Getting Started Embroidering - Viking Designer Topaz User Manual

Getting started embroidering

1. Attach the embroidery unit. The machine automatically
switches to Embroidery Mode. A pop-up message prompts
you to clear the embroidery area for calibration. Press OK to
calibrate and move the embroidery arm to ready position.
2. The load menu automatically opens. Make sure that the USB
embroidery stick is connected. Select your design using the
arrow buttons and con rm with OK. The design is placed in
the center of the hoop.
3. Attach the embroidery foot and insert a bobbin with
lightweight bobbin thread.
4. Hoop a piece of fabric and stabilizer and slide on the hoop
onto the embroidery arm.
5. Your machine automatically selects the smallest hoop size that
ts the design. Make sure that the hoop attached matches the
hoop size shown on the GraphicDisplay or change hoop size
by pressing the Hoop Options button and select correct size
from the list (see page 63).
6. Thread the machine with the rst color in the color block list.
To show the complete color block list on the GraphicDisplay
press the Embroidery Info button.
7. Clear suf cent space to accommodate movement of the
embroidery arm and the hoop. Hold the needle thread and
press the Start/Stop button or the foot control. The machine
starts embroidering.
8. After stitching a few stitches, the machine stops and a pop-
up message appears on the screen asking you to cut the
thread end. Cut the thread and press Start/Stop to continue
embroidering.
Note: If " Automatic Jump Stitch Trim" is activated in the SET Menu
on model 30 the machine will cut the thread end automatically and the
machine will not stop. Hold the thread end when starting to embroider so
that you can easily remove it when cut.
9. When the rst color is completed, your machine stops. A
pop-up message appears on the GraphicDisplay asking you
to change color. Re-thread with the next color and continue
embroidering by pressing Start/Stop. Each color segment is
tied off at the end and on model 30 the needle thread is cut.
Note: If "Automatic Jump Stitch Trim" is activated in the SET Menu
on model 30, the machine will also cut the thread after you have changed
to a new thread color. When you start embroidering again, hold the
thread end so you can easily remove it after it is cut.
Not all designs are programmed for Automatic Jump Stitch Trim.
Jump stitch trim commands can be added to any design using 5D™
Embroidery Software.
10. When the embroidery is completed your machine stops
automatically. For model 30 the needle and bobbin thread are
cut. The needle and presser foot raise automatically for easy
removal of the hoop. A pop-up message informs you that
your embroidery is nished. Close the pop-up message by
pressing the OK button
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Embroidery Set Up