User manual SINGER 141B INSTRUCTION MANUAL

[. . . ] All designs must fit inside the sewing hoop capabilities of your machine. Some designs may have stitches that cannot be read correctly into the Xchange Box. Any user of the Xchange Box should adhere to applicable license agreements of all third parties of the designs. This product is not to be used to violate copyright, trademarks or other intellectual property rights of third parties. [. . . ] More information about Microsoft Logo testing can be found at: http://www. microsoft. com/WINLOGO/ hardware/digitalsignature. asp Warning!If you use Windows 2000, Millennium Edition (ME), or XP, you will see this icon appear at the bottom right corner of your screen (near the clock). Before unplugging your Xchange Box, first double-click this icon, select the "USB Conversion Box, " and then click "Stop. " It is now safe to unplug your Xchange Box. NOTE: If you fail to stop your Xchange Box before unplugging it, you will have to reinstall the driver from your installation CD. 7 Elna Xchange START PROGRAM To start the program, either double click the Xchange icon on the desktop OR: 1. Your Xchange Box and software is properly installed and ready to use. If you receive any errors when loading the Xchange Box software, call your designated technical support office. TROUBLESHOOTING - NO COMPORT ERROR MESSAGE If you get a message on your screen saying, "Cannot open comport. . . " this usually means the USB driver is not installed correctly. With the computer turned on, unplug the USB cable from the computer while it is on. Insert the Xchange Box CD into the CD-ROM drive and cancel installation if it autoruns. Now follow the on-screen prompts and directions in the "Driver Installation" section on page 6. 8 Elna Xchange FILE FORMATS The Xchange Box will open these format extensions. EMD (*. emd) ­ an expanded file format that works with Elna Xpressive and the Elna Xpressway. JEF (*. jef) ­ an expanded file format associated with Elna 8600, Elna 8200 and later generations of Janome embroidery software. SEW (*. sew) ­ an expanded file format associated with Elna Envision Scan PC, Dream Vision, Janome Scan-n-Sew PC and Customizer 2000. If your design doesn't appear to have all of its components, then you may need to select the next file on the card to complete your design. Use the Browse button to view all designs on the card. Once you have loaded your designs from the preprogrammed card, you need to remove it from the slot. Since no universal color palette exists for home or professional embroiderers, Xchange Box recognizes color breaks in the designs you've loaded and substitutes a new color palette. If you'd like to see your design in colors that more closely resemble your original, use Color Editor (see page 15). 12 Elna Xchange DELETE The Delete button is used to remove a design from any of the 6 squares on the Converter Box screen. Click the design you want to delete; click the Delete button and the design disappears. (Or click, Edit, Delete and select a design to delete. ) *Also under Edit you'll find Transfer. This allows you to transfer designs to Color Editor (see page 15). OPTIONS Click the Options button or Options on the navigation bar to: pre-set the "Unknown" Write buttons to reflect your machine type. Click down arrow in the "Write Button Preferences" field, and a database of available machines is displayed. The machine information will now replace the word "Unknown" on the "Write" button on the Converter Box screen. If you do not see your machine model, select a different machine by the same manufacturer with the same sewing format. Once you set the "Write" button to a certain machine it will remain set until you change it. [. . . ] If the design was sent from the Xchange Box, it can only be saved back to the Xchange Box, not to your computer or other writable media. Save As Click File, then Save As to name your design and save it to the desired folder. The "Save As" feature will only allow you to save the file within the same format it was opened. Print Click File, then Print or (Ctrl+P) or to print a copy of your design. Page 1 of the print out will include a smaller version of the design, the file name, the stitching size, the number of stitches and the number of colors. [. . . ]