Brother PERSONAL EMBROIDERY SYSTEM PE-150 - Manual (Page 5)

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CONTENTS
MACHINE
KNOWLEDGE
EMBROIDERING
MAINTENANCE
ERROR
MESSAGE
TROUBLESHOOTING
PATTERNS
EMBROIDERING USING A SMALL
FRAME
(OPTIONAL)
EMBROIDERING
USING A
EXTRA-SMALL
FRAME (OPTIONAL)
EMBROIDERING USING A LARGE
FRAME
(OPTIONAL)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1
MACHINE KNOWLEDGE ................ 3
PRINCIPAL PARTS AND
THEIR DESCRIPTION ...........................
3
MAIN POWER SWITCH AND
CONNECTORS ......................................
4
SELECTION KEYS................................. 5
“START/STOP” BUTTON....................... 5
ACCESSORIES...................................... 6
OPTIONS ............................................... 7
OPERATION (SELECTION KEYS) ........ 8
HOW TO USE THE LANGUAGE
SELECTION KEY ...................................
11
How to clear the
language selection ............................
12
BOBBIN WINDING AND
INSTALLATION ......................................
13
Setting the bobbin ............................. 15
UPPER THREADING ............................. 16
Auto needle threading device ........... 17
PREPARATION BEFORE
EMBROIDERING ...................................
18
Attaching stabilizer material .............. 18
Embroidering different
types of fabric ...................................
18
Setting the fabric in the
embroidery frame..............................
20
Fitting the embroidery frame
to the machine ..................................
22
Removing the embroidery frame ...... 22
THREAD TENSION ADJUSTMENT....... 23
ADJUSTING THE LCD
SCREEN CONTRAST............................
24
If the LCD is hard to see when the power
is turned on .......................................
24
CHANGING THE NEEDLE..................... 25
MEMORY ............................................... 41
Saving a pattern combination
in memory .........................................
41
Retrieving a pattern which has
been saved .......................................
42
CHANGING THE SETTINGS FOR THE
SELECTED PATTERN...........................
43
Moving the position (LAYOUT) ......... 43
Changing the embroidery position .... 44
Checking the embroidery area.......... 44
Embroidering from a specific starting
point ..................................................
45
Changing the pattern direction.......... 45
Mirror imazing patterns ..................... 46
Changing the size of characters and
frame patterns...................................
47
Changing thread density of the stitch on
characters and some frame patterns ...
47
SEWING A BASIC EMBROIDERY
PATTERN...............................................
48
Embroidering multi-color patterns ..... 48
Embroidering single color patterns ... 48
Embroidering a single color pattern
when “MULTI COLOR” is displayed...
49
Embroidering characters that
extend beyond one frame .................
50
EMBROIDERY APPLICATIONS ............ 51
Combining a frame pattern
with a design .....................................
51
Embroidering appliques
(using a frame pattern) .....................
52
Embroidering onto small
pieces of fabric or onto corners ........
53
IF THREAD BREAKS DURING
EMBROIDERING OR WHEN PARTLY
COMPLETING A PATTERN...................
54
If thread breaks during
embroidering .....................................
55
Re-embroidering from
the beginning ....................................
56
MAINTENANCE ............................... 57
CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB .............. 57
CLEANING ............................................. 58
ERROR MESSAGE ............................... 59
TROUBLESHOOTING........................... 62
PATTERNS ............................................ 65
EMBROIDERING USING A
SMALL FRAME (OPTIONAL) ...............
67
EMBROIDERING USING A
EXTRA-SMALL FRAME
(OPTIONAL) ..........................................
68
EMBROIDERING USING A
LARGE FRAME (OPTIONAL) ...............
69
Linking two or more embroidered
patterns (using the 90˚
rotation feature) ................................
70
CHAPTER 2
EMBROIDERING ............................. 26
EMBROIDERY ....................................... 26
Start embroidering ............................ 28
Embroidering advice ......................... 29
HOW TO SELECT PATTERNS.............. 30
Selecting built-in embroidery
patterns .............................................
30
Selecting alphabetic characters ........ 31
Uppercase & lowercase .................... 32
Changing the character size to one
of three different sizes ......................
33
Correcting characters ....................... 33
Checking the characters input .......... 34
Changing the color of single
characters .........................................
34
Selecting frame patterns ................... 35
Selecting one-point patterns ............. 37
Displaying the embroidery time
for one-point patterns........................
39
Displaying the color names for
one-point patterns .............................
39
Selecting patterns from a memory
card ...................................................
40