IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS", nd then study this mnul for the orret opertion of the vrious funtions. In ddition, fter you hve finished reding this mnul, store it where it n quikly e essed for future referene. IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Plese red these sfety instrutions efore ttempting to use the mhine. DANGER - To redue the risk of eletri shok 1 Alwys unplug the mhine from the eletril outlet immeditely fter using, when lening, when mking ny user serviing djustments mentioned in this mnul, or if you re leving the mhine unttended. WARNING - To redue the risk of urns, fire, eletri shok, or injury to persons. 2 Alwys unplug the mhine from the eletril outlet when removing overs, luriting, or when mking ny djustments mentioned in the instrution mnul. To unplug the mhine, swith the mhine to the symol O position to turn it off, then grsp the plug nd pull it out of the eletril outlet. Do not pull on the ord. Plug the mhine diretly into the eletril outlet. Do not use n extension ord. Alwys unplug your mhine if the power is ut. 3 Never operte this mhine if it hs dmged ord or plug, if it is not working properly, if it hs een dropped or dmged, or wter is spilled on the unit. Return the mhine to the nerest uthorized deler or servie enter for exmintion, repir, eletril or mehnil djustment. While the mhine is stored or in use if you notie nything unusul, suh s n odor, het, disolortion or deformtion, stop using the mhine immeditely nd unplug the power ord. When trnsporting the mhine, e sure to rry it y its hndle. Lifting the mhine y ny other prt my dmge the mhine or result in the mhine flling, whih ould use injuries. When lifting the mhine, e reful not to mke ny sudden or reless movements, otherwise you my injure your k or knees. 4 Alwys keep your work re ler: Never operte the mhine with ny ir openings loked. Keep ventiltion openings of the mhine free from the uild up of lint, dust, nd loose loth. Do not use extension ords. Plug the mhine diretly into the eletril outlet. Never drop or insert ny ojet into ny opening. Do not operte where erosol (spry) produts re eing used or where oxygen is eing dministered. 1

4 Do not use the mhine ner het soure, suh s stove or iron; otherwise, the mhine, power ord or grment eing emroidered my ignite, resulting in fire or n eletri shok. Do not ple this mhine on n unstle surfe, suh s n unstedy or slnted tle, otherwise the mhine my fll, resulting in injuries. 5 Speil re is required when emroidering: Alwys py lose ttention to the needle. Do not use ent or dmged needles. Keep fingers wy from ll moving prts. Speil re is required round the mhine needle. Swith the mhine to the symol O position to turn it off when mking ny djustments in the needle re. Do not use dmged or inorret needle plte, s it ould use the needle to rek. Do not push or pull the fri when emroidering. 6 This mhine is not toy: Your lose ttention is neessry when the mhine is used y or ner hildren. The plsti g tht this mhine ws supplied in should e kept out of the reh of hildren or disposed of. Never llow hildren to ply with the g due to the dnger of suffotion. Do not use outdoors. 7 For longer servie life: When storing this mhine, void diret sunlight nd high humidity lotions. Do not use or store the mhine ner spe heter, iron, hlogen lmp, or other hot ojets. Use only neutrl sops or detergents to len the mhine. Benzene, thinner, nd souring powders n dmge the mhine, nd should never e used. Alwys onsult the opertion mnul when repling or instlling ny ssemlies, needle, or other prts to ssure orret instlltion. 8 For repir or djustment: If the light unit is dmged, it must e repled y n uthorized deler. In the event mlfuntion ours or djustment is required, first follow the trouleshooting tle in the k of the opertion mnul to inspet nd djust the mhine yourself. If the prolem persists, plese onsult your lol uthorized Brother deler. Use this mhine only for its intended use s desried in the mnul. Use essories reommended y the mnufturer s ontined in this mnul. Use only the interfe le (USB le) inluded with this mhine. The ontents of this mnul nd speifitions of this produt re sujet to hnge without notie. For dditionl produt informtion nd updtes, visit our we site t SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS This mhine is intended for household use. 2

5 This ppline is not intended for use y persons (inluding hildren) with redued physil, sensory or mentl pilities, or lk of experiene nd knowledge, unless they hve een given supervision or instrution onerning use of the ppline y person responsile for their sfety. Children should e supervised to ensure tht they do not ply with the ppline. FOR USERS IN THE UK, EIRE, MALTA AND CYPRUS ONLY IMPORTANT In the event of repling the plug fuse, use fuse pproved y ASTA to BS 1362, i.e. rrying the mrk, rting s mrked on plug. Alwys reple the fuse over. Never use plugs with the fuse over omitted. If the ville eletril outlet is not suitle for the plug supplied with this equipment, you should ontt your uthorized deler to otin the orret led. 3

6 Federl Communitions Commission (FCC) Delrtion of Conformity (For USA Only) Responsile Prty: Brother Interntionl Corportion 100 Somerset Corporte Boulevrd Bridgewter, NJ USA TEL : (908) delres tht the produt Produt Nme: Brother Sewing Mhine Model Numer: HE1, PE500 This devie omplies with Prt 15 of the FCC Rules. Opertion is sujet to the following two onditions: (1) this devie my not use hrmful interferene, nd (2) this devie must ept ny interferene reeived, inluding interferene tht my use undesired opertion. This equipment hs een tested nd found to omply with the limits for Clss B digitl devie, pursunt to Prt 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits re designed to provide resonle protetion ginst hrmful interferene in residentil instlltion. This equipment genertes, uses, nd n rdite rdio frequeny energy nd, if not instlled nd used in ordne with the instrutions, my use hrmful interferene to rdio ommunitions. However, there is no gurntee tht interferene will not our in prtiulr instlltion. If this equipment does use hrmful interferene to rdio or television reeption, whih n e determined y turning the equipment off nd on, the user is enourged to try to orret the interferene y one or more of the following mesures: Reorient or relote the reeiving ntenn. Inrese the seprtion etween the equipment nd reeiver. Connet the equipment into n outlet on iruit different from tht to whih the reeiver is onneted. Consult the deler or n experiened rdio/tv tehniin for help. The inluded interfe le should e used in order to ensure ompline with the limits for Clss B digitl devie. Chnges or modifitions not expressly pproved y Brother Industries, Ltd. ould void the user's uthority to operte the equipment. 4

7 Contents Introdution...1 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS...1 Mhine Fetures...7 Aessories...8 Inluded essories... 8 Optionl essories... 9 Nmes of Mhine Prts nd Their Funtions...10 Front view Needle nd emroidery foot setion Right-side/rer view Opertion uttons Opertion pnel GETTING READY 15 Bsi Steps for Emroidering...16 Turning the Mhine On/Off...17 Power supply preutions Turning on the mhine Turning off the mhine Atthing the Emroidery Unit...19 Emroidery unit preutions Atthing the emroidery unit Removing the emroidery unit LCD (Liquid Crystl Disply) Opertion...22 Viewing the LCD Chnging the mhine settings Cheking mhine operting proedures Prepring Items for emroidering...26 Prepring the Needle...27 Needle preutions Cheking the needle Repling the needle Winding/Instlling the Boin...29 Boin preutions Winding the oin Instlling the oin Upper Threding...37 Aout the spool of thred Threding the upper thred Prepring the Fri...43 Atthing stilizer mteril to the fri Setting the fri in the emroidery frme Atthing the Emroidery Frme...47 Atthing the emroidery frme Removing the emroidery frme EMBROIDERY 49 Seleting Emroidery Ptterns...50 Copyright informtion Emroidery pttern types Setting for emroidering Seleting lphnumeri hrters Seleting n emroidery pttern Seleting frme pttern Using n emroidery rd

8 Emroidering...57 Emroidering pttern Appliquéing Editing nd Sving Ptterns...61 Adjusting the lyout nd the size Adjusting the upper thred tension Adjusting the oin thred tension Conneting hrter ptterns Resewing Thred runs out prtwy through design Stopping while emroidering Using the Memory Funtion...69 Emroidery dt preutions Sving ptterns Retrieving emroidery ptterns from the omputer APPENDIX 73 Cre nd Mintenne...74 Clening the mhine surfe Clening the re Atthing the Emroidery Foot...76 Atthing the emroidery foot Trouleshooting...78 Error messges Adjusting the LCD Opertion eep Upgrding Your Mhine's Softwre...86 Index

9 Mhine Fetures d e f g h Automti thred utting The thred n e ut utomtilly fter emroidering (pge 58). Fst oin winding system With the fst nd simple oin winder, you n wind oins with one press of utton (pge 29). USB port Vrious emroidery ptterns on the wesite or sved in your PC eome ville y using the USB le (pge 71). Bright light The onvenient LED lmp mkes it esy to work on drk fris. Quik-set oin You n strt emroidering without pulling up the oin thred (pge 34). Esy-to-use needle threder You n thred the needle esily y one press of lever (pge 38). Lighting Strt/Stop utton When the green light is on, the mhine is redy to emroider. A red or ornge light indites n error or tht the mhine is wrming up (pge 12). Emroidery You n emroider uilt-in emroidery ptterns, lphnumeri hrters, frmed deortions, nd designs from optionl emroidery rds (pge 49). 7

10 Aessories After opening the ox, hek tht the following essories re inluded. If ny item is missing or dmged, ontt your deler. Inluded essories * *1 75/11 3 needles, 90/14 1 needle Prt Code Prt Code No. Prt Nme No. Prt Nme Ameris Others Ameris Others 1 Sem ripper XZ Touh pen XE Boin (4) SFB: Emroidery foot "Q" 2 SA156 XA XD (One is on mhine.) 151 (on mhine) 3 Needle set X Emroidery set (medium) H 10 m X W 10 m (H 4 inhes X W 4 inhes) SA432 EF62: XA Clening rush X Dust over XE Spool p (lrge) USB le XD Spool p (medium) (on mhine) XE Opertion mnul XE Spool p (smll) Quik referene guide XE Spool net XA Aessory g XC Sissors XC Dis-shped srewdriver XC Brother poly #90 oin thred EBT-PE EBT-PEN: XC Srewdriver XC

11 Optionl essories The following re ville s optionl essories Prt Code No. Prt Nme Ameris Others 1 Brother poly #90 oin EBT-PE EBT-PEN: thred XC Emroidery rd - Emroidery set (smll) EF61: 3 H 2 m W 6 m SA431 (H 1 inh W 2-1/2 inhes) XA Emroidery set (lrge) H 17 m W 10 m (H 6-3/4 inhes W 4 inhes) Wter solule stilizer Stilizer mteril for emroidery SA434 SA520 SA519 EF71: XC BM5: XE BM3: XE Memo To otin optionl essories or prts, ontt your sles representtive, the nerest uthorized servie enter or visit the wesite t " ". All speifitions re orret t the time of printing. The prt odes re sujet to hnge without notie. Visit your nerest uthorized deler for omplete listing of optionl essories ville for your mhine. 9

