Brother PE 400D Sewing Machine User Manual


 
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CHECKING THREAD COLORS AND TIME
REQUIRED ........................................................ 81
Checking thread colors ................................ 81
Checking time required to complete a
pattern .......................................................... 82
CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PLACEMENT........ 83
Moving the embroidery location ................... 84
Checking the embroidering area .................. 84
Embroidering from a specific starting point .. 85
ROTATING AND MIRRORING PATTERNS ...... 86
Rotating patterns.......................................... 86
Mirroring patterns ......................................... 86
CHANGING SIZE AND STITCH DENSITY OF
CHARACTERS AND BORDERS ....................... 87
To change size............................................. 87
To change stitch density
(limited to certain alphabets and borders).... 88
Multi-colored lettering................................... 88
IF THE THREAD BREAKS DURING
EMBROIDERY ................................................... 89
If the upper thread breaks ............................ 89
When starting over from the beginning ........ 90
Continuing after the power shuts off ............ 90
EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS ........................ 91
Combining characters to form words ........... 91
Outline Embroidery ...................................... 92
Embroidering appliques
(using a frame pattern)................................. 93
Embroidering onto small pieces of fabric or
onto corners ................................................. 94
MEMORY ........................................................... 95
Saving groups of characters ........................ 95
Restoring saved designs.............................. 96
MAINTENANCE
................................................. 97
CLEANING ......................................................... 97
Cleaning the screen ..................................... 97
Cleaning the sewing machine surface ......... 97
Cleaning the shuttle ..................................... 97
CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB .......................... 99
TROUBLESHOOTING
............................................... 100
BEFORE TAKING YOUR MACHINE
IN FOR SERVICE ............................................ 100
Basic sewing machine maintenance .......... 100
ERROR MESSAGES
............................................... 103
Warning messages .................................... 103
Instruction messages ................................. 105
Alarms ........................................................ 105
SEWING CHART
......................................................................... 106
PATTERNS (PROGRAMMED IN
MACHINE)
............................................... 107
Utility stitches ............................................. 107
Character embroidering chart .................... 107
Frame pattern embroidering chart ............. 107
PATTERNS (MEMORY CARD)
............................................... 108
ONE POINT MARK EMBROIDERY
PATTERN......................................................... 108