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Dropping or Raising the Feed Dog
The drop feed lever is located underneath the free arm 
bed on the back of the machine.
To drop the feed dog, push the lever in the direction of 
the arrow q.
 
To raise the feed dog, push the lever in the direction 
of the arrow w, as illustrated, and turn the handwheel 
toward you. 
The feed dog must be up for normal sewing.
NOTE:
Set the stitch length value at the minimum when 
lowering the feed dog.
View from the rear
q
q
w
Needle Stop Position Setting
You can set the needle stop position to up or down when 
the machine stops.
To enter the needle stop position setting mode, turn the 
power off.
Press and hold the needle up/down button q, and turn 
the power switch on. Hold then needle up/down button 
until the needle stop position setting screen appears as 
shown.
w
The default setting is up and “uP” sign appears on the 
screen. 
Press the needle up/down button q.
The “dn” sign appears and the needle stop position is set 
to down. 
Press the START/STOP button w to apply the setting.
q
w