12 Nmes of Mhine Prts nd Their Funtions The nmes of the vrious prts of the mhine nd their funtions re desried elow. Before using the mhine, refully red these desriptions to lern the nmes of the mhine prts. Front view Thred guide over (pge 31, 39) Pss the thred under this thred guide over when winding the oin thred nd threding the mhine. Thred guide (pge 31, 39) Pss the thred under this thred guide when winding the oin thred nd threding the mhine. Spool pin (pge 30, 38) Ple spool of thred on the spool pin. d Boin winder (pge 29) Use the oin winder when winding the oin. e LCD (liquid rystl disply) (touh pnel) (pge 22) Setting for the seleted pttern nd error messges pper in the LCD. f Opertion pnel (pge 13) Use the keys on this pnel to selet emroidery ptterns, or hek how to use the mhine, et. g Emroidery unit onnetor slot (pge 20) Plug in the onnetor for the emroidery unit. h Presser foot lever (pge 28) Rise nd lower the presser foot lever to rise nd lower the emroidery foot. i Opertion uttons (pge 12) Use these uttons to operte the mhine. j Emroidery unit (pge 19) Atth the emroidery unit to the mhine, nd then tth the emroidery frme. k Thred utter (pge 40) Pss the threds through the thred utter to ut them. l Needle threder lever (pge 41) Use the needle threder lever to thred the needle. m Thred tension dil (pge 63) Adjust the upper thred tension with this dil. n Thred tke-up lever (pge 40) o Boin-winding thred guide nd pretension dis (pge 31) Pss the thred under this thred guide nd round the pretension dis when winding the oin thred. 10

13 Needle nd emroidery foot setion Right-side/rer view Thred guide disk (pge 40) Pss the thred through the thred guide disk when using the needle threder to thred the needle. Needle r thred guide (pge 40) Pss the upper thred through the needle r thred guide. Needle plte When the needle is lowered, it enters the hole in the needle plte. d Needle plte over (pge 74) Remove the needle plte over to len the oin se nd re. e Boin over/oin se (pge 35) Remove the oin over, nd then insert the oin into the oin se. f Emroidery foot Q (pge 76) This presser foot is used for emroidering. Hndle Crry the mhine y its hndle when trnsporting the mhine. Hndwheel (pge 38) Turn the hndwheel towrd you (ounterlokwise) to rise nd lower the needle. Emroidery rd slot (pge 55) Insert the emroidery rd. d USB port (pge 71) Connet the one end of the USB le to this port nd the other to the omputer. e Air vent The ir vent llows the ir surrounding the motor to e exhnged. Do not over the ir vent while the mhine is eing used. f Min power swith (pge 18) Use the min power swith to turn the mhine on nd off. g Power supply jk (pge 18) Insert the plug on the power supply ord into the power supply jk. Memo Refer to pges 10 through 13 while you re lerning to use your mhine. 11

14 Opertion uttons The opertion uttons help you to esily perform vrious si mhine opertions. Strt/stop utton Press the strt/stop utton to strt or stop emroidering. The mhine emroiders t slow speed while the utton is pressed. When emroidering is stopped, the needle is lowered in the fri. The utton hnges olor ording to the mhine s opertion mode. Green: Red: Ornge: The mhine is redy to emroider or is emroidering. The mhine n not emroider. The mhine is winding the oin thred, or the oin winder shft is moved to the right side. Needle position utton Press the needle position utton to rise or lower the needle. Be sure to rise the needle efore threding the needle. Pressing the utton twie sews one stith. Thred utter utton Press the thred utter utton fter emroidering is stopped to ut oth the upper thred nd the oin threds. CAUTION Do not press the thred utter utton fter the threds hve lredy een ut, otherwise the needle my rek, the threds my eome tngled or dmge to the mhine my our. Note Do not press the thred utter utton if there is no fri under the emroidery foot or while the mhine is emroidering, otherwise dmge to the mhine my our. When utting nylon thred or other speil threds, use the thred utter on the side of the mhine. 12

15 Opertion pnel The front opertion pnel hs n LCD (liquid rystl disply) nd opertion keys. LCD (liquid rystl disply) (touh pnel) Setting for the seleted pttern nd error messges pper in the LCD. Touh the keys displyed on the LCD with your finger or touh pen to perform opertions. For detils, refer to "LCD (Liquid Crystl Disply) Opertion" (pge 22). e f Memory key Press to sve emroidery ptterns nd the lphnumeri hrters in the mhine s memory. Emroidery key Press to disply the pttern type seletion sreen. Bk key Press to return to the previous sreen. g Settings key Press to disply the settings sreen. d Previous pge key Press to disply the previous pge when there re items tht re not displyed on the LCD. Next pge key Press to disply the next pge when there re items tht re not displyed on the LCD. h Help key Press to get help on using the mhine. Displys simple explntions of setting upper thred / oin winding / setting oin thred / emroidery unit tthment / emroidery frme tthment / needle replement. 13

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17 1 GETTING READY The vrious preprtions to strt emroidering re desried in this hpter. Bsi Steps for Emroidering...16 Turning the Mhine On/Off...17 Atthing the Emroidery Unit...19 LCD (Liquid Crystl Disply) Opertion...22 Prepring Items for Emroidering...26 Prepring the Needle...27 Winding/Instlling the Boin...29 Upper Threding...37 Prepring the Fri...43 Atthing the Emroidery Frme...47

18 GETTING READY Bsi Steps for Emroidering This setion desries the preprtions for emroidering. The si steps for emroidering re s follows. 1 Emroidery unit tthment 2 Needle preprtion 3 Boin thred setup 4 Fri preprtion 5 Emroidery frme tthment 6 Pttern seletion 7 Upper thred setup 8 Cheking the lyout Atth the emroidery unit. For detils, refer to "Atthing the emroidery unit" (pge 19). Use needle mthed to the fri. For detils, refer to "Repling the needle" (pge 28). For the oin thred, wind emroidery oin thred nd set it in ple. For detils, refer to "Winding/Instlling the Boin" (pge 29). Atth stilizer mteril to the fri, nd hoop it in n emroidery frme. For detils, refer to "Prepring the Fri" (pge 43). Atth the emroidery frme to the emroidery unit. For detils, refer to "Atthing the Emroidery Frme" (pge 47). Selet n emroidery pttern. For detils, refer to "Seleting Emroidery Ptterns" (pge 50). Set up the upper thred ording to the seleted pttern. For detils on setting up the thred, refer to "Upper Threding" (pge 37). Chek nd djust the size nd position of the emroidery pttern. For detils, refer to "Adjusting the lyout nd the size" (pge 61). 16

19 Turning the Mhine On/Off This setion explins how to turn the mhine on nd off. Power supply preutions 1 Be sure to oserve the following preutions onerning the power supply. WARNING Use only regulr household eletriity for the power soure. Using other power soures my result in fire, eletri shok, or dmge to the mhine. Mke sure tht the plugs on the power ord re firmly inserted into the eletril outlet nd the power supply jk on the mhine. Do not insert the plug on the power ord into n eletril outlet tht is in poor ondition. Turn off the min power nd remove the plug in the following irumstnes: When you re wy from the mhine After using the mhine When the power fils during use When the mhine does not operte orretly due to d onnetion or disonnetion During eletril storms CAUTION Use only the power ord inluded with this mhine. Do not use extension ords or multi-plug dpters with mny other pplines plugged in to them. Fire or eletri shok my result. Do not touh the plug with wet hnds. Eletri shok my result. When unplugging the mhine, lwys turn off the min power first. Alwys grsp the plug to remove it from the outlet. Pulling on the ord my dmge the ord, or led to fire or eletri shok. Do not llow the power ord to e ut, dmged, modified, forefully ent, pulled, twisted, or undled. Do not ple hevy ojets on the ord. Do not sujet the ord to het. These things my dmge the ord nd use fire or eletri shok. If the ord or plug is dmged, tke the mhine to your uthorized deler for repirs efore ontinuing use. Unplug the power ord if the mhine is not to e used for long period of time. Otherwise fire my result. Turning the Mhine On/Off 17

20 GETTING READY Turning on the mhine Memo Before turning on the mhine, e sure to tth the emroidery unit to it. If the emroidery unit is not tthed, the mhine does not operte. (For detils, refer to Atthing the Emroidery Unit (pge 19).) Prepre the inluded power supply ord. Mke sure tht the mhine is turned off (the min power swith is set to " "), nd then plug the power supply ord into the power supply jk on the right side of the mhine. Insert the plug of the power supply ord into household eletril outlet. Turning off the mhine When you hve finished using the mhine, turn it off. In ddition, efore trnsporting the mhine to nother lotion, e sure to turn it off. Mke sure tht the mhine is ompletely stopped. Press the left side of the min power swith on the right side of the mhine to turn the mhine off (set it to " "). The light, LCD nd (Strt/stop utton) go off when the mhine is turned off. Unplug the power supply ord from the eletril outlet. Grsp the plug when unplugging the power supply ord. 1 Power supply jk Press the right side of the min power swith on the right side of the mhine to turn the mhine on (set it to " "). The light, LCD nd (Strt/stop utton) light up when the mhine is turned on. Memo When the mhine is turned on, the needle will mke sound when it moves; this is not mlfuntion. d Unplug the power ord from the power supply jk. Note If power outge ours while the mhine is eing operted, turn off the mhine nd unplug the power supply ord. When restrting the mhine, follow the neessry proedure to orretly operte the mhine. (For U.S.A. only) This ppline hs polrized plug (one lde wider thn the other). To redue the risk of eletril shok, this plug is intended to fit in polrized outlet only one wy. If the plug does not fit fully in the outlet, reverse the plug. If it still does not fit, ontt qulified eletriin to instll the proper outlet. Do not modify the plug in ny wy. 18

21 Atthing the Emroidery Unit This setion desries how to tth the emroidery unit. Emroidery unit preutions CAUTION Do not move the mhine with the emroidery unit in ple. The emroidery unit my e dropped nd use injury. Keep your hnds nd other ojets wy from the emroidery rrige nd frme. Otherwise injury my result. Atthing the emroidery unit Get the emroidery unit redy. 1 Note Do not touh the onnetor in the emroidery unit onnetor slot. The onnetor ould e dmged, nd it my use mlfuntions. Do not lift up on the emroidery rrige, nd do not forefully move it. It my use mlfuntions. Mke sure tht the mhine is turned off. Memo Alwys turn off the mhine efore tthing the emroidery unit. It my use mlfuntions. Crrige Atthing the Emroidery Unit 19

22 GETTING READY Slide the emroidery unit onto the mhine rm. Push it in until it liks nd stops. Crrige The emroidery unit is tthed. Note Mke sure tht there is no gp etween the emroidery unit nd the mhine, otherwise the emroidery pttern my not e sewn orretly. Be sure to fully insert the onnetor into the onnetion port. Do not push on the rrige when tthing the emroidery unit to the mhine, otherwise dmge to the emroidery unit my result. CAUTION Do not put your hnds or other ojets ner the rrige. It my use injury. Note If the mhine is initilized with hnds or ojets ner the rrige, the sreen my return to the initil disply. After removing whtever is ner the rrige, turn the power on gin. The sreen for seleting the emroidery pttern type is displyed. Turn on the mhine. d The onfirmtion messge is displyed. Be sure tht no ojets or hnds re ner the emroidery unit nd press. Memo For detils on the emroidery ptterns, refer to "Seleting Emroidery Ptterns" (pge 50). The rrige moves to its initil position. 20

