Brother XL5500NTC AV Instruction Manual

GETTING STARTED:

XL series Sewing Machines
XL5500NTC AV XL5600NTC AV
To help you get started, please follow these simple instructions in the order shown below.
However, before you do so, read the safety instructions in the Instruction Manual.
Step 1 Unpack the sewing machine, and familiarise yourself with all the parts
and controls that are mentioned in these instructions.
Balance
Figure 1a
Wheel
Power
Switch
Mains
Plug
Foot
Controller
Connection
Foot
Controller
• Using the fingerhold on the left-hand side, pull firmly
upwards and forwards to remove the extension table.
• Inside the extension table is the storage compartment.
Open the storage compartment with a sharp tug, to
find various accessories and a number of bobbins.
Prepare the sewing machine for use.
Step 2
• Plug in the foot controller connector at the right hand side of the machine, as shown in
mains plug into a wall socket, and place the controller on the floor.
Grip the top of the spool pin, and pull it upwards as shown in
about 50 mm (2 in). Be careful not to pull the pin off the machine.
Set the tension dial to 5.
Set the pattern dial to straight stitch.
Set the stitch length dial to between 2 and 3.
XL5700NTC AV
Tension Spool Pin
Figure 1b
Dial
Tension Disk and
Thread Guide
Take-up
Lever
Guide
Thread
Cutter
Presser Foot and
Needle Assembly
figure 1a
figure 1b until it clicks into place at a height of
Step 3
• Set the power switch to on (I).
Place a spool of thread on the spool pin (
Unwind some thread and pass the thread around the
tension disk.
• Take one of the bobbins from the accessory pack.
• Pass the thread through the hole in the bobbin from
the inside.
Clip the bobbin onto the bobbin winding shaft.
Push the bobbin winding shaft firmly to the right until
it clicks into place against the stop (
Bobbin Winding
• Hold the end of the thread and press the foot controller
Shaft
to wind the thread around the bobbin a few times.
Trim the excess thread (
Pattern
winding until the winding shaft stops automatically.
Dial
• Push the bobbin winding shaft back to the left, cut the
Stitch
thread, and remove the bobbin from the shaft (
Length
Dial
Unwind the thread from the tension disk.
Reverse
Lever
Presser Foot
Step 4
Lever
Extension Table
(accessories and
• Set the power switch to off (O).
bobbins inside)
Raise the needle to its highest position by turning the balance wheel towards you (counter-clockwise).
Open the shuttle cover behind the extension table.
Bobbin and
• Remove the bobbin case from the shuttle, by pulling
Bobbin Case
the latch (marked in red on
• Leaving about 10 cm (4 in) of thread trailing, insert
the bobbin into the bobbin case (
Shuttle
Cover
• Hold the bobbin case in your left hand with the
bobbin case finger pointing towards you (
With your right hand, pull the trailing thread into the
slot in the bobbin case (
• Draw the thread down under the spring into the
delivery eye (
. Connect the
• Hold the bobbin case by the latch, with the finger
pointing upwards (
Insert the bobbin back into the shuttle, release the
latch, and push the bobbin in until it clicks.
Make sure the bobbin case goes in all the way, or the
latch will not hold the bobbin properly.
Leave the shuttle cover open.
Winding the bobbin. (Your machine may be supplied with a fully wound
bobbin, but you may want to fill another bobbin with your own thread.)
figure 3a
figure 3a ).
tension
disk
).
figure 3b
figure 3b
figure 3c ), and continue
figure 3d ).
Lower threading. (Your machine may be supplied with a threaded bobbin,
but you may want to use another bobbin with your own thread.)
figure 4a
figure 4a ).
latch
).
figure 4b
figure 4c
).
figure 4c
bobbin
case
finger
).
figure 4c
).
figure 4d
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figure 4e ).
figure 3d
figure 3c
figure 4b
figure 4d
spring
slot
delivery
eye