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•Insertingthebobbin 
Endofthread 
Notch 
Notch 
Threadingdiagram 
Placeabobbininthebobbinholderwiththethread 
runningoffcounterclockwise. 
Guidethethreadintothenotch_onthefrontsideof 
thebobbinholder. 
Drawthethreadtotheleft,slidingitbetweenthetension 
springblades. 
Continuetodrawthethreadlightlyuntilthethreadslips 
intonotch_.Pulloutabout6(15.0cm)ofthread. 
Attachthehookcoverplate.Checkthethreadingby 
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ThreadingtheMachine 
•Threadingthemachine 
*Raisethethreadtake-uplevertoitshighestpositionby 
turningthehandwheelcounterclockwise. 
*Raisethepresserfootlifter. 
*Placeaspoolonthespoolpin,withthethreadcoming 
offfromthebottomtowardthefrontofthesewing 
machine. 
Drawtheendofthethreadaroundtheupperthreadguide. 
Whileholdingthethreadnearthespool,drawtheendof 
thethreaddownaroundthecheckspringholder. 
Firmlydrawthethreaduptothetake-uplever,anddown 
intothetake-uplevereye. 
Passthethreadbehindthelowerthreadguideontheleft. 
Slipthethreadintheneedlebarthreadguideontheleft. 
Threadtheneedlefromfronttoback,orusethebuilt-in 
needlethreader. 
•Built-inneedlethreader 
_Knob 
@Hook 
Raisetheneedletoitshighestposition.Pushdownthe 
needlethreaderknob_asfarasitwiltgo. 
Thehookcomesoutthroughtheneedleeyefrom 
behind. 
Payingcloseattentiontotheneedlepoint,drawthe 
threadaroundtheguideandunderthehook_. 
Releasetheknobslowlywhileholdingthethreadend 
withyourhand.Aloopofthethreadispulledupthrough 
theneedleeye. 
Note: 
Theneedlethreadercanbeusedwitha#11to#16 
needle,ora#11Blueneedle. 
Threadsize50to100isrecommended. S 
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•Drawingupbobbinthread 
(_Up/downneedlebutton 
Raisethepresserfoot.Holdtheneedlethreadlightly 
withyourlefthand. 
Presstheup/downneedlebutton_twicetobringthe 
bobbinthreadup.Drawuptheneedlethreadtobringup 
aloopofthebobbinthread. 
Pullboththreads4to6(10.0to15.0cm)underand 
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SECTIONII1.CONVENTIONALSEWING 
VisualTouchScreen 
TheKenmoreElitedisplayappearsonthevisualtouch 
screenforafewsecondswhenturningthemachineon, 
thenitshowstheinitialscreenasillustrated. 
ModeSelectionKeys 
(_Modekey 
Pressmodekey_toentertheModeselection. 
Conventionalsewingmodekey 
Pressthiskeytoentertheconventionalsewingmode. 
Thefollowingfivecategoriesareavailableinthismode: 
•Utilitystitches 
•Buttonholestitches 
•Satinstitches 
•Decorativestitches 
•Monogramming 
Embroiderymodekey 
PressthiskeytoentertheEmbroiderymode.The 
followingfivecategoriesareavailableinthismode: 
•Built-inembroiderydesigns 
•Monogramming 
•PCcardembroiderydesigns(PCcardsoldseparately.) 
•DesignimportviaReader/Writer19000 
(Reader/Writer19000soldseparately.) 
•Editing 
Openfilekey 
Pressthiskeytoopenfilessuchasprogrammedstitch 
patternsorembroiderydesignsyouhavesaved. 
Mysettingkey 
PressthiskeytoenterMysettingmode.Inthismode, 
youcanchangethemachinesettingstoyourpreference. 
ThemachinesettingsforConventionalsewing, 
Embroidery,LanguageselectionandCommonsettings 
areavailableinthismode. 
Quickhelpmodekey 
Pressthiskeyforhelpfultipsandgeneralinformationon 
themachinefunction. 
CAUTION: 
DonotpressthesurfaceoftheVisualTouchScreenwith 
ahardorsharpobjectlikepencil,screwdriverorthelike. 
Note: 
Whenyouselectapatternorfunctiononthescreen,itis 
notnecessarytopresshard;justtouchkeyswithyour 
fingertip. 
Useadrysoftclothtowipeoffthescreen. 
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PatternSelection 
Pressthestitchpatternindicationkeytoselectthedesired 
stitchpattern. 
(_Nameofstitch 
Stitchimage 
Selectedneedletype(singleortwin) 
Suitablepressuredialnumber 
(_Suitablethreadtensionnumber 
(_Soundmark(themarkwilldisappearwhenthesound 
volumesetto0) 
Suitablepresserfoot 
UtilityStitches 
WhenyoupressConventionalsewingmodekey,theutility 
stitchwindowopens. 
IntheConventionalsewingmode,thereare6categoriesof 
sewingtochoosefrom. 