23 Removing the emroidery unit Mke sure tht the mhine is ompletely stopped nd follow the instrutions elow. Remove the emroidery frme. For detils on removing the emroidery frme, refer to "Removing the emroidery frme" (pge 48). Press, nd then press. d Hold the relese utton on the ottom left of the emroidery unit, nd slowly pull the emroidery unit to the left. 1 The emroidery rrige moves into position where it n e sved. Turn off the mhine. CAUTION Alwys turn off the mhine efore removing the emroidery unit. It my use mlfuntions if removed when the mhine is turned on. Relese utton The emroidery unit seprtes from the mhine. CAUTION Do not rry the emroidery unit y holding the rrige. It my use mlfuntions. Atthing the Emroidery Unit 21

24 GETTING READY LCD (Liquid Crystl Disply) Opertion Seleted emroidery pttern, settings nd messges re displyed on the LCD (liquid rystl disply) on the front of the mhine. Chnge the sreen on the LCD using the keys on the right side of the LCD, nd mke opertions y diretly touhing the ions with your finger or touh pen. For detils, refer to "Opertion pnel" (pge 13). Viewing the LCD When the power is turned on, the LCD omes on. When you touh the LCD sreen ording to the messge displyed on the sreen with your finger or touh pen, the following sreen is displyed. Pttern type seletion You n selet the pttern type from this sreen. For detils, refer to "Emroidery pttern types" (pge 50). Moves the emroidery unit rrige to its storge position Press when removing the emroidery unit. For detils, refer to "Removing the emroidery unit" (pge 21). Memo Refer to "Error messges" (pge 82) for messges displyed on the LCD. 22

25 Chnging the mhine settings Vrious mhine opertions nd settings n e hnged. The ttriutes tht n e set re listed elow. For detils on opertion, refer to pge 24. Attriute Ion Detils Settings 1 Thred olor disply Disply unit Chnges the thred olor disply (pge 51). (When "Thred No.#123" is seleted) Selets the mesurement units tht re displyed (pge 52). Thred olor/time to emroider/needle ount/ Thred numer (#123) Emroidery/Country/Mdeir poly/mdeir ryon/sulky/ Roison Anton mm/inch Buzzer Lnguge Speifies whether or not eep is sounded with eh opertion (pge 85). Allows the lnguge used in the sreens to e hnged. English/Germn/Frenh/ Itlin/Duth/Spnish/ Jpnese/Dnish/Norwegin/ Finnish/Swedish/Portuguese/ Russin/Koren/Thi/others LCD rightness Adjust the rightness of the LCD (pge 85). Lighter Drker Stith ounter Disply the servie ount whih is reminder to tke your mhine in for regulr serviing. (Contt your nerest uthorized servie enter for detils.) - Disply the totl numer of emroidery stithes. Produt numer NO.: The "NO." is the numer for the mhine. - Progrm version Version: Displys the progrm version. - Memo The item shown in reverse highlighting re the settings t the time of purhse. For detils on the setting while emroidering, refer to "Setting for emroidering" (pge 51). LCD (Liquid Crystl Disply) Opertion 23

26 GETTING READY Turn on the mhine. The highlighted disply is the initil setting. Exmple: Chnging the mesurement unit The LCD omes on. Press pnel. (Settings key) on the opertion The setting sreen ppers. d When settings re omplete, press (Bk key). Press the item to e set. Swith the sreen using (Previous pge key) nd (Next pge key). The following sreens show their defult settings. The initil sreen ppers gin. Memo "NO." is the individul numer for the mhine. "VERSION" is the progrm version whih is instlled in the mhine. Settings tht re hnged re sved even if the power is turned off. 24

27 Cheking mhine operting proedures Simple explntions n e referred on the LCD disply for the following items. Displys simple explntions of setting upper thred / oin winding / setting oin thred / emroidery unit tthment / emroidery frme tthment / needle replement on the LCD. Turn on the mhine. Press (Next pge key) to swith to the d next pge. Press (Previous pge key) to return to the previous pge. Press (Bk key) to return to the item seletion sreen. Exmple: Upper threding 1 The LCD omes on. Press pnel. (Help key) on the opertion The help sreen ppers. Press the item to e displyed. After you finish viewing, press e key) two times. (Bk f e d Upper threding Boin winding Boin instlltion d Needle replement e Emroidery frme tthment f Emroidery unit tthment The first sreen desriing the proedure for the seleted topi ppers. The initil sreen ppers gin. Memo For detils on eh topi, refer to the orresponding pge in this Opertion Mnul. LCD (Liquid Crystl Disply) Opertion 25

28 GETTING READY Prepring Items for Emroidering The following is neessry for emroidering. Fri Prepre the fri for emroidery. Prepre piee of fri little lrger thn the emroidery frme tht mthes the size of the pttern you wnt to emroider. Note Alwys use stilizer when emroidering projets, espeilly when emroidering on lightweight or streth fris. CAUTION Do not emroider fris tht re too thik. To hek the fri thikness, tth the emroidery frme to the emroidery unit, nd use (Needle position utton) to rise the needle. If there is spe etween the emroidery foot nd the fri, the fri n e emroidered. If there is not spe, do not emroider the fri. Otherwise, the needle my rek, resulting in injury. Be reful when emroidering overlpping ptterns. The needle my not esily piere the fri, using the needle to rek. Stilizer mteril (option) Atth stilizer mteril for emroidery to the fri to prevent poor qulity emroidery designs. Use wter solule sheet on thin mterils like orgndy nd fris with np like towels. For detils, refer to "Atthing stilizer mteril to the fri" (pge 43). Emroidery thred (option) For the upper thred, use the emroidery thred or ountry thred. For the oin thred, use the emroidery oin thred. For detils, refer to "Optionl essories" (pge 9). Memo For good qulity emroidery designs e sure to use emroidery thred designed for emroidery mhines. Before strting to emroider, e sure there is enough oin thred. If you ontinue emroidering when the oin thred is low, the thred my eome tngled. Needle Use 75/11 home sewing mhine needle. When emroidering on thik fris suh s denim, use 90/14 home sewing mhine needle. Memo A 75/11 needle is lredy instlled when the mhine is purhsed. When repling the needle, refer to "Repling the needle" (pge 28). Other Emroidery frmes "smll" nd "lrge" re optionl. For detils, refer to "Setting the fri in the emroidery frme" (pge 44). 26

29 Prepring the Needle Before strting emroidering, hek the needle nd reple it if neessry. Needle preutions 1 Be sure to oserve the following preutions onerning the hndling of the needle. Filure to oserve these preutions is extremely dngerous, for exmple, if the needle reks nd frgments re dispersed. Be sure to red nd refully follow the instrutions elow. CAUTION Only use home sewing mhine needles. Use of ny other needle my end the needle or dmge the mhine. Never use ent needles. Bent needles n esily rek, possily resulting in injuries. Cheking the needle Emroidering with ent needle is extremely dngerous sine the needle my rek while the mhine is eing operted. Before using the needle, ple the flt side of the needle on flt surfe nd hek tht the distne etween the needle nd the flt surfe is even. CAUTION If the distne etween the needle nd the flt surfe is not even, the needle is ent. Do not use ent needle. Flt side Needle type mrking Flt surfe Prepring the Needle 27

30 GETTING READY Repling the needle Use the srewdriver nd needle tht hs een determined to e stright ording to the instrutions in "Cheking the needle" (pge 27). Press (Needle position utton) one or twie to rise the needle. e Hold the needle with your left hnd, nd then use srewdriver to turn the needle lmp srew towrd you (ounterlokwise) to remove the needle. Needle position utton Turn off the mhine. Srewdriver Needle lmp srew Do not pply strong fore when loosening or tightening the needle lmp srew, otherwise ertin prts of the mhine my e dmged. CAUTION Before repling the needle, e sure to turn off the mhine. Otherwise, injuries my our if one of the opertion uttons is identlly pressed nd the mhine strts emroidering. f With the flt side of the needle towrd the rer of the mhine, insert the needle until it touhes the needle stopper. Ple fri or pper under the emroidery foot nd over the hole on the needle plte. Note Before repling the needle, e sure to over the hole in the needle plte with fri or pper to prevent the needle from flling into the mhine. Needle stopper While holding the needle with your left hnd, g use the srewdriver to tighten the needle lmp srew. Lower the presser foot lever. d CAUTION Presser foot lever Be sure to insert the needle until it touhes the needle stopper nd seurely tighten the needle lmp srew with the srewdriver. Otherwise, the needle my rek or dmge my result. 28

31 Winding/Instlling the Boin This setion desries how to wind the thred onto the oin, nd then insert the oin thred. Boin preutions 1 Be sure to oserve the following preutions onerning the oin. CAUTION Only use the Boin (prt ode: SA156, SFB (XA )) designed speifilly for this mhine. Use of ny other oin my result in injuries or dmge to the mhine. The inluded oin ws designed speifilly for this mhine. If oins from other models re used, the mhine will not operte orretly. Use only the inluded oin or oins of the sme type (prt ode: SA156, SFB (XA )). Atul size 11.5 mm (7/16 inh) This model Other model Winding the oin Wind the thred round the oin to prepre the oin thred. Boin-winding thred guide Boin winder shft Boin Memo Use emroidery oin thred intended for this mhine to get ttrtive finishes. If you use other threds, the pttern my not turn out orretly. For detils, refer to "Optionl essories" (pge 9). Winding/Instlling the Boin 29

32 GETTING READY Turn on the mhine. e Ple the spool of thred for the oin onto the spool pin. Slide the spool onto the pin so tht the spool is horizontl nd the thred unwinds to the front t the ottom. Ple the oin on the oin winder shft so tht the spring on the shft fits into the noth in the oin. Press down on the oin until it snps into ple. Noth Boin winder shft spring Slide the oin winder in the diretion of the rrow until it snps into ple. f Memo Use the emroidery oin thred for emroidering. Note If the spool is not positioned so tht the thred unwinds orretly, the thred my eome tngled round the spool pin. Slide the spool p onto the spool pin nd return the spool pin to its originl position. Slide the spool p s fr s possile to the right s shown, with the rounded side on the left. d (Strt/stop utton) lights up in ornge. Pik up the spool pin nd remove the spool p tht is inserted onto the spool pin. Spool p Spool pin CAUTION If the spool or the spool p is not positioned orretly, the thred my eome tngled round the spool pin or the mhine my e dmged. Three spool p sizes re ville, llowing you to hoose spool p tht est fits the size of spool eing used. If the spool p is too smll for the spool eing used, the thred my th on the slit in the spool or the mhine my e dmged. 30

33 Note When emroidering with fine, ross-wound thred, use the smll spool p, nd leve smll spe etween the p nd the spool. Pss the thred ehind the thred guide over h nd to the front. While holding the thred ner the spool with your right hnd, pull the thred with your left hnd s shown elow. 1 Spool p (smll) Spool (ross-wound thred) Spe When using thred tht winds off quikly, suh s trnsprent nylon thred or metlli thred, ple the spool net over the spool efore pling the spool of thred onto the spool pin. If the spool net is too long, fold it to fit the size of the spool. When the spool net is used, the upper thred tension my eome tighter. Before emroidering, refer to "Adjusting the upper thred tension" (pge 63). i Thred guide over Pull the thred to the right, pss it under the hook of the oin-winding thred guide, nd then wind the thred ounterlokwise under the pretension dis, pulling it in s fr s possile. Boin-winding thred guide d Spool net Spool Spool p Spool pin d Mke sure tht the thred psses under the pretension disk. Pull the thred from the spool nd pss the g thred under the hook of thred guide. d d Hook Pretension disk Pull it in s fr s possile. Thred guide Winding/Instlling the Boin 31

