6. USING THE OPERATION PANEL
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Setting the floppy disk
1. Turn on the power switch (1). The POWER indicator ( 2) will illum inate and the machine model number will appear on
the display screen.
2. Hold the disk (3) with the label up and the shutter to the front, and ins ert the dis k into the drive ( 4). It will click into
place.
3. To eject the disk, press the eject button (5).
Note
• Slide the write protector (6) on the back of the disk up (the win dow opens) to lock the disk and prevent accidental
erasure of the disk contents.
• Inserting the disk into the drive upside down or backwards ma y damage the drive and will prevent reading or
writing of data.
• Be sure to store your disks away from any magnets or magnetic sources, including radios, tele visions, tele-
phones, and other devices. Magnetism can erase or damage disk c ontents. Also, be careful to prevent
exposure of the disk to oil or dust.
• Be sure to make a copy of the floppy disk containing sewing data and k eep the master floppy disk.
• When the R / W operation is not in operation, eject the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive and keep it in a case
for floppy disk only to prevent exposure of the disk to dust.
When the “E.4F” error (Reading error of sewing data) occurs very often;
1. Clean the floppy disk drive using the cleaning disk.
2. Read the sewing data. If the “E.4F” error occurs again, the floppy disk may be damaged. In this case, clean the floppy
disk drive with the cleaning disk again.
3. Read the sewing data from the master floppy disk and write it in a new f loppy disk. Do not us e an y damaged f loppy
disks again.
How to use the cleaning disk
1. Insert the cleaning disk into the flopp y disk drive.
2. Select a program number (0-9), and press the “R/W” switch. If you select the same program number for cleaning every
time, the same location of the cleaning disk is used and the lifetime of the cleaning disk will become s hort. Next tim e
you clean it, select a different number.
3. After the cleaning is completed, the “E.4F” error appears. The err or appears because the c leaning disk has no data.
This is normal.
4. Cancel the error and eject the clean ing disk.
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(5)
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(6)
Window open(3)
(2)
Unlocked writing possible
locked writing possible
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