Brother PC 6500 Controls, Selection keys, Operation buttons, SEWING key, EMBROIDERY key

CONTROLS

Selection keys

1 2

3 4

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Operation buttons

1SEWING key

Press this key to display a screen that allows you to select utility stitches for sewing straight stitches, buttonholes, etc. (Refer to page 29 for details.)

2MY CUSTOM STITCHTM (CREATE YOUR OWN STITCH DESIGNS) key

You can use the “MY CUSTOM STITCHTM” (function for making own stitch) to sew patterns that you have drawn yourself. (Refer

to page 77.)

3EMBROIDERY key

When the embroidery unit is installed, press this key to display a screen that allows you to select letters and other decorative designs for

embroidering. (Refer to page 95 for details.)

4MEMORY key

When the embroidery unit is installed, press this key to display a screen that allows you to

store or retrieve embroidery pattern combinations. (Refer to pages 110 and 111 for details.)

5OPERATION GUIDE key

When the embroidery unit is not installed,

press this key to see information on how to use machine functions such as upper threading, bobbin winding and bobbin thread setting. (Refer to page 35 for details.)

6STITCH ADJUST (stitch adjustment) key When the embroidery unit is not installed, press this key to display a screen that allows you to change the stitch width and length, and

CONTENTS
SETTING UP
SEWING
STITCHES	UTILITY
STITCH DESIGNS)	(CREATE YOUR OWN	MY CUSTOM STITCHTM
EMBROIDERING

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1 Thread cutter button	MAINTENANCE
Press this button to cut both the upper and
the bobbin threads automatically.
2 Needle position button
Press this button to raise or lower the needle.
3 Reverse/reinforcement stitch button
Press this button to secure the end of the	MESSAGES	ERROR
the reverse direction. Reinforcement stitches
stitching by sewing either reverse stitches or
reinforcement stitches. Reverse stitches
(straight stitches only) are sewn by stitching in
(most other stitches) are made by sewing
three stitches on top of each other.
4 Start/stop button	SEWING
needle drops to its lowest position when the
Press this button to start or stop sewing. The
machine is stopped. To sew at a low speed,	CHART
keep this button pressed.
This button lights up in green when the machine
is ready to start sewing and while it is sewing or
embroidering. If the machine is not ready to start	INMACHINE)	PATTERNS (PROGRAMMED
sewing, the button lights up in red. The button
lights up in orange when the bobbin winder shaft
is moved to the right in order to wind the bobbin
thread onto the bobbin.

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