34 GETTING READY j Wind the end of the thred lokwise round the oin five or six times. While using your left hnd to hold the thred tht ws pssed through the oin-winding thred guide, use your right hnd to wind the end of the thred. Wind five or six times. Press l (Strt/stop utton) one. k CAUTION Be sure to pull the thred tightly nd wind it lokwise. If the thred is wound ounterlokwise, the thred my wind round the oin winder shft. Pss the end of the thred through the guide slit in the oin winder set, nd then pull the thred to the right to ut it. Strt/stop utton The oin strts winding nd "Winding oin thred..." is displyed on the LCD sreen. Note Do not get wy from the mhine while winding the oin. Mke sure the oin thred is eing wound orretly. If the oin thred is wound inorretly, press (Strt/stop utton) immeditely to stop the oin winding. When the oin winding stops or eomes m slow, press (Strt/stop utton) one to stop the mhine. The oin winding will stop. Guide slit in oin winder set (with uilt-in utter) CAUTION When the oin winding stops or eomes slow, stop the mhine. Otherwise, the mhine my e dmged. CAUTION Be sure to ut the thred s desried. If the oin is wound without utting the thred using the utter uilt into the slit in the oin winder set, the thred my eome tngled in the oin or the needle my end or rek when the oin thred strts to run out. Memo Mke sure tht the thred is orretly set efore strting the oin winding. Otherwise the thred my eome tngled nd fil to wind the thred. 32

35 n Cut the thred with sissors, slide the oin winder shft to the left, nd then remove the oin from the shft. When the thred eme tngled under the oin winder set. If the oin winding strts when the thred is not pssed under the pretension disk of the oinwinding thred guide orretly, the thred my eome tngled under the oin winder set. In suh se, wind off the thred ording to the following proedure. 1 Thred Boin winder set Memo If the oin winder shft is set to the right side, the needle will not move. (Emroidering is impossile.) When the mhine is strted or the hndwheel is turned fter winding the oin, the mhine will mke liking sound; this is not mlfuntion. CAUTION Do not remove the oin winder set even if the thred eome tngled under the oin winder set. It my result in injuries. Do not remove the srew of the oin winder presser, otherwise the mhine my e dmged; you nnot wind off the thred y removing the srew. Srew of the oin winder presser If the thred eome tngled under the oin winder set, press (Strt/stop utton) one to stop the oin winding. Strt/stop utton Winding/Instlling the Boin 33

36 GETTING READY Cut the thred with sissors eside the oinwinding thred guide. Instlling the oin Instll the oin wound with thred. CAUTION Use oin tht hs een orretly wound with thred, otherwise the needle my rek or the thred tension will e inorret. Boin-winding thred guide Slide the oin winder shft to the left, nd then remove the oin from the shft. The inluded oin ws designed speifilly for this mhine. If oins from other models re used, the mhine will not operte orretly. Use only the inluded oin or oins of the sme type (prt ode: SA156, SFB (XA )). Hold the thred end with your left hnd, nd d wind off the thred lokwise ner the oin with your right hnd s shown elow mm (7/16 inh) Atul size This model Other model Memo The order tht the oin thred should e pssed through the oin se is indited y mrks tht surround the oin se. Wind the oin gin. e Note Mke sure tht the thred psses under the pretension disk of the oin-winding thred guide orretly (pge 31). 34

37 Press (Needle position utton) one or twie to rise the needle, nd then rise the presser foot lever. f Insert the oin into the oin se with your right hnd. 1 Needle position utton Presser foot lever Turn off the mhine. Slide the oin over lth to the right. Be sure to insert the oin orretly. CAUTION Be sure to insert the oin nd depress it to the ottom with your finger. Otherwise, the thred my rek or the thred tension will e inorret. Be sure to thred the mhine s indited. Otherwise, the thred my rek or the thred tension will e inorret. Lightly hold down the oin with your right g hnd, nd then guide the thred s shown with your left hnd. Boin over Lth The oin over opens. Remove the oin over. d e Hold the oin with your right hnd nd hold the end of the thred with your left hnd. Pss the thred through the slot s shown, nd h then pull the thred out towrd the front. Be reful not to drop the oin. Cutter The utter uts the thred. Winding/Instlling the Boin 35

38 GETTING READY Note If the thred is not orretly inserted through the tension-djusting spring of the oin se, it my use inorret thred tension (pge 63). Tension-djusting spring i Retth the oin over. Insert the t in the lower-left orner of the oin over, nd then lightly press down on the right side. 2 1 T Lower-left orner The oin threding is finished. You n egin emroidering without pulling up the oin thred. Next, thred the upper thred. Continue with the proedure in "Upper Threding" (pge 37). 36

39 Upper Threding This setion desries how to position the spool for the upper thred, nd then thred the needle. 1 Mrk on hndwheel If you use threds other thn those listed ove, the pttern my not turn out orretly. CAUTION When threding the upper thred, refully follow the instrutions. If the upper threding is not orret, the thred my eome tngled or the needle my end or rek. The needle threder n e used with 75/11 through 100/16 home sewing mhine needle. When using speil thred suh s trnsprent nylon thred or metlli thred, the needle threder nnot e used. Thred with thikness of 130/120 or thiker nnot e used with the needle threder. If the needle threder nnot e used, refer to "Threding the needle mnully (without using the needle threder)" (pge 42). Never use thred weight of 20 or lower. Aout the spool of thred Informtion out the spools of thred is desried elow. CAUTION If the spool or the spool p is not positioned orretly, the thred my eome tngled round the spool pin or the needle my rek. Three spool p sizes re ville, llowing you to hoose spool p tht est fits the size of spool eing used. If the spool p is too smll for the spool eing used, the thred my th on the slit in the spool or the needle my rek. Upper Threding 37

40 GETTING READY Threding the upper thred Set the spool of thred on the spool pin, nd then thred the mhine. Memo Use emroidery thred, or ountry emroidery thred intended for this mhine to get ttrtive finishes. If you use other threds, the pttern my not turn out orretly. Before threding the upper thred, hek the pproprite thred for the seleted pttern. For detils, refer to Seleting Emroidery Ptterns (pge 50). CAUTION When threding the upper thred, refully follow the instrutions. If the upper threding is not orret, the thred my eome tngled or the needle my end or rek. Press (Needle position utton) one or twie to rise the needle. Needle position utton Note The needle is orretly rised when the mrk on the hndwheel is t the top, s shown elow. Chek the hndwheel nd, if this mrk is not t this position, press (Needle position utton) until it is. Turn on the mhine. Mrk on hndwheel Rise the presser foot lever. d Pik up the spool pin nd remove the spool p tht is inserted onto the spool pin. Presser foot lever The emroidery foot is rised. Memo If the emroidery foot is not rised, the mhine nnot e threded. e Spool pin Spool p Ple the spool of thred onto the spool pin. Slide the spool onto the pin so tht the spool is horizontl nd the thred unwinds to the front t the ottom. 38

41 f Slide the spool p onto the spool pin nd return the spool pin to its originl position. Slide the spool p s fr s possile to the right s shown, with the rounded side on the left. Pss the thred ehind the thred guide over h nd to the front. While holding the thred ner the spool with your right hnd, pull the thred with your left hnd s shown elow. 1 CAUTION If the spool or the spool p is not positioned orretly, the thred my eome tngled round the spool pin or the needle my rek. Pull the thred from the spool nd pss the g thred under the hook of the thred guide. d d Thred guide over Thred guide spring Thred When the presser foot lever is lowered Thred guide Note When pssing the thred ehind the thred guide over, e sure to use oth hnds. If you do not hold the thred with your right hnd, the thred will e loose nd you will not e le to seure the thred in the thred spring guide. It my use inorret thred tension. Mke sure tht the presser foot lever is rised efore pssing the thred ehind the thred guide over. If the presser foot lever is lowered, the thred guide spring is shut nd you nnot hng the thred on the thred guide spring orretly. i Pss the thred through the guides in the order shown elow Upper Threding 39

42 GETTING READY j Mke sure tht the thred is pssed into the thred tke-up lever s shown elow. m Pull the end of the thred, whih hs een pssed through the needle r thred guide, to the left, then pss the thred through the noth of the thred guide (1), nd then firmly pull the thred from the front nd insert it into the slit of the thred guide disk mrked "7" ll the wy (2). Mke sure tht the thred psses the noth of the thred guide. Thred tke-up lever Memo If the needle is not rised, you nnot pss the thred into the thred tke-up lever. Be sure to press the needle position utton to rise the needle efore pssing the thred into the thred tke-up lever. k Pss the thred ehind the needle r thred guide. The thred n esily e pssed ehind the needle r thred guide y holding the thred in your left hnd, then feeding the thred with your right hnd, s shown. Noth of the thred guide Thred guide disk n Cut the thred with the utter on the left side of the mhine. Thred utter Needle r thred guide Lower the presser foot lever to lower the l emroidery foot. Presser foot lever 40

43 o Lower the needle threder lever on the left side of the mhine s muh s possile to mke the hook turn. Rise the needle threder lever slowly. p 1 Needle threder lever q Needle threder lever Rise the presser foot lever, nd refully pull the loop of the thred through the eye of the needle to pull out the end of the thred. Needle Hook Note If the needle threder lever is not lowered s muh s possile, the hook will not turn fully s shown elow nd the thred will not pss through the eye of the needle. In suh se, strt from m gin. CAUTION Do not touh utton. Do not touh the strt/stop utton or needle position utton. If one of the uttons is identlly pressed, the mhine will move nd your finger my e priked with the needle or the needle my rek. When pulling out the thred, do not pull it with extreme fore, otherwise the needle my end or rek. If the needle is not rised, the needle threder nnot thred the needle. Be sure to press (Needle position utton) to rise the needle efore using the needle threder. For detils, refer to step of "Threding the upper thred" (pge 38). r Pss the end of the thred through the emroidery foot hole. The upper threding is finished. Upper Threding 41

44 GETTING READY Threding the needle mnully (without using the needle threder) When using speilty thred, suh s trnsprent nylon thred whih nnot e used with the needle threder, thred the needle s desried elow. Thred the mhine to the needle r thred guide ording to steps through k on "Threding the upper thred" (pge 38). Lower the presser foot lever. Presser foot lever Pss the thred through the eye of the needle from front to k. CAUTION Do not touh the strt/stop utton or needle position utton. If one of the uttons is identlly pressed, the mhine will move nd your finger my e priked with the needle or the needle my rek. Rise the presser foot lever, pss the end of the d thred through the emroidery foot hole. 42

