APPENDIX ——————————————————————————————————————————————

Symptom

Probable Cause

Remedy

Reference

 

 

 

 

Machine does not

 

 

 

operate when

The embroidery unit is not

Attach the embroidery unit.

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embroidery key is

attached.

 

 

pressed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Embroidery unit

No pattern selected.

Select a pattern.

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does not move.

The embroidery unit is not set up

Set the embroidery unit up correctly.

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correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fabric is not fully stretched on

Stretch the fabric properly on the

 

 

the embroidery frame. The fabric

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embroidery frame.

 

is loose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No stabilizer material is attached.

Always use stabilizer material for

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embroidery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread is tangled and the

Remove the tangled thread. When

 

 

the bobbin case is plugged up, clean

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bobbin case, etc., is plugged up.

 

the race.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The thread tension is incorrect.

Adjust the tension of the upper

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thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correct the upper threading.

 

 

The upper thread was not

Make sure that the thread is hanged

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on the thread guide spring which is

 

threaded correctly.

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on the left side of the thread guide

 

 

 

 

 

cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bobbin thread is incorrectly

Correctly install the bobbin thread.

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installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the embroidery unit carriage or

 

Embroidery not

 

embroidery frame bumps into

 

Objects are placed near the

objects, the pattern will be

 

neatly done.

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carriage or embroidery frame.

misaligned. Do not place objects

 

 

 

 

within the range of embroidery frame

 

 

 

motion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stretch the fabric on the frame once

 

 

Material coming out of the

again so that the material coming out

-

 

embroidery frame is causing

of the embroidery frame does not

 

problems.

cause problems, rotate the pattern

 

 

 

and embroider.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If embroidery is done with the fabric

 

 

A heavy fabric is being

hanging off the table, the embroidery

-

 

embroidered, and the fabric is

unit movement will be impaired.

 

hanging off the table.

Support the fabric while

 

 

 

embroidering.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fabric is catching. It is

Stop the sewing machine and set the

-

 

pinched.

fabric up correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The carriage was moved while the

If the carriage is moved during the

 

 

process, the pattern may be

 

 

embroidery frame was being

 

 

misaligned. Be careful when

-

 

removed or attached during

 

removing or attaching the

 

 

embroidery.

 

 

embroidery frame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Brother 885-V35/V37 Embroidery unit is not Attach the embroidery unit, Attached, No pattern selected Select a pattern

885-V35/V37 specifications

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