Brother International PE-150V Users Manual - English - Page 5

CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 MACHINE KNOWLEDGE 3 PRINCIPAL PARTS AND THEIR DESCRIPTION 3 MAIN POWER SWITCH AND CONNECTORS 4 SELECTION KEYS 5 "START/STOP" BUTTON 5 ACCESSORIES 6 OPTIONS 7 OPERATION (SELECTION KEYS) ........ 8 HOW TO USE THE LANGUAGE SELECTION KEY 11 How to clear the language selection 12 BOBBIN WINDING AND INSTALLATION 13 Setting the bobbin 15 UPPER THREADING 16 Auto needle threading device 17 PREPARATION BEFORE EMBROIDERING 18 Attaching stabilizer material 18 Embroidering different types of fabric 18 Setting the fabric in the embroidery frame 20 Fitting the embroidery frame to the machine 22 Removing the embroidery frame ...... 22 THREAD TENSION ADJUSTMENT....... 23 ADJUSTING THE LCD SCREEN CONTRAST 24 If the LCD is hard to see when the power is turned on 24 CHANGING THE NEEDLE 25 CHAPTER 2 EMBROIDERING 26 EMBROIDERY 26 Start embroidering 28 Embroidering advice 29 HOW TO SELECT PATTERNS 30 Selecting built-in embroidery patterns 30 Selecting alphabetic characters ........ 31 Uppercase & lowercase 32 Changing the character size to one of three different sizes 33 Correcting characters 33 Checking the characters input .......... 34 Changing the color of single characters 34 Selecting frame patterns 35 Selecting one-point patterns 37 Displaying the embroidery time for one-point patterns 39 Displaying the color names for one-point patterns 39 Selecting patterns from a memory card 40 2 MEMORY 41 Saving a pattern combination in memory 41 Retrieving a pattern which has been saved 42 CHANGING THE SETTINGS FOR THE SELECTED PATTERN 43 Moving the position (LAYOUT) ......... 43 Changing the embroidery position .... 44 Checking the embroidery area.......... 44 Embroidering from a specific starting point 45 Changing the pattern direction.......... 45 Mirror imazing patterns 46 Changing the size of characters and frame patterns 47 Changing thread density of the stitch on characters and some frame patterns ... 47 SEWING A BASIC EMBROIDERY PATTERN 48 Embroidering multi-color patterns ..... 48 Embroidering single color patterns ... 48 Embroidering a single color pattern when "MULTI COLOR" is displayed... 49 Embroidering characters that extend beyond one frame 50 EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS 51 Combining a frame pattern with a design 51 Embroidering appliques (using a frame pattern 52 Embroidering onto small pieces of fabric or onto corners ........ 53 IF THREAD BREAKS DURING EMBROIDERING OR WHEN PARTLY COMPLETING A PATTERN 54 If thread breaks during embroidering 55 Re-embroidering from the beginning 56 MAINTENANCE 57 CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB 57 CLEANING 58 ERROR MESSAGE 59 TROUBLESHOOTING 62 PATTERNS 65 EMBROIDERING USING A SMALL FRAME (OPTIONAL 67 EMBROIDERING USING A EXTRA-SMALL FRAME (OPTIONAL 68 EMBROIDERING USING A LARGE FRAME (OPTIONAL 69 Linking two or more embroidered patterns (using the 90˚ rotation feature 70 EMBROIDERING USING A LARGE FRAME (OPTIONAL) EMBROIDERING USING A EXTRA-SMALL FRAME (OPTIONAL) EMBROIDERING USING A SMALL FRAME (OPTIONAL) PATTERNS TROUBLESHOOTING ERROR MESSAGE EMBROIDERING MAINTENANCE MACHINE KNOWLEDGE CONTENTS