45 Prepring the Fri After tthing stilizer mteril to the emroidery fri, it is strethed on n emroidery frme. Atthing stilizer mteril to the fri Prepre stilizer mteril tht is lrger thn the emroidery frme eing used. 1 Atth stilizer mteril for emroidery to the fri to prevent poor qulity emroidery designs. Memo We reommend the optionl stilizer mteril for emroidery. Use wter solule sheet on thin mterils like orgndy nd fris with np like towels. To otin optionl essories or prts, visit [ or [ (in USA). Fri Size of emroidery frme Stilizer mteril If you re using stilizers with dhesive, ple the dhesive surfe of the stilizer mteril ginst the wrong side of the fri, nd iron it with stem iron. CAUTION Alwys use stilizer mteril for emroidery projets. The needle my rek or end if you emroider without using stilizer mteril for thin fris or streth fris. Furthermore, the pttern my not turn out orretly. 1 Stilizer mteril Fri (wrong side) Atthed surfe 2 3 When it nnot e ironed or pled in the hoop For fris, suh s towels, whih nnot e ironed or for emroidering in ples where ironing is diffiult, ple the stilizer mteril under the fri, nd streth the fri in the emroidery frme without tthing the stilizer. Prepring the Fri 43

46 GETTING READY Setting the fri in the emroidery frme The fri is strethed in the emroidery frme. If the fri is loose, the qulity of the emroidery pttern my e poor. Put the fri in the frme without slk following the steps elow. Hve fri with stilizer mteril tthed nd the emroidery frme (medium, smll or lrge) redy. Emroidery frme (medium) Ptterns with height of up to 10 m (4 inhes) nd width of up to 10 m (4 inhes) n e emroidered. Loosen the emroidery frme djustment srew nd remove the inner nd outer frmes, pling the outer frme on flt surfe. Seprte the inner nd outer frme y removing inner frme upwrd. Inner frme Outer frme Adjustment srew Ple the fri with the stilizer mteril on top of the outer frme. Hve the right side of the loth up. Emroidery frme (smll) [option] Ptterns with height of up to 2 m (1 inh) nd width of up to 6 m (2-1/2 inhes) n e emroidered. This is used for letters nd other smll emroidery. Right side 1 Memo There re ptterns for whih emroidery frme (smll) nnot e used. Press the inner frme in from the top of the fri. Line up on the inner frme nd on outer frme. Emroidery frme (lrge) [option] Emroidery n e done in n re with height of up to 17 m (6-7/10 inh) nd width of up to 10 m (4 inh). This is used to emroider multiple ptterns without hnging the fri position in the frme. d Tighten the djustment srew y hnd just enough to seure the fri. CAUTION Use the emroidery frme tht mthes the size of the pttern eing emroidered. Otherwise, the emroidery frme my e hit y the emroidery foot nd use injury or needle rekge. 44

47 e Gently remove the fri from the frme without loosening the djustment srew. Tighten the djustment srew while removing g ny slk in the fri y hnd. The gol is to hve drum-like sound when the strethed fri is struk lightly. 1 Memo This preutionry step will help redue pttern distortion while emroidering. Press the inner frme in from the top of the f fri gin, lining up on the inner frme nd on outer frme. Using emroidery sheets If the emroidery sheet tthed to the emroidery frme is used, the pttern n e emroidered in extly the right position on the fri. Emroidery sheet (medium) Emroidery sheet (smll) [option] Outer frme Inner frme Fri (right side) d Stilizer mteril e Ledge of outer frme 4 3 Press down firmly until the inner frme is seurely pressed ginst the ledge of the outer frme. Emroidery sheet (lrge) [option] Mke mrk with hlk pen t the enter of the position for the pttern to e emroidered. Emroidery pttern Mrk Prepring the Fri 45

48 GETTING READY Ple the emroidery sheet on the inner frme. Emroidery on fris tht nnot e strethed on n emroidery frme When smll piees of fri tht nnot e strethed on n emroidery frme or thin piees like rion re eing emroidered, use stilizer mteril s se to streth on the frme. We reommend stilizer mteril for ll emroidery. Emroidery sheet Inner frme Line the mrk on the fri up with the se line on the emroidery sheet. Bse line Mrk Ple the inner frme with the fri on the d outer frme nd streth the fri. For detils, refer to pge 44. Remove the emroidery sheet. e Stilizer mteril Tk or spry glue Fri After ompleting the emroidery, remove the stilizer mteril refully. 46

49 Atthing the Emroidery Frme This setion desries how to tth the emroidery frme. Atthing the emroidery frme Wind the emroidery oin thred onto the oin nd set it into the oin se. For detils, refer to "Winding/Instlling the Boin" (pge 29). Rise the presser foot lever. e Firmly insert the emroidery frme guide into the emroidery rrige frme holder from the top. Line up the emroidery frme guide ts nd the emroidery rrige frme holder slots nd push in until it liks nd stops. 1 Presser foot lever Press (Needle position utton) one or twie to rise the needle. Emroidery frme guide ts Emroidery rrige frme holder slots The emroidery unit is tthed. d Needle position utton Pss the emroidery frme under the presser foot while rising the presser foot lever even further. Note Be sure to insert oth pins. If only the forwrd or the k pin is inserted, the pttern my not turn out orretly. CAUTION Corretly set the emroidery frme into the emroidery frme holder. Otherwise, the emroidery foot my hit the emroidery frme, resulting in injury. CAUTION Do not touh the strt/stop utton or needle position utton. If one of the uttons is identlly pressed, the mhine will move nd your finger my e priked with the needle or the needle my rek. Atthing the Emroidery Frme 47

50 GETTING READY Removing the emroidery frme d Pss the emroidery frme under the presser foot while rising the presser foot lever even further. Mke sure tht the mhine is ompletely stopped nd follow the instrutions elow. Rise the presser foot lever. Presser foot lever Press (Needle position utton) one or twie to rise the needle. Remove the emroidery frme. e CAUTION Do not touh the strt/stop utton or needle position utton. If one of the uttons is identlly pressed, the mhine will move nd your finger my e priked with the needle or the needle my rek. Needle position utton Press the prt of the emroidery frme holder to the left side s shown in the figure elow, nd rise the emroidery frme. Press here to remove. The emroidery frme will seprte from the emroidery frme holder. 48

51 2 EMBROIDERY The steps for emroidering re desried in this hpter. Seleting Emroidery Ptterns...50 Emroidering...57 Editing nd Sving Ptterns...61 Using the Memory Funtion...69

52 EMBROIDERY Seleting Emroidery Ptterns This setion provides detils on the vrious types of emroidery ptterns ville nd the proedure for seleting pttern. Copyright informtion The ptterns sved in the mhine nd emroidery rds re intended for privte use only. Any puli or ommeril use of opyrighted ptterns is n infringement of opyright lw nd is stritly prohiited. Emroidery pttern types An emroidery pttern n e seleted from the following types ville. d e f Emroidery ptterns There re totl 70 ptterns. The ptterns re ompleted y hnging the upper thred ording to the instrutions displyed on the sreen. For detils, refer to "Seleting n emroidery pttern"(pge 54). Alphnumeri hrter ptterns There re 5 types of hrters: upper se/lower se/numers/symols/europen hrters. For detils, refer to "Seleting lphnumeri hrters" (pge 53). Frme ptterns 10 shpes, suh s squres nd irles, n e omined with 12 stith types. For detils, refer to "Seleting frme pttern" (pge 55). d Emroidery rd Press when seleting ptterns from n emroidery rd. For detils, refer to "Using n emroidery rd" (pge 55). e Ptterns sved in the mhine's memory Press when retrieving ptterns from the mhine's memory. For detils, refer to "Sving ptterns" (pge 70). f Ptterns retrieved from the omputer Ptterns retrieved from omputer n e emroidered. For detils, refer to "Retrieving emroidery ptterns from the omputer" (pge 71). 50

53 Setting for emroidering NEEDLE COUNT: Needle progress numer Setting the disply while emroidering Press (Settings key) nd then (Next pge key). Then, selet the item y pressing. NAME OF COLOR: Typil olor nme 2 #123: Thred olor numer TIME: Time required for emroidering Selet from the following thred olor numer sets (The disply ove is n exmple when EMBROIDERY (POLYESTER) THREAD# is seleted.) EMBROIDERY (POLYESTER) THREAD# COUNTRY (COTTON) THREAD# MADEIRA POLY THREAD# MADEIRA RAYON THREAD# SULKY THREAD# ROBISON-ANTON POLY THREAD# Seleting Emroidery Ptterns 51

54 EMBROIDERY DISPLAY UNIT The mesurement units tht re displyed n e seleted. [mm/inh] Press this key to hnge the thred settings. Press this key to selet or nel progrmmed thred utting. When progrmmed thred utting is set, the thred is ut utomtilly fter reinforement. Press or to hnge the thred density (hrters nd frme ptterns only). LCD utton Exmple: Seleting lphnumeri hrters Press this key to djust the pttern. When speifi pttern is seleted, press this key nd then, press to swith the disply. The settings suh s the speified lphnumeri hrter string nd olor re onfirmed. Press this key when you wnt to hnge the olor, hrter y hrter in hrter emroidery. Sine the mhine stops t the end of eh hrter, the upper thred is hnged s you emroider. Press this key gin to nel multi-olor. The needle progresses one olor or one stith (if pressed ontinuously, 9 stithes to 30 stithes) t time nd hnges the position for strting the emroidery. This is used when speifi olor is not emroidered or when restrting the mhine fter power hs een turned off in the middle of the opertion. 52

55 Seleting lphnumeri hrters Speify the hrters for emroidery. Bk one olor Forwrd one olor Bk one stith Forwrd one stith For detils, refer to "Resewing" (pge 66). The position of the pttern within the emroidery frme n e heked, nd the size nd ngle n e hnged. For detils, refer to "Adjusting the lyout nd the size" (pge 61). Memo When "The pttern is too lrge for the emroidery frme" is displyed, no more hrters n e entered. Chrters of different style (sns serif, serif nd outline, et.) nnot e omined. Selet the lphnumeri hrters. Selet the hrter style. 2 Memo Keys tht pper surrounded with dotted line (ex. ) nnot e used. Exmple: Seleting n emroidery pttern Enter the hrters. Memo If wrong hrter is seleted, press. To enter spe, press "_". Press this key to hek the order of multi olor. Press to swith the disply. Exmple: Come on Swith etween upperse/ lowerse Swith mong lrge/medium/smll sizes Seleting Emroidery Ptterns 53

56 EMBROIDERY Seleting n emroidery pttern There re 70 emroidery ptterns, suh s flowers nd nimls, sved in the mhine's memory. 70 Emroidery ptterns Memo Refer to "Emroidery Pttern Color Chnge Tle" in the Quik referene guide for smples of ompleted ptterns nd the thred used. Press. The pttern seletion sreen is displyed. Selet the pttern. Swith the sreen using (Previous pge key) nd (Next pge key). When / is pressed, the disply of ptterns moves kwrd/forwrd 10 ptterns. Memo The hrter pttern you reted n e sved for lter use. For detils, refer to "Sving ptterns" (pge 70). When pttern is seleted, it n e emroidered. 54

