USEFUL FUNCTIONSS-18Needle Position – StitchPlacementWhen the “Needle Position – Stitch Placement” ison, the needle will be partially lowered for precisestitch placement and then press the “NeedlePosition” button again to lower the needlecompletely. Each press of the “Needle Position”button changes the needle to the next position.When the “Needle Position – Stitch Placement” isturned off, each press of the “Needle Position”button simply raises and then lowers the needle.a Pointing needle mode is “ON”b Pointing needle mode is “OFF”* When the needle is nearly lowered by pressing the“Needle Position” button, the feed dogs arelowered. At this time, the fabric can be shifted tofinely adjust the needle drop position.a Press to display “Needle Position –Stitch Placement” in the settings screen.b Set “Needle Position – Stitch Placement” to“ON” or “OFF”.c Press to return to the original screen.Locking the ScreenIf the screen is locked before starting to sew, thevarious settings such as the stitch width and stitchlength are locked and cannot be changed. Thisprevents screen settings from accidentally beingchanged or the machine from being stopped whilelarge pieces of fabric or projects are being sewn.The screen can be locked when sewing utilitystitches and character decorative stitches.a Select a stitch pattern.b If necessary, adjust any settings such as thestitch width and stitch length.c Press to lock the screen settings.→ The key appears as .d Sew your project.e When you are finished sewing, pressagain to unlock the screen settings.CAUTION• If the screen is locked ( ), unlock thescreen by pressing . While the screen islocked, no other key can be operated.• The settings are unlocked when the machine isturned off and on.
