Janome MC10000 owner's manual: Edit Mode

Edit Mode

In the Edit Mode, you can edit and combine designs to create your original embroidery. Press the Embroidery Mode key and Edit key to open the Edit Mode window.

Pattern Selection Windows in the Edit Mode

You can open the Built-in designs, Monogram, PC Design Card designs and Memory Card designs windows in the Edit Mode.

Ready to Sew 2 Auto 8 min 3 Colors P Size 75x75mm A(F):126x110mm 1 Orchid Pink 240 2 Sunflower 239 3 Green Dust 264 Jog ST A~Z Edit

The background color of each window changes to green to indicate that you are in the Edit Mode.

To import design patterns into the Edit Mode window, select the desired pattern in the pattern selection window. The screen will return to the Edit Mode window with the selected pattern displayed on the Edit screen.

B:140x200mm Size Copy Color OK Cancel A ~ Z Edit

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Selecting a pattern on the edit screen

The green frame surrounds the pattern when it is selected. To select another pattern, press on the image of the desired pattern on the Edit screen.

You can edit the selected pattern on the Edit screen to move, rotate, resize, flip etc.

Moving a selected design

To move the embroidery pattern on the Edit screen, press and drag the pattern to a desired location with your fingertip.

! CAUTION:

• Do not drag the pattern on the screen with a sharp pointed object.

You can move the selected pattern also by pressing Layout keys.

Press the Layout keys to move the pattern to the desired position on the Edit screen.

The carriage will not move when you are pressing the Layout keys since pattern position will move relatively to the hoop, not to the machine.

1 Layout Keys

NOTES:

• The appearance of the Layout keys is the same as the Jog keys but their function is different.
• Use the Jog keys to move the carriage (see page 132).

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Cancel key

When you press the [Cancel] key, any changes that have been made to the selected pattern will be cancelled.

2 Cancel Key

NOTE:

• When there is more than one pattern on the Edit screen, any changes to the pattern cannot be cancelled after another pattern has been selected.

Selecting the hoop size

In the Edit window, you need to select the appropriate size of the embroidery hoop by pressing the [icon] key.

There are three hoop size selections:

• Standard Hoop A, 12.6 cm (5") by 11cm (4 3/8")
• Big Hoop B, 20 cm (8") by 14 cm (5 1/2")
• Free-arm Hoop C, 5 cm (2") by 5 cm (2")

3 Hoop Selection Key

NOTES:

• It is always necessary to select the correct hoop size after you open the Edit Screen.
• Free-arm Hoop C is sold separately.
• Whenever the Edit screen opens, Big Hoop B is the initial hoop setting.

4 The layout boundary for Standard Hoop A

• The red frame indicates the edit boundary. When you layout the patterns, make sure the patterns will fit inside the red frame.

5 The layout boundary for Free Arm Hoop C

• The red frame indicates the edit boundary. When you layout the patterns, make sure the patterns will fit inside the red frame.

CAUTION:

• Make sure to use the specified hoop, otherwise the needle will hit the embroidery hoop.
• When the correct embroidery hoop is not chosen, the design exceeds the edit boundary and you cannot embroider the design.
• For big patterns, choose the Big Hoop B.

Resizing a selected pattern

Normal mode:

By pressing the Size key, you may enlarge and reduce the size of the embroidery pattern in three sizes (large, medium and small).

Each time you press the Size key r , the size will change to large, small or medium in order. The default setting is medium.

Professional mode:

When you press the Size key, the Size Adjusting window will appear.

You may change the size of the embroidery patterns from 80% to 120% of the original pattern size. The size will change 5% each time you press the + or - keys.

4 Size Key

Press the + key t to enlarge the size of the pattern.

Press the - key to reduce the size of the pattern.

When you press the OK key, the embroidery pattern at the new size will appear on the Edit screen.

When you press the Cancel key, the embroidery pattern size will not change and the Edit screen will reappear.

5 Plus Key 6 Minus Key 7 OK Key 8 Cancel Key

CAUTION:

• After you have reduced the pattern size to 80%, do not reduce the same pattern again. The stitch density of the reduced design will become too dense and may cause the needle or thread to break.

