Janome 4900 QC manual Threading the machine

Threading the machine

	c	z Raise the presser foot lifter.
		x Turn the power switch on. Press the up/down needle
		position button twice to raise the needle. The threading
b		light will light up.
		q Threading light
		NOTE:
		If you want to use the handwheel to raise the needle,
		make sure the threading light is on when threading.
	q	Otherwise the machine will not be threaded properly.
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c	e	w	c Draw the thread around the upper thread guide (A) w
			and the upper thread guide (B) e.
			w Upper thread guide (A)
			e Upper thread guide (B)
		v	v Draw the thread down along the right channel. Then
			down around the bottom of the guide plate r.
			r Guide plate

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b Firmly draw the thread up along the center channel to the thread guide t.While holding it with your right hand behind the upper thread guide (A), firmly draw the thread from right to left over the thread guide t and down into the chicane y.

t Thread guide y Chicane

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n Then down through the lower thread guide u. u Lower thread guide

m Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide i

ion the left. Thread the needle from front to back or use

the needle threader.

i Needle bar thread guide.

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