57 Seleting frme pttern 10 shpes, suh s squres nd irles, n e omined with 12 stith types. Memo Refer to "Frme ptterns" in the Quik referene guide for frme pttern shpes nd stithes. Press. Using n emroidery rd If n emroidery rd is used, you n emroider ptterns other thn the ptterns sved in the mhine. There re vrious rds with different themes. 2 The frme shpe seletion sreen is displyed. Selet the frme shpe. Swith the sreen using (Previous pge key) nd (Next pge key), nd selet from the 10 types. Note Alwys turn off the mhine to insert nd remove emroidery rds. Insert the emroidery rd into the emroidery rd slot, fing it in the right diretion. Do not put nything other thn n emroidery rd in the emroidery rd slot. When emroidery rds re not in use, keep them in their storge ses. Use only emroidery rds mnuftured for this mhine. Using unuthorized rds my use your mhine to operte inorretly. Emroidery rds purhsed in foreign ountries my not work with your mhine. The stith seletion sreen is displyed. Selet the stith. Swith the sreen using (Previous pge key) nd (Next pge key), nd selet from the 12 stithes. Turn off the mhine. When stith is seleted, it n e emroidered. Seleting Emroidery Ptterns 55

58 EMBROIDERY Insert the emroidery rd in the emroidery rd slot on the right side of the mhine. Fe the rrow on the emroidery rd towrd you, nd insert it in the diretion of the rrow. Turn on the mhine. Press on the sreen. d e This seletion sreen for the ptterns sved in the rd is displyed. Selet pttern. The opertion is the sme s in "Seleting n emroidery pttern" (pge 54). 56

59 Emroidering After the preprtions re done, you n try emroidering. This setion desries the steps for emroidering nd ppliquéing. Note Before emroidering, hek tht there is enough thred in the oin. If you ontinue emroidering without enough thred in the oin, the thred my tngle. When emroidering on lrge grments (espeilly jkets or other hevy fris), do not let the fri hng over the tle. Otherwise, the emroidery unit nnot move freely, nd the pttern my not turn out s plnned. Emroidering pttern Exmple: Emroidery thred numer seleted 2 Emroidery ptterns re emroidered with hnge of thred fter eh olor. Prepre emroidery thred of the olor shown on the sreen. d e Emroidery frmes tht n e used for emroidering Current olor step/numer of olors in design Current nme of olor d Current olor prt e Next olor prt The thred olor numer set displyed for the thred olors n e hnged. Press (Setting key), nd then hnge the setting in the setting sreen. For detils, refer to "Setting for emroidering" (pge 51). Set the emroidery thred, nd thred the needle. Refer to "Threding the upper thred" (pge 38). Note Before using the needle threder, e sure to lower the emroidery foot. Pss the thred through the emroidery foot hole, nd hold it lightly in your left hnd. Give the thred little slk. CAUTION If the thred is pulled too tight, the needle my rek or end. Do not let hnds or ojets hit the rrige while emroidering. The pttern my mislign. Emroidering 57

60 EMBROIDERY Lower the presser foot lever. d Use sissors to ut the thred t the eginning g of the stithing. Cut the thred t the edge of the stithing. Presser foot lever Press e (Strt/stop utton). Strt/stop utton Note Do not leve ojets in the rnge of motion of the emroidery frme. The frme my strike the ojet nd use poor finish to the emroidery pttern. Note If the thred is left t the eginning of the stithing, it my e sewn over s you ontinue emroidering the pttern, mking it very diffiult to del with the thred fter the pttern is finished. Trim the thred t the eginning. Press (Strt/stop utton) gin. h The emroidery strts gin nd stops utomtilly with reinforement fter one olor hs een ompleted. When progrmmed thred utting is set, the thred is ut utomtilly fter reinforement. In this se, go to step j. CAUTION Use the emroidery frme tht mthes the size of the pttern eing emroidered. Otherwise, the emroidery frme my e hit y the emroidery foot nd use injury or needle rekge. Press i (Thred utter utton) one. f After progressing 5-6 stithes, press (Strt/stop utton) to stop the mhine. Thred utter utton The needle is rised nd the threds re ut. Rise the presser foot lever. j Presser foot lever Memo If the emroidery foot is not rised, the upper thred nnot e repled. 58

61 Remove the upper thred. k l Note Be sure to rise the presser foot lever efore removing the upper thred. If you remove the upper thred with the emroidery foot lowered, it my use mlfuntion. Set up emroidery thred for the next olor, nd repet steps through h. When the lst olor is emroidered, "Finished sewing." will pper on the disply. Press, nd the disply will return to the initil sreen. Cut the exess thred. m Memo For the progrmmed thred utting setting, refer to "Setting for emroidering" (pge 52). Appliquéing Prepre the se fri nd the ppliqué fri (ppliqué piee). Press (Settings key), nd set the thred olor disply to NAME OF COLOR, so "APPLIQUE MATERIAL", "APPLIQUE POSITION" nd "APPLIQUE" re displyed on the sreen. Selet n ppliqué pttern. "APPLIQUE MATERIAL" is displyed on the sreen. Apply iron-on stilizer to the k of the ppliqué piee fri, nd streth it on the emroidery frme. 2 Lower the presser foot lever, nd press (Strt/stop utton). The ut-out for the ppliqué piee is sewn, nd the mhine stops. Cut-out line Appliqué piee fri "APPLIQUE POSITION" will e displyed on the sreen. Emroidering 59

62 EMBROIDERY d Remove the fri from the emroidery frme, nd ut it out long the ut-out line. Cut refully long the stithing nd remove the thred. Apply thin lyer of fri glue or spry h dhesive to the k of the ppliqué piee, nd tth it in the ppliqué position. If it is not ut right on the stithing, it will not e finished netly. i Lower the presser foot lever, nd press (Strt/stop utton). e Streth the se fri on the emroidery frme. Set up the thred for ppliquéing. f Lower the presser foot lever, nd press g (Strt/stop utton). The position for the ppliqué is stithed, nd the mhine stops. The position for the ppliqué is stithed, nd the mhine stops. "APPLIQUE" will e displyed on the sreen. Memo When "APPLIQUE MATERIAL", "APPLIQUE POSITION" nd "APPLIQUE" re displyed, speifi olor thred does not pper. Use proper olor thred to mth the ppliqué piee. Appliqué position Bse fri j Follow the instrutions on the sreen, nd hnge thred olors s you emroider. 60

63 Editing nd Sving Ptterns This setion desries wys to edit, djust, reposition nd memorize ptterns. Adjusting the lyout nd the size The pttern is normlly positioned in the enter of the emroidery frme. You n hek the lyout efore strting emroidery nd hnge the position nd the size. Chek nd djust the lyout. 2 Memo Keys tht pper surrounded with dotted line (ex. ) nnot e used. After seleting the emroidery pttern, press. The emroidering sreen is displyed. d e f g h i j k Lyout within the frme Disply unit (m/inch) Aville emroidery frmes Chnge position keys Size key/lyout key Rottion key Horizontl mirror imge key Tril key Strting point key Distne from the enter Emroidery size Press. Emroidery frme size The size of emroidery frme tht n e used is displyed. When the smller mrk is gryed out in the disply, emroidery frme (smll) nnot e used. These ions flsh if the pttern ws resized, the lyout ws djusted, or the reommended emroidery frme size ws hnged. The lyout sreen is displyed. CAUTION Use the emroidery frme tht mthes the size of the pttern eing emroidered. Otherwise, the emroidery frme my e hit y the emroidery foot nd use injury or needle rekge. Editing nd Sving Ptterns 61

64 EMBROIDERY Size key Inreses/dereses the size of the pttern. Press to return to the previous sreen. Rottes the pttern 90 degrees to the left Rottes the pttern 90 degrees to the right Rottes the pttern 10 degrees to the left Rottes the pttern 10 degrees to the right Rottes the pttern 1 degree to the left Dereses size Returns to originl size. When the pttern ws moved with the hnge position keys, it returns to its originl position. Inreses size Chnge position keys Moves the emroidery position up, down, left nd right. Memo If you hnge the size of the pttern or reverse it, the emroidery whih hve een moved will return to its initil position. Use the Chnge position keys fter you hve hnged the size of the pttern or reversed it. The emroidery ptterns you hve edited or djusted n e sved in the mhine s memory. For detils, refer to "Sving ptterns" (pge 70). Lyout key Press this key to move to rottion sreen. Rottes the pttern 1degree to the right Returns the pttern to its originl position Memo When the pttern is lrger thn 10m (4 inhes) x 10m (4 inhes), there my e se tht the pttern nnot e rotted. Horizontl mirror imge key Mirrors the pttern left nd right. Memo Mirroring ptterns is possile only for emroidery pttern or frme pttern. Strting point stithing key Swithes the stithing strting point etween enter nd lower left of the design. Press (Bk key) to return to the previous sreen. Tril key Moves the frme to hek the pttern position. Rottion key Rottes the pttern 1 degree, 10 degrees or 90 degrees t time. Press (Bk key) to return to the previous sreen. 62

65 CAUTION Never lower the needle when the emroidery frme is moving. The needle my rek or end. When you hve revised the pttern, hek the disply of ville emroidery frmes nd use n pproprite frme. If you use n emroidery frme not displyed s ville for use, the emroidery foot my strike the frme nd possily use injury. Press (Bk key) to return to the d previous sreen. Memo If the stithes pper loose, turn the tension up one noth nd resew. Corret thred tension The thred tension is orret when upper thred slightly ppers on the wrong side of fri. Right side of fri Wrong side of fri Upper thred is too tight The lower thred will e visile on the right side of fri. If this ours, derese the upper thred tension. 2 Memo When the mhine is turned off, the lyout returns to the originl setting. You n lso hek the pttern size nd distne from the enter y pressing fter eginning emroidering. The emroidery ptterns you hve edited or djusted n e sved in the mhine s memory. For detils, refer to "Sving ptterns" (pge 70). Adjusting the upper thred tension If emroidery fils, it is diffiult to undo the thred nd the fri my e dmged. Before emroidering, use srp of the sme fri to hek the djustment of the thred tension, et. The upper thred tension is hnged using the thred tension dil. When doing mhine emroidery, the tension dil should e set somewhere etween 2 to 6. Right side of fri Wrong side of fri Upper thred is too loose The upper thred hs slk. If this ours, inrese the upper thred tension. Right side of fri Wrong side of fri Note If the upper thred is not threded orretly or the oin is not instlled orretly, it my not e possile to set the orret thred tension. If the orret thred tension nnot e hieved, rethred the upper thred nd insert the oin orretly. If the tension dil is set extremely low, the mhine my stop stithing during emroidering. This is not sign tht nything's roken. Simply inrese the tension slightly to ontinue emroidering. Loose (Derese thred tension) Tight (Inrese thred tension) Upper thred tension dil Editing nd Sving Ptterns 63

66 EMBROIDERY Adjusting the oin thred tension The oin se instlled in this mhine n e djusted, if neessry, to ommodte the oin tension for emroidering. Using smll slotted srewdriver, turn the slottedhed (-) srew to djust the oin se tension. 1 2 Do not turn phillips srew (+). Adjust with srewdriver (smll). Corret thred tension The thred tension is orret when upper thred slightly ppers on the wrong side of fri. Right side of fri Wrong side of fri Boin thred is too tight Upper thred on the right side of fri seems to e lifting/looping nd oin thred is not seen on the wrong side of fri. Right side of fri Wrong side of fri Boin thred is too loose Boin thred ppers slightly on the right side of fri. Right side of fri Wrong side of fri If this ours, turn the slotted-hed srew (-) lokwise, eing reful not to over-tighten the srew, pproximtely degrees to inrese oin tension. CAUTION When djusting the oin se, e sure to remove the oin from the oin se. DO NOT djust the position of the Phillips (+) srew on the oin se s this my result in dmge to the oin se, rendering it unusle. If the slotted-hed srew (-) is diffiult to turn, do not use fore. Turning the srew too muh or providing fore in either (rottionl) diretion my use dmge to the oin se. Should dmge our, the oin se my not mintin proper tension. If this ours, turn the slotted-hed srew (-) ounterlokwise eing reful not to over-loosen the srew, pproximtely degrees to derese oin tension. 64

