Brother PC 8500 manual Feed dog adjustment, Be careful not to touch the needle during this time

	Setting Up
2. While pressing the black button to the left of the presser foot	Sewing
holder, push the presser foot holder upward with both hands
as far as it will go to install it.
CAUTION	Stitches	Utility
Be careful not to touch the needle during this time,
otherwise injury may result.
	Stitches	Characters and Decorative

Optional

Feed dog adjustment

1.Press the “NEEDLE POSITION” button to raise the needle, and then turn off the power.

2.Raise the presser foot lever.

3.Loosen the screw to remove the embroidery foot “Q”.

4.With the presser foot lever raised, tighten the screw lightly to attach the presser foot holder.

5.Lower the presser foot lever and use the metal disk provided with your machine (accessory #14 on page 7) or a screwdriver to tighten the screw firmly.

CAUTION

Be careful not to touch the needle during this time, otherwise injury may result.

NOTE

–If the presser foot is not installed correctly, the thread tension may loosen due to improper presser foot height.

Embroidering
Patterns	Embroidery	Editing
Retrieving
Stitch TM	Custom	My
Maintenance
Messages	Error

With the accessory compartment off the machine, the feed dog	shooting	Trouble
adjustment lever can be seen on the base of the machine.
Sliding the lever to the right will lower the feed dogs. Feed dogs
are lowered during button sewing as well.
If you are continuing to sew, slide the lever to the left and the
feed dogs will raise.	Chart	Sewing
* When the embroidery unit is on to the machine, the feed
dogs drop automatically.
	in Machine)	(Programmed	Patterns
33	Card)	(Memory	Patterns