Utilitystitches 
Youcanselect15typesofutilitystitches. 
Buttonholestitches 
Youcanselect7buttonholevariations,darning,tacking 
andeyelet. 
(_Satinstitches 
Youcanselectthedesiredsatinstitches,elongation 
patternsandalsoprogramassortedstitchcombinations. 
@Decorativestitches 
Youcanselectdecorativestitchesandalsoprogram 
assortedstitchcombinations. 
@Monogramming 
Youcanmakemonogramsandcombinationsofletters, 
symbolsandpatterns. 
ModeKey 
PressthekeytoentertheModeselection. 
Twinneedlekey 
Presstwinneedlekeytoenterthetwinneedlesewing 
mode. 
@Needleup/downkey 
Youcansettheneedlepositionwiththiskey,upordown 
whenthemachinestops. 
Adjustkey 
Whenyoupressthiskey,thestitchadjustingwindowwill 
open.Youcanchangesettingtostitchlengthandwidth 
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MachineSettings 
WhenyoupresstheSETkey,thefollowingfourmodekeys 
willbedisplayedandyoucancustomizesettingswithin 
eachmode.Youcanselectyourdesiredmodebypressing 
thecorrespondingkey. 
Commonsetmode 
Inthismode,machineoperationandfunction(screen 
contrast,beepsound,etc.)canbeadjustedandsetfor 
bothembroideryandconventionalsewing. 
Conventionalsewingsetmode 
Inthismode,free-armlengthcanbeadjustedandset. 
Embroiderysetmode 
Inthismode,sewingfunctionforembroiderycanbe 
adjustedandset. 
Flagmode-languageselection 
Inthismode,youcanselectoneof3languagesforthe 
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Mode 
CommonSetMode 
Inthismodeyoucansetthefollowingmachinefunctions, 
whichareapplicabletobothembroideryandconventional 
sewing. 
Screencontrast 
Thevisualscreencontrastcanbeadjusted.Pressthe+ 
key,tosharpenthescreencolorcontrast. 
Presstheckey,tofadethescreencolorcontrast. 
Soundcontrol 
Thebuzzervolumecanbeadjusted.Thevolumelevel 
canbesetfrom0to10.Thedefaultsettingis5. 
Sewinglight 
ThedualsewinglightscanbeindividuallysetOnor 
Offdependinguponyoursewingneeds. 
Press_key_tolightuptheneedleplatearea. 
Presskey_tolightupthefreearmarea. 
WhenbothlampsareOnitprovidesawell-titsewing 
area. 
ECOmode 
Afterturningonthepowerswitch,ifyouhavenotused 
themachineforasetperiodoftime,themachinewill 
enterEcomode.Thevisualtouchscreenwillgodark 
andthesewinglightswillturnoff. 
Wheneveryoutouchthescreenwhilethemachineisin 
Ecomode,thescreenandsewinglightswillturnon 
again. 
Pagekey 
Youcanturnthepagesbypressingthepagekey. 
Presskeytoviewthenextpage. 
Presskeytoviewthepreviouspage. 
Registerkey 
Press_i#!ii_fkeytoregisterthenewsettingandtoexitthe 
commonsetmode. 
_)Returnkey 
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(_Inch/millimeter 
Youcansetyourmachinesmeasuringunittoeither 
inchormillimeterdependinguponyourpreference. 
Thedefaultmeasuringunitsettingisinch. 
Pressii_)orm__keytoselecttheunityou 
prefer. 
Keypositionadjustment 
Ifyouthinkthetouchpanelkeysareoutofalignment, 
youcancorrectitinthekeypositionadjustmentwindow. 
WhenyoupresstheYes!key,window(A)willbeshown. 
Withyourfinger,presstheblack+signasitappearsin 
order.Whenyoupressthelastblack+sign,thewindow 
(B)wiltbeshown. 
Thewindowwillcloseandgobacktotheoriginalscreen 
withthenewsettingbeingregistered. 
Resetalltodefaults 
Bypressng%Skey,youcanresetallthesettingstotheir 
originalsetting(thesamesettingsaswhenyou 
purchasedthemachine). 
EmbroiderySetMode 
Fordetailedinstructionsonembroiderysewingpleaserefer 
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(A) KeyPositionAdjustment 
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(B) 
FlagMode-LanguageSelection 
Youcanselectoneofthefollowing3languagesbypressing 
thedesiredlanguagekey. 
(_English 
French 
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StraightStitch 
(_Stitchpattern:1or2 
Needlethreadtension2to6 
PresserfootA:Zigzagfoot 
PresserfootH:Straightstitchfoot 
(_)Pressuredial3 
Note: 
Whenusingthestraightstitchfoot,makesuretoadjust 
theneedlepositionto3.5.Otherwisetheneedlemayhit 
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•Tosew 
Raisethepresserfootandpositionthefabricnexttoa 
seamguidelineontheneedleplate.Lowertheneedleto 
thepointwhereyouwanttostart. 
