Brother PE 300S operation manual

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Main IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DANGER WARNING SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS This sewing machine is intended for household use. FOR USERS IN THE UK, EIRE, MALTA AND CYPRUS ONLY. IMPORTANT CONGRATULATIONS ON CHOOSING A BROTHER COMPUTER SEWING MACHINE PLEASE READ BEFORE USING YOUR SEWING MACHINE For safe operation For a longer service life For repair or adjustment WARNING LABELS CONTENTS SETTING UP ................................................... 5 BASIC SEWING MACHINE OPERATION ................................................. 11 UTILITY STITCHES ................................................. 36 EMBROIDERING ................................................. 62 MAINTENANCE ................................................. 97 TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................... 100 ERROR MESSAGES ............................................... 103 SEWING CHART PATTERNS (PROGRAMMED IN MACHINE) ............................................... 107 B C A D A. MAIN POWER SWITCH AND CONNECTORS J B. FLATBED ATTACHMENT WITH ACCESSORY COMPARTMENT III III OTHER INCLUDED ACCESSORIES 123 456 789 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 OPTIONS SELECTION KEYS SELECTION KEYS Screen messages guide you through each operation OPERATION BUTTONS OPERATION BUTTONS Using the operation buttons BASIC SEWING MACHINE OPERATION FLAT BED EXTENSION TABLE Free arm POWER SUPPLY USING THE SCREEN KEYS ABOUT THE SCREEN ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE SCREEN HOW TO CHANGE LANGUAGE How to clear the language selection Page Page Page Setting the bobbin UPPER THREADING Page Page Foot controller START/STOP button STARTING AND STOPPING SEWING STITCH SELECTION (UTILITY STITCHES) Stitches TRIAL SEWING Page STITCH WIDTH AND STITCH LENGTH Adjusting the stitch width Adjusting the stitch length Quick adjustment reference chart for stitch width and stitch length Page THREAD TENSION @ @ @ @ PRESSER FOOT Changing the presser foot Changing the Embroidery foot and the zipper foot FEED DOGS NEEDLE Checking the needle Installing the needle securely FABRIC/THREAD/NEEDLE COMBINATION CHAR T STRAIGHT STITCHES UTILITY STITCHES Changing needle position Sewing corners Sewing curves Sewing thick seams Sewing thick fabric Sewing thin fabric Using the free arm STRETCH STITCH AND TRIPLE STITCH Stretch stitch Triple stitch ZIGZAG STITCHES Overcasting (using a zigzag stitch) Applique (using a zigzag stitch) Patchwork (for crazy quilt) Sewing a curve with a zigzag stitch DOTTED ZIGZAG Attaching elastic bands OVERCASTING G G Page BLIND HEM STITCHES If the needle does not catch the fold of hem enough. If the needle catches the fold of hem too much. BUTTONHOLE STITCHES A A Order of one cycle Sewing stretch fabrics ( ) Buttons that do not fit into the guide plate (Odd-shaped buttons) BAR TACKING A Thick fabrics APPLIQUES Sewing the applique around corners SCALLOP PATCHWORK STITCH ZIPPER INSERTION (CENTERED AND SIDE APPLICATION) Centered application Side application Page SMOCKING BUTTON SEWING Attaching buttons with four holes BEFORE YOU BEGIN EMBROIDERING 1. Embroidery unit and memory cards (optional). 2. Attaching the embroidery foot Q 3. Attaching the embroidery unit Removing embroidery unit CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS (PART I) One-point patterns Page Borders Lettering Numerals and punctuation Lower and upper case letters Selecting patterns from a memory card CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PATTERNS (PART II) If you accidentally choose the wrong design If you choose the wrong character To change size To make words EMBROIDERING Embroidering attractive finishes Setting the fabric into the embroidery frame Page Fitting the embroidery frame to the embroidery unit Removing the embroidery frame Embroidering Page THREAD TENSION @ @ @ CHECKING THREAD COLORS AND TIME REQUIRED Checking thread colors Checking time required to complete a pattern CHOOSING EMBROIDERY PLACEMENT Moving the embroidery location Checking the embroidering area Embroidering from a specific starting point ROTATING AND MIRRORING PATTERNS ABC Rotating patterns ABC Mirroring patterns CHANGING SIZE AND STITCH DENSITY OF CHARACTERS AND BORDERS To change size To change stitch density (limited to certain alphabets and borders) Multi-colored lettering IF THE THREAD BREAKS DURING EMBROIDERY If the upper thread breaks When starting over from the beginning Continuing after the power shuts off EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS Combining characters to form words Outline Embroidery Embroidering appliques (using a frame pattern) Embroidering onto small pieces of fabric or onto corners MEMORY Saving groups of characters Restoring saved designs CLEANING MAINTENANCE Cleaning the screen Cleaning the sewing machine surface Cleaning the shuttle Page CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB BEFORE TAKING YOUR MACHINE IN FOR SERVICE TROUBLESHOOTING Basic sewing machine maintenance Upper thread breaks Bobbin thread breaks Skipped stitches FINDING THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM Trouble with threads and stitches Inability to thread needle Inability for thread tension control Embroldered pattern is out of shape Needle breaks Machine does not start Embroidery unit does not work LCD touch screen is hard to read ERROR MESSAGES Warning messages Page Instruction messages Alarms R SEWING CHART PATTERNS (PROGRAMMED IN MACHINE) Utility stitches Character embroidering chart Frame pattern embroidering chart ONE POINT MARK EMBROIDERY PATTERN PATTERNS (MEMORY CARD) <Embroidering times: 2 - 31 min. (It does not include the time needed to change colors.)>