67 Conneting hrter ptterns If the hrter pttern is too long to fit in the emroidery frme, follow the steps elow. Exmple: Conneting "ABC" with "DEF" f Press to turn it to. Enter "ABC" nd press. Press to turn off the progrmmed thred utting ( ). The stithing strting point is set to lower left of the design. Lower the emroidery foot, nd then press g (Strt/stop swith) to egin emroidering. When emroidering is finished, trim the thred h leving the end of the thred longer thn usul. Then reset the fri in the emroidery frme, in position where you n emroider "DEF". 2 Press (Bk key). Emroidery strt position Emroidery end position Enter "DEF" nd press. i d Press. j Press. e Press. Press to turn it to. k The stithing strting point is set to lower left of the design. Editing nd Sving Ptterns 65

68 EMBROIDERY Use (hnge position keys) to move l the needle to the emroidery end position of "ABC". Resewing When the wrong upper thred olor hs een sewn, it n e resewn with the orret olor. Press mhine. (Strt/stop utton) to stop the Press. Emroidery end position m Lower the emroidery foot, nd then press (Strt/Stop utton) to emroider "DEF". Press. n When you hve finished emroidering, ut the thred. Press (Bk one olor) to return to the d eginning of the mistken olor. Press one more time to go to previous olor. Set up the orret olor for the upper thred. e Press (Strt/stop utton) to ontinue the f design. 66

69 Thred runs out prtwy through design When the upper thred or the oin thred runs out while emroidering, the mhine stops. Move the needle k out 10 stithes nd resume emroidering. Memo When the oin thred runs out, ut the threds nd remove the emroidery frme efore repling the oin thred. Set the upper thred or oin thred. Press. Stopping while emroidering If the emroidery is stopped efore it is omplete, hek the urrent needle ount nd lyout efore turning off the mhine. Memo When the mhine is turned off, the emroidery size nd lyout return to the originl setting. If you hve hnged the lyout, you need to djust it gin. Press (Strt/stop utton) to stop the mhine. Chek the urrent needle ount on the sreen nd mke note of it. 2 Memo If the needle ount is not displyed, disply the needle ount on the sreen. For detils, refer to "Stopping while emroidering" (pge 67). Press. If the needle ount is not displyed, press (Settings key), nd then use to disply the following sreen. Press to return to the previous sreen. Press (Bk one stith) to move the d needle k out 10 stithes. (Forwrd one stith) inreses the stith numer. Press (Emroidery key). Restrt the emroidery. e The onfirmtion messge is displyed. Editing nd Sving Ptterns 67

70 EMBROIDERY Press. d Press. h The seleted pttern is deleted, nd the sreen for seleting the emroidery pttern type is displyed. Turn off the mhine. e Press (Forwrd one olor) to move to i the eginning of the olor you wnt to emroider. Note Alwys remove the emroidery unit when you move the mhine. Press (Forwrd one stith) to inrese j the needle ount. If is pressed ontinuously, it moves forwrd 1 > 9 >30 stithes. f Turn on the mhine, nd then selet the pttern. Memo If you hve hnged the emroidery size nd/or lyout efore turning off the mhine, mke the sme setting hnges gin efore restrting emroidering. For detils, refer to "Adjusting the lyout nd the size" (pge 61). Move forwrd to out 10 stithes efore the totl numer of stithes onfirmed in. g Press. Restrt the emroidery. k 68

71 Using the Memory Funtion Emroidery dt preutions Oserve the following preutions when using emroidery dt other thn tht reted nd sved in this mhine. CAUTION When using emroidery dt other thn our originl ptterns, the thred or needle my rek when sewing with stith density tht is too fine or when sewing three or more overlpping stithes. In tht se, use one of our originl dt design systems to edit the emroidery dt. 2 Types of Emroidery Dt tht n e Used Only.pes nd.dst emroidery dt files n e used with this mhine. Using dt other thn tht sved using our dt design systems or mhines my use the emroidery mhine to mlfuntion. Computers nd Operting Systems with the Following Speifitions n e Used Comptile models: IBM PC with USB port s stndrd equipment IBM PC-omptile omputer equipped with USB port s stndrd equipment Comptile operting systems: Mirosoft Windows Me/Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Vist/Windows 7 (Windows 98SE requires driver. Downlod the driver from our we site Preutions on Using the Computer to Crete nd Sve Dt If the file nme of emroidery dt nnot e identified, for exmple, euse the nme ontins speil hrters, the file is not displyed. If this ours, hnge the nme of the file. We reommend using the 26 letters of the lphet (upperse nd lowerse), the numers 0 through 9, -, nd _..pes files sved with the numer of stithes, the numer of olors nd the numer of omined ptterns exeeding the speified limits nnot e displyed. Use one of our originl dt design systems to edit the emroidery pttern so tht it meets the speifitions. Do not rete folders in Removle Disk on omputer. If emroidery dt is sved in folder in Removle Disk, tht emroidery dt nnot e retrieved y the mhine. Even if the emroidery unit is not tthed, the mhine will mnge emroidery dt. Tjim (.dst) Emroidery Dt.dst dt is displyed in the pttern list sreen y file nme (the tul imge nnot e displyed). Only the first eight hrters of the file nme n e displyed. Sine Tjim (.dst) dt does not ontin speifi thred olor informtion, it is displyed with our defult thred olor sequene. Chek the preview nd hnge the thred olors s desired. Trdemrks IBM is registered trdemrk or trdemrk of Interntionl Business Mhines Corportion. Mirosoft nd Windows re registered trdemrks or trdemrks of Mirosoft Corportion. Eh ompny whose softwre title is mentioned in this mnul hs Softwre Liense Agreement speifi to its proprietry progrms. All other rnds nd produt nmes mentioned in this mnul re registered trdemrks of their respetive ompnies. However, the explntions for mrkings suh s nd re not lerly desried within the text. Using the Memory Funtion 69

72 EMBROIDERY Sving ptterns The emroidery ptterns nd the lphnumeri hrters you hve ustomized n e sved in the mhine's memory. Sine the sved ptterns will not e ersed when the power is turned off, you n lwys retrieve them for emroidery. This is onvenient for sving nmes nd the like. You n sve up to 12 ptterns or 512KB of dt. Sving pttern After seleting the pttern to e sved, press (Memory key). Selet the pttern you wish to retrieve. Swith sreens using (Previous pge key) nd (Next pge key). Totl mount of memory used/totl mount of memory spe Numer of the urrently displyed pge from the totl numer of pges The seleted pttern is shown in reverse highlighting. Press. To delete the sved pttern, press. "Sving..." ppers while the pttern is eing sved. After the pttern is sved, the initil sreen ppers gin. Note Do not turn off the mhine while the pttern is eing sved, otherwise the pttern dt my e lost. Retrieving pttern The sved pttern is retrieved. The emroidery sreen ppers, nd you n emroider the retrieved pttern. Press (Retrieve key). The sved ptterns re displyed. 70

73 Retrieving emroidery ptterns from the omputer The "Removle Disk" ion ppers in "My Computer" on the omputer. Plug the USB le onnetors into the orresponding USB port onnetors on the omputer nd on the mhine. 2 Copy the pttern dt to Removle Disk. USB port onnetor for omputer USB le onnetor Pttern dt in Removle Disk is written to the mhine. Memo The USB le n e plugged into the USB port onnetors on the omputer nd mhine whether or not they re turned on. Emroidery ptterns n e retrieved with or without the emroidery unit tthed to the mhine. Note While dt is eing written, do not disonnet the USB le. Do not rete folders within Removle Disk. Sine folders re not displyed, pttern dt within folders nnot e retrieved. While the mhine is emroidering, do not write dt to or delete dt from Removle Disk. Press. d The sved ptterns re displyed. Using the Memory Funtion 71

74 EMBROIDERY Selet the pttern you wish to retrieve. e Swith sreens using (Previous pge key) nd (Next pge key). Totl mount of memory used Totl mount of memory spe Numer of the urrently displyed pge from the totl numer of pges The seleted pttern is shown in reverse highlighting. f Press. Note If there re 13 or more ptterns sved in Removle Disk, the ptterns nnot e displyed. When the messge Redue the numer of ptterns. Only up to 12 ptterns n e hndled. ppers, delete ptterns from Removle Disk so tht it ontins no more thn 12 ptterns. Then, lose the error messge, repet the proedure strting from step d nd then press to retrieve the pttern. If ptterns opied to Removle Disk re not sved in the mhine's memory, their dt is lost when the mhine is turned off. In order to retrieve ptterns diretly from the mhine the next time tht they re needed, sve the dt in the mhine's memory efore turning off the mhine. For detils, refer to Sving ptterns (pge 70). The sved pttern is retrieved. The emroidery sreen ppers, nd you n emroider the retrieved pttern. Adjust the pttern s desired, nd then egin g emroidering. 72

75 3 APPENDIX The vrious mintenne nd trouleshooting proedures re desried in this hpter. Cre nd Mintenne...74 Atthing the Emroidery Foot...76 Trouleshooting...78 Upgrding Your Mhine's Softwre...86 Index...87

76 APPENDIX Cre nd Mintenne Simple mhine mintenne opertions re desried elow. Clening the mhine surfe If the surfe of the mhine is dirty, lightly sok loth in neutrl detergent, squeeze it out firmly, nd then wipe the surfe of the mhine. After lening it one with dmp loth, wipe it gin with dry loth. d Loosen the needle lmp srew nd remove the needle (pge 28). CAUTION Unplug the power supply ord efore lening the mhine. Otherwise, injuries or n eletri shok my our. e Srewdriver Needle lmp srew Grsp oth sides of the needle plte over, nd then slide it towrd you. Clening the re Emroidery performne will suffer if dust ollets in the oin se. Therefore, it should e lened periodilly. Turn off the mhine. Needle plte over The needle plte over is removed. f Remove the oin se. Grsp the oin se, nd then pull it out. Unplug the power supply ord from the power supply jk on the right side of the mhine. CAUTION Unplug the power supply ord efore lening the mhine. Otherwise, injuries or n eletri shok my our. Boin se Remove the emroidery unit. 74

77 Use the lening rush or vuum lener to g remove ny lint nd dust from the re nd oin thred sensor nd their surrounding re. i Insert the ts on the needle plte over into the needle plte, nd then slide the over k on. Clening rush Re Boin thred sensor Note Do not pply oil to the oin se. If lint or dust ollets on the oin thred sensor, the sensor my not operte orretly. Insert the oin se so tht the mrk on h the oin se ligns with the mrk on the re. Needle plte over CAUTION Never use oin se tht is srthed. Otherwise, the upper thred my eome tngled, the needle my rek or emroidering performne my suffer. For new oin se (prt ode: XD ), ontt your nerest uthorized servie enter. Be sure tht the oin se is orretly instlled, otherwise the needle my rek. 3 Align the nd mrks. mrk mrk Boin se Mke sure tht the indited points re ligned efore instlling the oin se. Cre nd Mintenne 75

