Janome Horizon MC8900 QCP Special Edition, Instruction Book

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21
Threading the Machine
Raise the presser foot lifter to raise the presser foot.
Turn the power switch on.
Press the needle up/down button to raise the take-up
lever to the highest position.
Press the lockout key or turn the power switch off.
Pass the thread in the order from
z
to
,
.
CAUTION:
Always make sure to press the lockout key to lockout
the machine or turn the power switch off before
threading the machine.
r
y
t
u
i
o
v b
n m ,
z
Hold the thread with both hands and pass the thread
into the guide slot.
q
Guide slot
x
Be sure that the thread is pulled down under the notch
and into the space below the guide slot as shown.
w
Notch
c
Hold the thread with both hands and draw the thread
around the corner of the guide.
Firmly pull the thread toward you along the right
channel until the thread snaps.
e
Corner of the guide
r
Right channel
c
e
r
x
w
q
z
v
z x
c
b
n
m
,
v
Draw the thread down along the right channel and
around the bottom of the thread guide plate. Pull the
thread up along the left channel.
r
Right channel
t
Thread guide plate
y
Left channel
b
While holding the thread at the spool, firmly draw the
thread up and to the back of the take-up lever. Draw
the thread forward to slip it into the eye of the take-up
lever.
u
Eye of the take-up lever
n
Then pull the thread down along the left channel and
through the lower thread guide.
i
Lower thread guide
m
Slide the thread behind the needle bar thread guide
from the right.
o
Needle bar thread guide
,
Thread the needle with the needle threader (refer to
the next page).