Owner's Manual

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Contents
Important Safety Instructions ................................................................................................i
License Agreement ...............................................................................................................v
Warning Labels.................................................................................................................... vi
Precautions.........................................................................................................................vii
Concerning optional embroidery cards ............................................................................................................ vii
Care of CompactFlash cards............................................................................................................................ viii
Care of floppy disks......................................................................................................................................... viii
Machine Structure and Features.......................................................................................... ix
Six-needle machine embroidering ..................................................................................................................... ix
Differences with single-needle machines ........................................................................................................... x
Other features ................................................................................................................................................... xi
Available features............................................................................................................................................. xii
Manual Structure............................................................................................................... xiii
Read before use .............................................................................................................................................. xiii
Read when additional information is required................................................................................................. xiii
Searching for information................................................................................................................................ xiii
Contents ............................................................................................................................. xv
GETTING READY 1
Names of Machine Parts and Their Functions ......................................................................2
Front view.......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Right-side/rear view ........................................................................................................................................... 3
Operation panel................................................................................................................................................. 3
Included Accessories ............................................................................................................4
Accessories ........................................................................................................................................................ 4
Optional Accessories............................................................................................................5
Setting Up the Machine........................................................................................................6
Setup and transporting precautions .................................................................................................................... 6
Setup location .................................................................................................................................................... 7
Setting up the machine....................................................................................................................................... 8
Adjusting the operation panel position ............................................................................................................... 9
Preparing the thread guide assembly ................................................................................................................ 10
Positioning the spool stand............................................................................................................................... 11
Attaching the embroidery frame holder ............................................................................................................ 11
EMBROIDERING TUTORIAL 13
Operating Precautions........................................................................................................14
Power supply precautions ................................................................................................................................ 14
Needle precautions .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Checking the needle ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Bobbin precautions .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Upper thread recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 16
Fabric recommendations.................................................................................................................................. 16
Display recommendations................................................................................................................................ 16
Basic Procedures ................................................................................................................17
Installing the Bobbin ..........................................................................................................18
Removing the bobbin case ............................................................................................................................... 18
Installing the bobbin ........................................................................................................................................ 19
Installing the bobbin case................................................................................................................................. 19
Turning ON the Machine ...................................................................................................20
Understanding the screens ............................................................................................................................... 21
Screen overview............................................................................................................................................... 22
Selecting an Embroidery Pattern ........................................................................................23
Selecting an embroidery pattern ....................................................................................................................... 24
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