Pullthethreadstowardsthebackandlowerthepresser 
foot.Pressthestart/stopbuttonorfootcontrol,andgently 
guidethefabricalongtheseamguidelinelettingthefabric 
feednaturally. 
•Securingseam 
(_Reversebutton 
Forfasteningtheendsofseams,pressthereverse 
button(_andsewseveralreversestitches. 
Themachinesewsreversestitchesaslongasyoupress 
andholdthereversebutton(_). 
Whensewingwiththelock-a-maticstitchandlocking 
stitch,pressthereversebuttononce,themachinewill 
sewseveralreverseorlockingstitchesandstop 
automatically. 
Raisethepresserfoot.Removethefabric,drawittothe 
back. 
Cutthethreadbyusingthethreadcutter. 
Nowthethreadsarecuttheproperlengthforstartingthe 
nextseam. 
•Changingsewingdirection 
Up/downneedlebutton 
Stopthemachineandbringtheneedledownintothe 
fabricbypressingtheup/downneedlebutton(_.Raise 
thepresserfoot.Pivotthefabricaroundtheneedleto 
changethesewingdirectionasdirected.Lowerthe 
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•Needleplateguideline 
Theseamguidesontheneedleplateandhookcover 
platehelpyoutomeasureseamallowance. 
Thenumbermarksontheneedleplateindicatethe 
distancebetweenthecenterneedlepositionandthe 
edgeofthefabric.Therearemarksfor15mm,20mm, 
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•Tosewfromtheedgeofthickfabric 
Blackbutton 
Thickfabrics 
Theblackbutton_onthezigzagfootlocksthefootinthe 
horizontalposition. 
Thisishelpfulwhenstartingsewingfromthefaredgeof 
thickfabrics_orsewingacrossahem. 
Lowertheneedleintothefabricatthepointwhereyou 
wishtostartsewing. 
Lowerthefootwhilepushingtheblackbutton_in.The 
footislockedinthehorizontalpositiontoavoidslipping. 
Thelockreleaseswhenthehemispassed. 
Quilting 
Stitchpattern:1 
Needlethreadtension2to6 
PresserfootA:Zigzagfoot 
PresserfootH:Straightstitchfoot 
Quilter 
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Note: 
Whenusingthestraightstitchfoot,makesuretoadjust 
theneedlepositionto3.5.Otherwisetheneedlemayhit 
thesewingfootandpossiblybreak. 
Usetheseamguidelinesontheneedleplate,orfree-arm, 
tohelpdeterminethespacingbetweenquiltingstitches.The 
quilterwillhelpkeepthestitchinglinestraight. 
Loosenthequilterholdingscrew. 
Slidethequilter_inthehole_tothedesiredwidth 
andtightenthescrew_. 
Sew,guidingthequilteroverthepreviousrowof 
stitching. 
Quilterholdingscrew 
Quilter 
Hole 
Spacing 
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QuiltingwithWalkingFoot 
Thewalkingfootiseffectiveinpreventingthefabric(light 
materials,knits,realandimitationleatheretc.)fromslipping 
orpuckering,becauseitsandwichesthematerialbetween 
theupperandthelowerfeeddogonthemachine. 
Thequiltingbarcanalsobeattachedonthewalkingfootto 
makeiteasiertosewevenlyspacedparallelrowsof 
stitches. 
•Toattachthewalkingfoot 
Walkingfoot 
Lever 
Needleclampscrew 
Quiltingbar(forwalkingfoot) 
Loosenthethumbscrewandremovethefootholder. 
AttachWalkingfoot_tothepresserbarwiththe 
lever@overtheneedleclampscrew_. 
Tightenthethumbscrew_firmlywiththelargescrew 
driver. 
Usequiltingbarforwalkingfootwhenquilting.The 
walkingfoothelpsyoutofeedbulkylayersoffabric 
smoothly. 
Pushthequiltingbar_downintotheslotontheplastic 
coverofthewalkingfoot. 
Shiftthequiltingbar_totherightorlefttoacquirethe 
desiredposition. 
ManualAdjustmentofStraightStitches 
Pressthe_u_key. 
Theadjustingwindowdisplaysthe+and--keysfor 
needledropposition,stitchlengthandthreadtension 
adjustment. 
Pressthe+orckeytochangesettings,thenpressthe 
oKkeytoregisterthesettings. 
(_Needledroppositionadjustingkeys 
Stitchlengthadjustingkeys 
Defaultkey:Whenyoupress£_!_key,allsettingsin 
theadjustingwindowwillreturntotheirdefaultsettings 
(thesamesettingsaswhenyoupurchasedthe 
machine). 
Cancelkey:Whenyoupress!ikey,theadjust 
windowwillcloseandthesettingremainsunchanged. 
(_Okkey:WhenyoupresstheoKkey,yoursettingsare 
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