Duplicating a selected design Select the design you wish to duplicate. Press the Copy key and the selected design will be duplicated.

1 Copy Key

NOTE:

• If you press the Copy key when the pattern is located in the center, the duplicated pattern will completely overlap the original. Move the duplicated pattern to separate it from the original.

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Flipping a selected design

When you press the [icon] [icon] keys, you may embroider a mirror image of the pattern.

Mirror Image Keys

Press the [icon] key to flip patterns from left to right.

Press the [icon] key to flip from top to bottom.

Rotating a selected design

Normal mode: Each time you press the key, the embroidery pattern will rotate 90° clockwise.

1 Rotation Key

Professional mode: Press the key, and the Rotation window will appear.

Press the key to change the direction of rotation.

The key functions are as follows: Each time you press the key, the embroidery pattern will rotate 45°. Each time you press the key, the embroidery pattern will rotate 1°. When you press the OK key, the embroidery pattern at the new angle will appear on the Edit screen. When you press the Cancel key, the angle will not change and the screen will return to the Edit screen.

2 Rotate 45° Key 3 Rotate 1° Key 4 OK Key 5 Cancel Key

NOTE: • Both and keys may be used in conjunction with each other to quickly set the angle of rotation.

Delete Key When you press the key, the selected pattern will be deleted.

7 Delete Key

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Changing the fabric and thread colors

You can change the background color of the Edit screen to simulate the fabric color that you are intending to use. The thread color of each part of the selected pattern can also be changed to your preference.

Fabric color change

Press the Color key to open the color change window.

1 Color Key Select the desired color with the keys and the desired color tone with the keys.

2 Horizontal Arrow Keys 3 Vertical Arrow Keys

Press the OK key to register the new color setting, and the color change window will close.

If you do not want to change the colors, press the Cancel key to return to the Edit Mode window.

4 OK Key 5 Cancel Key

You can switch to the thread color change window by pressing the key.

6 Fabric/Thread Color Key

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Thread Color

Thread color change

In this window you are able to change the assigned thread color of the selected part of the pattern.

Select the pattern and press the Color key to open the thread color change window.

Select the part you wish to change thread color by pressing the Color/Part key.

1 Color/Part Key

Select the desired color with the \leftarrow \rightarrow keys and the desired color tone with the \uparrow \downarrow keys.

2 Horizontal Arrow Keys

3 Vertical Arrow Keys

Press the OK key to register the new color setting, and the color change window will close.

If you do not want to change the colors, press the Cancel key to return to the Edit Mode window.

4 OK Key

5 Cancel Key

A Big Arrow key will be displayed next to a Color/Part key when there are more design parts to be displayed. Press it to view the other embroidery design parts.

6 Big Arrow Key

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Example 1: Pattern Combination for Big Hoop B

Press the Edit key. Select Built-in Pattern 5.

Press the Size key to reduce the pattern size.

Press the Layout keys to move the pattern down and to the left.

Press the Built-in Design key to return to the Pattern Selection Window and select Built-in Pattern 5 again.

Press the [icon: layout key] key.

Press the Layout keys to move the pattern to the bottom right.

Select Pattern 5 again.

Press the [icon: layout key] key.

Press the Layout keys to move the pattern to the top left of the screen.

Select Pattern 5 again.

Press the [icon: layout key] key and then the [icon: layout key] key.

Press the Layout keys to move the pattern to the top right of the screen.

Press the OK key.

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The patterns in the Edit screen are combined and will be shown in the preview window as one design.

The Color/Part key of the combined design will also be shown.

Press the Start/Stop Button to start embroidering.

Sewing results The embroidery stitch pattern is sewn as shown against the centerlines on the fabric.

NOTE:

• The Starting Point of the combined or edited design is always in the center of the hoop.

1 Starting Point

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Example 2: Border Designs Using the Template Patterns

NOTE: • Patterns 25, 26, 27 and 28 are used as the template for border designs.

Select Built-in Pattern 25.

Press the Edit key.

