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Embroidery
Slide on the Hoop
Slide the hoop onto the em broi dery arm
until it clicks into place.
The marked center point on the design
should match the starting point of the
needle.
NOTE
:
To remove the hoop from the embroidery
arm, press the grey button on the em broi dery unit
and slide the hoop toward you.
Getting Started
1. Slide on the embroidery unit and turn on
your Platinum 955E.
2. Insert an Embroidery d-Card (Platinum
955E Sampler, 100:5). Calibrate the unit
by touching
.
3. Select a design by touching the stitch
selection buttons. Platinum 955E auto-
matically selects the smallest hoop size
that
À
ts the selected design. To see the
hoop size, touch the
. The design
width and length numbers will show the
hoop size. To change hoop size see page
52.
4. Slide the hoop on. Make sure that the
hoop attached matches the hoop size
shown on the InfoDisplay. Otherwise
change hoop size (see page 52).
5. Touch
START
/
STOP
to start the embroi-
dery. The machine detects the hoop and
starts embroidering. After a few stitches,
the machine stops and a scissors icon
Á
ashes on the InfoDisplay prompting you
to cut the thread tail.
6. Cut the thread and touch
START
/
STOP
to continue embroidering.
7. When the
À
rst color is completed,
your Platinum 950E stops. Color
number “2”
Á
ashes on the InfoDisplay
indicating that you should cut the
thread and change color. Re-thread
with the next color and continue as
described in section 5-6 above.
8. When the embroidery is completed,
your Platinum 950E stops. The hoop
is brought back to the start position
for the
À
rst design color. Thread
color number “1”
Á
ashes on the
InfoDisplay.
Select a different embroidery at any time
by touching the stitch selection buttons.
