Pro-Stitcher Lite for the Baby Lock Gallant/Villa Frame
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Care for the Pro-Stitcher Lite Tablet
The Pro-Stitcher tablet is what powers your Pro-Stitcher system. To help extend the life of your tablet,
please follow the tips listed below:
Keep your tablet at room temperature. Avoid high or low temperatures.
• For best tablet performance, keep your tablet in environments between 50° and 80° Fahrenheit.
• Tablet batteries are easily and quickly weakened in unfavorable temperature conditions.
• When your tablet overheats, it may weaken its battery life.
Do not
keep your tablet in a hot car or
other hot locations.
• Charging the tablet at lower temperatures will lead to longer charging times. Charging the tablet at
higher temperatures will have an adverse impact on the battery’s performance.
Keep your battery between 40% and 80% for the best longevity results.
•
Do not
keep your longarm machine powered on when it is not in use. Your tablet charges when your
longarm is turned on. Turn your longarm off when you are not using it to help maintain your tablet’s
battery life.
If the tablet is stored for an extended period, check the charge every 2–3 months and recharge the battery
before use.
• Turn on your tablet on every 2–3 months to check the battery level. This can be done by turning on
your tablet only (not the longarm machine), selecting Cancel when the Pro-Stitcher pop-up appears,
and looking at the battery icon in the lower-right corner of the tablet screen.
• If the battery is charged at 50% or less, connect the tablet to a power source, either by turning on the
longarm machine or connecting the tablet to the wall charger. For best results, use only the charger
that came with your tablet.
Don’t drain your tablet’s battery daily.
• Do not deplete the battery to the point where your tablet shuts down or hibernates automatically. If
you completely drain your tablet’s battery daily, you will notice a slight reduction in its ability to hold a
charge. To avoid this, keep the tablet connected to your longarm machine.
Remember the battery life should be 2–5 years.
• Batteries lose capacity over time, regardless of whether they are used or in storage. After five years,
the battery chemistry can become unstable. Using the tablet beyond this range is not recommended.
Look for signs of a worn-out battery.
• The tablet shuts down, stating a low battery when it should have plenty of runtime left.
• The battery percentage meter drops randomly.
• Charging finishes prematurely, even though the battery did not accept much power.
• Sudden power capacity drops without warning.
• The self-discharge rate soars and is often uneven.
• The battery gets very hot during charging. (Sometimes the charger shuts down due to this.)
• The battery starts bulging.
If your tablet is running slowly, is constantly running on a low battery, is showing signs of wear, or was
purchased more than 5 years ago, you may want to think about replacing your tablet.