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Built-in:Designs Folder Hoop Size A(F):126x110mm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 A~Z Edit

Open the built-in design window and select Pattern 1.

B:140x200mm Size Copy Color OK Cancel A ~ Z Edit

The screen returns to the Edit Mode window and Pattern 1 will be displayed on the Edit screen.

With the Layout keys, move Pattern 1 on to the outline of Pattern 25.

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Press the copy key to duplicate the pattern and lay it along the outline of Pattern 25.

Repeat the above step to form a heart-shape with a series of Pattern 1.

Press the OK key.

NOTE:

• When combining the monogram with any pattern that has a black section at the beginning or end of the pattern, the monogram will be a part of the black section since the default color for monogram is black. If you wish to sew the monogram in other color, press the Color key to change the color of monogram so the machine will stop between the pattern and monogram.

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The patterns in the Edit screen are combined and will be shown in the preview window as one design.

The Color/Part key of the new combined design will also be shown.

Skip the first part (Pattern 25) to sew the border design only.

Sewing results

The embroidery stitch pattern is sewn as shown against the centerlines on the fabric.

NOTE:

• The Starting Point of the combined or edited design is always in the center of the hoop.

1 Starting Point

Saving and Opening a File

Saving a file

The original design created in the Editing Mode can be saved as a file in the Built-in Memory or ATA PC card. There are 3 folders in the built-in memory and 12 folders in the ATA PC card for saving the files.

NOTES:

• Up to 100 files can be saved in each folder, but total number of the files is limited by the available memory size.
• The memory size of free space is displayed on the screen.

1. When you press the [icon] key, the folder list will be displayed on the screen.
2. Press the icon of the desired folder to select it and the Save File box will open. The file name will automatically assigned starting from M_001 ........ in order.
3. Press the [OK] key and the file will be saved in the selected folder.
4. To return to the previous screen, press the return [icon] key.

Changing the folder name

5. To change the folder name, press the [Save Name] key and "Name" will turn red ( [Save Name] ). Press the icon of the desired folder and the keyboard window will open.
6. Enter the folder name and press the [OK] key.

Assigning a file name

You can assign the particular name to the file.

7. Press the [File Name] key to open the keyboard window.
8. Enter the file name and press the [OK] key. The file will be saved with the new name.

NOTES:

• Only 8 characters can be entered.
• Press the [B.S] key (back space) to delete the last character.
• Press the [Cancel] key and the screen will return to the folder list.
• When the memory is full, the warning message will appear. Press the [OK] key and go to the open file window then delete the file that you do not need.
• When you save a file under the same name, the confirmation message will appear. Press the [OK] key to overwrite the existing file. Press the [Cancel] key if you do not wish to overwrite it

! CAUTION: Do not turn the power off or eject the card while the hourglass or warning sign [icons] has been displayed on the screen. Otherwise the saved data will lost or the memory will be damaged.

Opening the saved file

1 When you press the Open File Key, the folder list will be displayed.

2 Press the folder icon you wish to open. A document icon in the folder indicates that the folder contains the saved files.

3 The file name and stitch image will be displayed on the file icon.

4 Press the file icon to select the desired file to open.

5 The pattern combination of the file will be displayed on the screen.

Deleting the saved file

When you need to delete the saved file, select the file by pressing the file icon.

6 Press the key to delete the file and the "Delete" will turn red ( ).

7 The confirmation window will appear.

8 Press the key if you are sure to delete it.

9 When you press the key, the file will not be deleted. The Open File window will close and it will go back to the original screen.

NOTES:

• The new sequence file number will always follow the largest number in the folder regardless you have deleted files or not.

• After saving or opening a file in the built-in memory, only the designs in the selected "EmbF" folder will be displayed when pressing the Built-in Design Mode key. To show the built-in designs, press the icon key of the "Designs" folder to open it.

PC-Link Mode

Connecting the Memory Craft 10001 to a PC

To connect the machine to a PC, you need the Janome exclusive USB or RS-232C cable (both sold separately).

Use the USB cable if your PC is Windows 98/2000/Me/XP base.

