Bernina 500 E, Manual

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Setup Program
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> Press the switch in the lower right section to deactivate the securing stitches at the end.
– If the embroidery motif has programmed securing stitches, they will be embroidered.
– If the embroidery motif doesn't have any programmed securing stitches, none are embroidered.
> Press the switch again to activate the securing stitches at the end.
– If the embroidery motif has programmed securing stitches, they will be embroidered.
– If the embroidery motif doesn't have any programmed securing stitches, the securing stitches are
added and will be embroidered.
Adjusting the thread cut
The settings for the thread cut can be customized. Deactivate the thread cut after a color change (1) or
adjust the length of the connecting stitch (3). The machine does the cutting of the connecting threads at the
determined length for you. Please adjust the length first from where the connecting stitches are to be cut.
Then select the embroidery motif.
The length of the connecting thread can be adjusted between 1 mm and 15 mm, the default setting is 6
mm. This means that all connecting stitches longer than 6 mm are cut automatically. If the value is
reduced to 1 mm, more thread cuts are carried out, it takes longer to embroider and more loose thread
ends can be seen on the wrong side of the fabric, especially when the function ‘Thread-away’ is activated
too. On the right side of the fabric there will be practically none or merely very short connecting stitches
which results in a wonderful stitch formation. Reducing the length of the thread cut to 1 mm is
particularly of advantage when embroidering texts where usually many short connecting threads occur.
As for other embroidery motifs (specifically when both sides of the embroidery motifs are visible) it may
be reasonable to not reduce the length of the thread cut so much so that there won’t be too many loose
thread ends on the wrong side of the fabric. These loose ends get sewn over and can hardly be removed
afterwards.
> Touch the icon «Home».
> Touch the icon «Setup Program».
> Touch the icon «Embroidery settings».
> Touch the icon «Thread cut settings».
> Touch the switch in the upper portion of the display (1) to deactivate the automatic thread cut after the
thread has been changed.
> Touch the switch in the upper portion of the display (1) again to activate the automatic thread cut after
the thread has been changed.
> Touch the switch in the middle section of the display (2) so that the machine will stop after about 7
stitches and the remaining thread can be cut manually.
> Touch the switch in the middle section of the display (2) again and the machine won't stop for a manual
thread cut.