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Congratulations on choosing our product! Thank you very much for purchasing our product. To obtain the best performance from this unit and to ensure safe and correct operation, please read this instruction manual carefully, and then keep it in a safe place together with your warranty. Please read before using this product For safe operation • Avoid dropping a needle, a piece of wire or other metallic objects into the card slot. • Do not store anything on the unit.
Contents Contents Before Use ■ ■ ■ ■ Product description...................................................................................................... Package includes ......................................................................................................... Optional supplies......................................................................................................... Principal parts..........................................................................................
Before Use This system allows you to perform simple editing operations of embroidery data (.pes files) created with our embroidery design software, then write them to original cards. PES files can also be purchased or obtained from the Internet. Contents Product description ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● This product cannot be used to create embroidery data.
Installing the Software ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Contents System requirements Before installing the software in your computer, make sure that the computer meets the following requirements.
3 After a short while, the first Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears. Click [Next]. Contents When using XP, select “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)” on the first Wizard screen and click [Next]. 5 Insert the enclosed CD-ROM into the computer’s CD-ROM drive. 6 Select “CD-ROM drive”, and then after 5 to 10 seconds, click [Next]. Installing the Software Make sure that “Search for the best driver for your device. (Recommended)” is selected, and then click [Next].
The Choose Setup Language dialog box appears. Select the desired language, and then click [OK]. a After a short while, the application installer automatically starts up. When the InstallShield Wizard appears, click [Next] to continue with the installation. c Click [Next] to install the application into the default folder. d When the installation is completed, the dialog box shown at the right appears. With other operating systems, it is not necessary to restart the computer.
Online registration ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Click Online Registration on the Help menu to start up the installed Web browser and open the online registration page on our Web site. Contents If you wish to be contacted about upgrades and provided with important information such as, future product developments and improvements, you can register your product online by following a simple registration procedure.
Getting Started ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● C D E F Contents Operation screen 1 2 3 B 5 A 6 2 3 8 9 0 Name/Button Title bar Menu bar Function This allows you to adjust the size of the window or quit the application. Hoop size selector This is used to select the size of the embroidery hoop that can be used with your embroidery machine. (See page 8, “Select the embroidery hoop size.
NO. 7 Name/Button Function This can be used to size the pattern selected in the “Available patterns list” (5). The pattern size can be changed by a ratio between 90% and 120%. Pattern size slider Contents The pattern cannot be sized to exceed the size of the selected hoop size. • The new size can be checked with the “Size display” (6). • This is available only if one pattern in the Available patterns list (5) is selected.
Operating procedure ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Start up the application. From the desktop, double-click the icon shown at the right. Make sure that the USB card writer box is connected to the computer’s USB port and that an original card is inserted. 2 Contents 1 Select the embroidery hoop size. With the Hoop size selector, select the size of the embroidery hoop that can be used with your embroidery machine.
5 Blue: Selected Light blue: Selecting Contents Reading the Card capacity indicator: The part indicating selected patterns is shown in blue, and the part indicating the pattern being selected is shown in light blue. If the part indicating the pattern being selected appears in red, the size of the selected patterns has exceeded the capacity of an original card. Red: Exceeded the capacity Size the pattern. 1) To size the pattern, click the pattern in the “Available patterns list” to highlight it.
Menu Bar Commands ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Print Contents File ● ● Function Prints the information (pattern, size, number of stitches, and colors) for the selected pattern according to the Print Setup settings. Operation 2 Select one pattern from the “Available patterns list” or the “Selected patterns list”. Click [File], then [Print] from the menu bar or click . Before Use 1 The Print dialog box appears. Select the appropriate settings.
The pages that will be printed can be previewed using Print Preview. Check the pages before they are printed. Contents About Print type and Print option: 1 Print type Actual Size: First page Second page For each pattern, an image of the pattern in its actual size is printed on the first page, and the pattern information (size, number of stitches, and colors) is printed on the second page.
2 Click [File], then [Print Preview] from the menu bar. The information that will be printed differs depending on the specified Print Setup settings. (See page 10, “Print Setup”). 3 Contents An image of the pattern selected for printing is displayed. Click [Close] to close the dialog box. Exit ● ● Quits the application. Operation 1 Before Use Function Click [File], then [Exit] from the menu bar. The application quits immediately.
Operation Click [Help], then [Contents] from the menu bar. Contents 1 The contents of the help appears. Using ● ● Function Explains how to use the on-screen help system. Operation Before Use 1 Click [Help], then [Using] from the menu bar. The Windows standard explanation about how to use the help system appears. Online Registration Installing the Software ● ● Function Displays the online registration page from our Web site.
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Version 1.0 Instruction Manual Manuel d’instructions Bedienungsanleitung Gebruiksaanwijzing Manual de instrucciones Manuale di istruzioni English Français Deutsch Nederlands Español Italiano 191915-001 Printed in Japan sPED-Basic Ver.1.