Use the RS-232C cable if your PC is Windows 95 or NT base.

Please refer to the Hook-up Diagrams on pages 170 and 171 for proper connection of your PC.

Sending the design via PC-Link

You can transfer embroidery design data between the machine and PC, using Customizer 10000 Plus or Digitizer 10000 Version 1.3.

After setup is finished, press the PC-Link key so that the machine is ready to receive data from the PC.

The screen shows the standby window.

PC-Link:EmbF2 Folder

Ready to import designs from PC.

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When the data is being sent, the screen will display as shown.

NOTE:

• You can select the location to store the designs either in the internal memory of the sewing machine or the ATA PC Card.

After all the designs have been sent, the designs will be shown in the Pattern Selection window.

You can select, edit and sew the designs in the same way as the built-in designs.

PC-Link:EmbF2 Folder Hoop Size A(F): 126 X 110mm

PATTERN1 PATTERN2 PATTERN3

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Hoo-up diagrams

Windows® 98 / Me / 2000 /XP (USB)

USB Cable (12Mb/s)

Type "B" Connector

Type "A" Connector

USB Cable (12Mb/s)

Type "B" Connector

Type "A" Connector

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Windows NT ^® (RS-232C)

RS-232C Janome Special Cable

RS-232C Janome Special Cable

Windows ^® 98 / 2000 / Me / XP / NT ^® are registred trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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CARE OF YOUR MACHINE

Replacing a Light Bulb

WARNING:

• Turn the power switch off and disconnect the power supply plug from the outlet before replacing the bulb.
• Be careful not to touch the bulb while it is hot. Wait until the lamp has cooled down before touching it.

The Memory Craft 10001 is equipped with dual sewing lights. One is located behind the Face Plate and the other is on the underside of the sewing arm.

To replace the light bulb behind the Face Plate:

Open the Face Plate. Remove the rubber Lamp Socket from the Lamp Holder. Pull out the bulb from the socket. Insert a new Light Bulb into the socket, making sure to align the Pins with the holes on the socket. Snap the socket back into the holder and close the Face Plate.

1 Face Plate 2 Lamp Socket 3 Lamp Holder 4 Light Bulb 5 Pins

To replace the light bulb on the underside of the sewing arm:

Lay the machine on its back. Remove the Clear Window with the screwdriver as shown. Remove the rubber Lamp Socket from the window. Pull out the Light Bulb from the socket. Insert a new bulb into the socket, making sure to align the Pins with the holes on the socket. Snap the socket back into the fork on the window. Insert the window back into the opening on the machine.

6 Clear Window 7 Lamp Socket 8 Light Bulb 9 Pins

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Cleaning the Hook Race and Feed Dog

Press the Up/Down Needle Button to raise the needle, then unplug the sewing machine.

NOTE:

• Do not dismantle the machine other than what is explained on this page.

1. Remove the Set Screw on the left hand side of the needle plate with the screwdriver supplied with the machine. Remove the Needle Plate.
2. Take out the bobbin. Lift up the Bobbin Holder and remove it.
3. Clean the Bobbin Holder with a Lint Brush.
4. Clean the Feed Dog and Hook Race with the Lint Brush.
5. Clean the Hook Race with a Soft Dry Cloth. (You may also use a vacuum cleaner.)

1 Set Screw 2 Needle Plate 3 Bobbin Holder 4 Lint Brush 5 Feed Dog 6 Hook Race 7 Soft Dry Cloth

Assemble the hook race

6. Insert the Bobbin Holder so that the Knob fits next to the Stopper in the hook race.
7. Insert the bobbin.
8. Reattach the needle plate, aligning the Guide Holes on the needle plate with the Needle Plate Guide Pins and tighten the screw.

8 Bobbin Holder 9 Knob 10 Stopper 11 Guide Holes 12 Needle Plate Guide Pins

NOTE:

• After cleaning the machine, make sure the needle and presser foot are attached.

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Troubleshooting

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STITCH CHART

ORDINARY SEWING

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Symbol

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DESIGNS CHART

3-letters / 2-letters

Program border

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Gothic

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Bauhaus

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