Operating The Machine; Function Buttons - Husqvarna Viking Sapphire 870 QUILT User Manual

Function buttons

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1. Needle Stop Up/Down
Press this button to move the needle down or up. The setting of
the needle stop position is changed at the same time.
The upper LED next to the button is lit when needle up is
activated and the lower LED is lit when needle down is activated.
You can also tap the foot control to raise or lower needle. If
both the needle and the presser foot are in up position, only the
presser foot will be lowered when you tap the foot control.
2. Sensor Foot Up/Extra Lift
This button raises the presser foot to the up position. Press the
button once more and the presser foot will raise to an extra high
position, to make it easy to place and remove heavy or fl uffy
fabrics and battings under the presser foot.
3. Sensor Foot Down/Pivot Position
Press this button and the presser foot will be completely lowered
and will fi rmly hold the fabric. Press this button again to raise the
presser foot to pivot position or a fl oating position over the fabric
for easier placement of the fabric.
The presser foot will be lowered automatically when you start
sewing. You can also tap the foot control to lower the presser
foot.
When you stop with the needle in the down position, the presser
foot is automatically lifted to pivot position. This function can be
turned off in the SET Menu.
4. Stop
STOP is used to conclude a stitch or to sew just one unit of
the stitch. Your sewing machine ties off the thread and stops
automatically when one stitch unit or stitch program has been
completed. The LED next to the button is lit when STOP is
activated. STOP is cancelled once you have used the function.
Press the button again if you wish to activate it once more.
If you want to repeat the STOP function for a stitch
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unit several times in a row you can save the stitch with a
STOP at the end in a program.
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5. Speed
All stitches in your sewing machine have a pre-set, recommended
sewing speed. Press the SPEED button or, on the 870 Quilt
model: +SPEED or –SPEED to increase or decrease the sewing
speed. For 830 and 850 there are three speed levels and for 870
Quilt there are fi ve speed levels. The speed level is shown on the
GraphicDisplay. You cannot select a higher speed than the default
max speed for the selected stitch.
6. Fix
By using the FIX button you can lock the stitch at the beginning
and/or at the end. The LED next to the button is lit when FIX is
activated. Press the FIX button to turn off the function.
The FIX function is automatically activated when a stitch is
selected or when STOP, the Selective Thread Cutter* or Stitch
Restart* has been used. You can turn off the automatic FIX
function in the SET Menu.
7. Reverse
Reverse is pressed to sew in reverse. When the button is released,
your sewing machine sews forward. The LED on the button is lit
when reverse is activated.
For permanent reverse, press the button once before starting
to sew. Your sewing machine sews in reverse until you press the
button again.
8. Selective Thread Cutter
Press the button and your sewing machine cuts the top and
bobbin threads, raises the presser foot and the needle and
activates the FIX function. To cut before the needle moves to the
start position of next stitch, touch Selective Thread Cutter while
sewing. The LED next to the button starts fl ashing, indicating
that a cut is requested.
9. Start/Stop
(Only on 870 Quilt)
Press this button to run and stop the machine without the foot
control. Press the button once to begin sewing and press again to
stop sewing.
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