78 APPENDIX Atthing the Emroidery Foot This setion desries how to tth the emroidery foot "Q". Atthing the emroidery foot Turn off the mhine. If you need to reple the emroidery foot, tth the emroidery foot "Q" s follows. Emroidery foot r Cught y the presser foot holder srew CAUTION Alwys use the emroidery foot "Q" when emroidering. If the wrong emroidery foot is used, the needle my hit the emroidery foot nd end or rek. Press (Needle position utton) one or twie to rise the needle. CAUTION Before tthing the emroidery foot, e sure to turn off the mhine. Otherwise, injuries my our if one of the opertion uttons is identlly pressed nd the mhine strts emroidering. Rise the presser foot lever. Presser foot lever d Hold the emroidery foot "Q" with your right hnd, s shown. Hold the emroidery foot with your index finger wrpped round the lever t the k of the foot. Needle position utton Note The needle is orretly rised when the mrk on the hndwheel is t the top. Chek the hndwheel mrk is t the top position. Lever 76

79 e f While pressing in the lever with your finger, fit the emroidery foot r over the needle lmp srew to tth the emroidery foot to the presser foot r. Presser foot r Needle lmp srew Emroidery foot r Seure the emroidery foot with the presser foot holder srew. Set the emroidery foot perpendiulr. CAUTION Do not hit the needle with your finger or the emroidery foot when tthing it. The needle my rek or use injury. Be sure to tighten the srew with the inluded srewdriver. If the srew is loose, the needle my hit the emroidery foot nd rek or end. Before emroidering, lwys turn the hndwheel towrd you (ounterlokwise) slowly to mke sure tht the needle does not hit the emroidery foot. The needle my rek or end. 3 Presser foot holder srew Firmly tighten the presser foot holder srew. g Turn the srewdriver towrd the front. Srewdriver Atthing the Emroidery Foot 77

80 APPENDIX Trouleshooting If the mhine stops operting orretly, hek the following possile prolems efore requesting servie. You n solve most prolems y yourself. If you need dditionl help, the Brother Solutions Center offers the ltest FAQs nd trouleshooting tips. Visit us t [ If the prolem persists, ontt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. Symptom Prole Cuse Remedy Referene The mhine is not turned on. Turn on the mhine. pge 18 The strt/stop utton ws not pressed. Press the strt/stop utton. pge 58 The mhine does not operte. The presser foot lever is rised. Lower the presser foot lever. pge 58 The oin winder shft is on the right side fter winding the oin. Slide the oin winder shft to the left. pge 33 The emroidery unit is not tthed on the mhine. The needle is inorretly instlled. Atth the emroidery unit. pge 19 Corretly instll the needle. The needle lmp srew is loose. The needle is ent or lunt. Use the srewdriver to firmly tighten the srew. Reple the needle. pge 28 The upper thred tension is too tight. Loosen the upper thred tension. pge 63 The spool is inorretly instlled. Corretly instll the spool. pge 37 The needle reks. The re round the hole in the needle plte is srthed, or hs urr on it. The re round the hole in the emroidery foot is srthed, or hs urr on it. Reple the needle plte. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. Reple the emroidery foot. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. - - The oin se is srthed, or hs urr on it. Reple the oin se. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. - A oin designed speifilly for this mhine is not used. Inorret oins will not work properly. Only use oin designed speifilly for this mhine. pge 29 The upper thred ws not threded orretly. Corret the upper threding. pge 38 The upper thred reks. The upper thred ws not threded orretly (for exmple, the spool is not instlled orretly, the spool p is too ig for the spool eing used, or the thred hs ome out of the needle r thred guide.) Corret the upper threding. Use the spool p tht est fits the size of the spool eing used. pge 37 78

81 Symptom Prole Cuse Remedy Referene There re knots or tngles in the thred. The upper thred tension is too tight. Remove ny knots or tngles. - Loosen the upper thred tension. pge 63 The thred is tngled, for exmple, in the oin se. Remove the tngled thred. If the thred is tngled in the oin se, len the re. pge 74 The upper thred reks. The needle is ent or lunt. The needle is inorretly instlled. The re round the hole in the emroidery foot is srthed, or hs urr on it. The oin se is srthed, or hs urr on it. Reple the needle. Corretly instll the needle. Reple the emroidery foot. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. Reple the oin se. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. pge A oin designed speifilly for this mhine is not used. Inorret oins will not work properly. Only use oin designed speifilly for this mhine. pge 29 Boin thred does not wind netly on the oin. The thred is not pssed through the oin-winding thred guide orretly. The thred tht ws pulled out ws not wound onto the oin orretly. Corretly pss the thred through the oin-winding thred guide. Wind the thred tht ws pulled off round the oin five or six times lokwise. pge 31 pge 32 The lower thred is tngled or reks. The oin thred is inorretly instlled. The oin is srthed or does not rotte smoothly, or hs urr on it. The thred is tngled. Corretly instll the oin thred. pge 34 Reple the oin. - Remove the tngled thred nd len the re. pge 74 A oin designed speifilly for this mhine is not used. Inorret oins will not work properly. Only use oin designed speifilly for this mhine. pge 29 The thred is tngled on the wrong side of the fri. The upper thred ws not threded orretly. Corret the upper threding. pge 38 The thred tension is inorret. The upper thred ws not threded orretly. Corret the upper threding. Mke sure tht the thred is hnged on the thred guide spring whih is on the left side of the thred guide over. pge 38, pge 39 The oin thred is inorretly instlled. Corretly instll the oin thred. pge 34 Trouleshooting 79

82 APPENDIX Symptom Prole Cuse Remedy Referene The thred tension is inorret. The thred tension is inorret. A oin designed speifilly for this mhine is not used. Adjust the tension of the upper thred nd the oin thred. Inorret oins will not work properly. Only use oin designed speifilly for this mhine. pge 63, pge 64 pge 29 The upper thred is too tight. The oin thred is inorretly instlled. The upper thred ws not threded orretly. Corretly instll the oin thred. pge 34 Corret the upper threding. pge 38 Stithes re skipped. The needle is ent or lunt. Reple the needle. pge 28 The needle is inorretly instlled. Corretly instll the needle. pge 28 Dust hs umulted under the needle plte or in the oin se. Remove the needle plte over nd len the re. pge 74 A high-pithed noise is mde while emroidering. Dust hs umulted in the oin se. The upper thred ws not threded orretly. The oin se is srthed, or hs urr on it. Clen the re. pge 74 Corret the upper threding. pge 38 Reple the oin se. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. - A oin designed speifilly for this mhine is not used. Inorret oins will not work properly. Only use oin designed speifilly for this mhine. pge 29 The thred does not pss through the eye of the needle. The needle hs not een rised to the orret position. Press the needle position utton. pge 38 The needle is inorretly instlled. Corretly instll the needle. pge 28 The stith is not sewn orretly. The thred tension is inorret. The thred is tngled, for exmple, in the oin se. Adjust the tension of the upper thred nd the oin thred. Remove the tngle thred. If the thred is tngled in the oin se, len the re. pge 63, pge 64 pge 74 The needle threder lever does not lower to the orret position. The needle hs not een rised to the orret position. Press the needle position utton. pge 38 The lmps do not ome on. The lmps re dmged. Contt your deler or the nerest uthorized servie enter. - The mhine is not turned on. Turn on the mhine. pge 18 Nothing ppers in the LCD. The rightness of the LCD is either too light or too drk. Adjust the rightness of the LCD. pge 85 80

83 Symptom Prole Cuse Remedy Referene Emroidery unit does not move. No pttern seleted. Selet pttern. pge 50 The emroidery unit is not set up orretly. Set the emroidery unit up orretly. pge 19 The fri is not fully strethed on the emroidery frme. The fri is loose. Streth the fri properly on the emroidery frme. pge 44 No stilizer mteril is tthed. Alwys use stilizer mteril for emroidery. pge 43 The thred is tngled nd the oin se, et., is plugged up. Remove the tngled thred. When the oin se is plugged up, len the re. pge 74 The thred tension is inorret. The upper thred ws not threded orretly. Adjust the tension of the upper thred nd the oin thred. Corret the upper threding. Mke sure tht the thred is hnged on the thred guide spring whih is on the left side of the thred guide over. pge 63, pge 64 pge 38, pge 39 3 The oin thred is inorretly instlled. Corretly instll the oin thred. pge 34 Emroidery not netly done. Ojets re pled ner the rrige or emroidery frme. If the emroidery unit rrige or emroidery frme umps into ojets, the pttern will e misligned. Do not ple ojets within the rnge of emroidery frme motion. pge 58 Mteril oming out of the emroidery frme is using prolems. Streth the fri on the frme one gin so tht the mteril oming out of the emroidery frme does not use prolems, rotte the pttern nd emroider. - A hevy fri is eing emroidered, nd the fri is hnging off the tle. If emroidery is done with the fri hnging off the tle, the emroidery unit movement will e impired. Support the fri while emroidering. - The fri is thing. It is pinhed. Stop the mhine nd set the fri up orretly. - The rrige ws moved while the emroidery frme ws eing removed or tthed during emroidery. If the rrige is moved during the proess, the pttern my e misligned. Be reful when removing or tthing the emroidery frme. - Trouleshooting 81

84 APPENDIX Error messges When erroneous opertions re performed messges nd dvie on opertion will e displyed on the LCD. Follow wht is displyed. If you press or do the opertion orretly while the error messge is displyed, the messge disppers. No Error Messge Prole Cuse 1 There is possiility tht the dt for the seleted pttern is orrupted. 2 The strt/stop utton ws pressed t sreen other thn the emroidery sreen. 3 Upper thred roken. Upper thred not set up orretly. Upper thred hs run out. CAUTION Be sure to rethred the mhine. If you press (Strt/stop utton) without rethreding the mhine, the thred tension my e wrong or the needle my rek nd use injury. 4 The mhine is deleting previously sved pttern while in emroidery edit mode. 5 While emroidering, dt is written to the Removle Disk in the onneted omputer or dt is deleted from the Removle Disk. 6 on the LCD ws pressed when no rd ws inserted. 7 The strt/stop utton or thred utter utton ws pressed while the emroidery foot ws rised. 8 The memory is full nd the pttern nnot e sved. 82

85 No Error Messge Prole Cuse 9 You pressed the k key or the emroidery key when pttern ws seleted. 10 You tried to selet n emroidery pttern or hnge the lyout when the needle ws down. The mhine is turned on while the needle is lowered nd the emroidery unit is tthed. 11 You tried to initilize the emroidery unit with the emroidery foot lowered When 13 or more ptterns re in Removle Disk, pttern ws eing retrieved. 13 The strt/stop utton ws pressed fter seleting pttern whih is sved in the mhine's memory or entered from the USB port without pressing (Retrieve key). 14 The needle position utton or thred utter utton ws pressed while the oin winder shft is moved to the right. 15 A pttern is eing sved. 16 The strt/stop utton ws pressed when no pttern is seleted. 17 Boin thred hs run out. Little oin thred remins. Trouleshooting 83