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Symptom

Probable Cause

Remedy

Reference

The pressure of the presser foot is

Turn the presser foot pressure dial to

 

 

the right to increase the pressure of

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weak.

 

the presser foot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread is tangled, for example,

Remove the tangle thread. If the

 

 

thread is tangled in the shuttle, clean

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The fabric does

in the shuttle.

the shuttle.

 

not feed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use the presser foot locking pin

 

 

 

 

 

Zigzag foot “J” is slanted on a thick

(black button on the left side) on

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seam at the beginning of stitching.

zigzag foot “J” to keep the presser

 

 

 

 

foot level while sewing.

 

 

 

 

 

The sewing lamp

The sewing lamp is damaged.

Contact your retailer or the nearest

does not come on.

authorized service center.

 

 

 

 

Nothing appears

The brightness of the LCD is either

Adjust the brightness of the LCD.

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in the LCD.

too light or too dark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

While winding

 

 

 

the bobbin, the

 

 

 

bobbin thread

You have not wound the bobbin

After removing the thread wound

 

was wound

below the bobbin winder seat, wind

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thread properly.

below the

the bobbin correctly.

 

 

 

bobbin winder

 

 

 

seat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread is not passed through the

Correctly pass the thread through the

 

 

bobbin-winding thread guide

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bobbin-winding thread guide.

 

correctly.

 

Bobbin thread

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move the sewing speed controller to

 

does not wind

 

 

Bobbin spins slowly.

the right (so that the speed will be

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neatly on the

 

fast).

 

bobbin.

 

 

 

 

 

The thread that was pulled out was

Wind the thread that was pulled off

 

 

 

 

not wound onto the bobbin

round the bobbin five or six times

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correctly.

clockwise.

 

 

 

 

 

Fabric being

 

 

 

sewn with the

Thread is tangled below the needle

Lift up the fabric and cut the threads

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machine cannot

plate.

below it, and clean the race.

 

be removed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fabric feeds

 

Contact your dealer or the nearest

 

in the opposite

The feed mechanism is damaged.

authorized service center.

direction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The upper

The bobbin thread is incorrectly

 

 

thread has

Correctly install the bobbin thread.

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installed.

tightened up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread is

 

 

 

tangled on the

You have not threaded the upper

Correct the upper threading.

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wrong side of

thread properly.

 

 

the fabric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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