Brother International HE-120 Users Manual - English - Page 174

SE-BrotherE_sgml.book Page 168 Monday, June 30, 2003 3:44 PM APPENDIX Symptom Probable Cause Remedy Nothing appears in the LCD. The brightness of the LCD is either too light or too dark. Adjust the brightness of the LCD. Machine does not operate when button is pressed. An animation is displayed on the LCD. Touch the LCD with your finger, and the animation will disappear. Embroidery unit does not move. No pattern selected. The embroidery unit is not set up correctly. Select a pattern. Set the embroidery unit up correctly. The embroidery unit cannot be attached. The flap is still attached. The embroidery unit connector slot is closed. Remove the flap. Pull the embroidery unit connector slot cover toward you and then push it all the way in. The fabric is not fully stretched on the embroidery frame. The fabric is loose. Stretch the fabric properly on the embroidery frame. No stabilizer material is attached. Always use stabilizer material for embroidery with stretch fabrics, thin fabrics, fabrics with a loose weave and fabrics where stitches easily contract. The thread is tangled and the shuttle, etc., is plugged up. Remove the tangled thread. When the shuttle is plugged up, clean it out. The thread tension is incorrect. Adjust the tension of the upper thread. Embroidery not neatly done. Objects are placed near the carriage or embroidery frame. If the embroidery unit carriage or embroidery frame bumps into objects, the pattern will be messed up. Do not place objects within the range of embroidery frame motion. Material coming out of the embroidery frame is causing problems. Stretch the fabric on the frame once again so that the material coming out of the embroidery frame does not cause problems, rotate the pattern and embroider. A heavy fabric is being embroidered, and the fabric is hanging off the table. If embroidery is done with the fabric hanging off the table, the embroidery unit movement will be impaired. Fix it so the fabric does not hang off. The fabric is catching. It is pinched. Stop the sewing machine and set the fabric up correctly. The carriage was moved while the embroidery frame was being removed or attached during embroidery. If the carriage is moved during the process, the pattern may be messed up. Be careful when removing or attaching the embroidery frame. Reference page 172 page 20, page 40 page 144 page 134 page 134 page 135 page 139 page 138 page 162 page 54 page 135 - - - - 168