Brother 885-V55, Computerized Embroidery Machine Contents, EMBROIDERY, GETTING READY

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Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................	1
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ...............................................................................	1
Machine Features ................................................................................................................	7
Accessories ..........................................................................................................................	8
Included accessories .........................................................................................................................................	8
Optional accessories .........................................................................................................................................	9
Names of Machine Parts and Their Functions ...................................................................	10
Front view .......................................................................................................................................................	10
Needle and embroidery foot section ...............................................................................................................	11
Right-side/rear view ........................................................................................................................................	11
Operation buttons ...........................................................................................................................................	12
Operation panel ..............................................................................................................................................	13
GETTING READY	15
Basic Steps for Embroidering .............................................................................................	16
Turning the Machine On/Off .............................................................................................	17
Power supply precautions ...............................................................................................................................	17
Turning on the machine ..................................................................................................................................	18
Turning off the machine ..................................................................................................................................	18
Attaching the Embroidery Unit ..........................................................................................	19
Embroidery unit precautions ...........................................................................................................................	19
Attaching the embroidery unit .........................................................................................................................	19
Removing the embroidery unit ........................................................................................................................	21
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Operation ............................................................................	22
Viewing the LCD .............................................................................................................................................	22
Changing the machine settings ........................................................................................................................	23
Checking machine operating procedures ........................................................................................................	25
Preparing Items for Embroidering .....................................................................................	26
Preparing the Needle .........................................................................................................	27
Needle precautions .........................................................................................................................................	27
Checking the needle .......................................................................................................................................	27
Replacing the needle .......................................................................................................................................	28
Winding/Installing the Bobbin ...........................................................................................	29
Bobbin precautions .........................................................................................................................................	29
Winding the bobbin ........................................................................................................................................	29
Installing the bobbin .......................................................................................................................................	34
Upper Threading ...............................................................................................................	37
About the spool of thread ................................................................................................................................	37
Threading the upper thread .............................................................................................................................	38
Preparing the Fabric ..........................................................................................................	43
Attaching a stabilizer material to the fabric .....................................................................................................	43
Setting the fabric in the embroidery frame .......................................................................................................	44
Attaching the Embroidery Frame .......................................................................................	47
Attaching the embroidery frame ......................................................................................................................	47
Removing the embroidery frame .....................................................................................................................	48
EMBROIDERY	49
Selecting Embroidery Patterns ...........................................................................................	50
Copyright information .....................................................................................................................................	50
Embroidery pattern types .................................................................................................................................	50
Setting for embroidering ..................................................................................................................................	51
Selecting alphanumeric characters ..................................................................................................................	53
Selecting an embroidery pattern ......................................................................................................................	54
Selecting a frame pattern .................................................................................................................................	55
Using an embroidery card ...............................................................................................................................	55

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