Singer SE9185 - Manuals

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................. 1 Intended Use .................................................................. 1Machine Overview .......................................................... 1Needle Area Overview .............................................

1 4 7 9 10 11 12 8 6 5 3 2 13 Introduction – 1 INTRODUCTION Optimal use and maintenance are described in these instructions. This product is not intended for industrial or commercial use. Additional assistance, by region, may be found online at www.singer.com. 1. Feed Teeth Lever — Move from side to...

2 3 4 5 6 9 8 7 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 1 2 3 4 2 – Introduction Needle Area Overview Top of Machine Right Side 1. Buttonhole Lever — Used for buttonhole sewing. 2. Built-in Needle Threader — Thread the needle quickly and easily. 3. Needle Bar With Needle Clamp Screw — Secures the needle. 4. Needle Thread...

2 1 3 4 6 5 8 7 10 9 11 12 Introduction – 3 1. Bobbin x3 2. Edge/Quilting Guide 3. Spool cap x3, small, medium large 4. Thread net 5. Felt pad 6. Auxiliary spool pin 7. Multi-purpose tool 8. Screwdriver 9. Brush 10. Seam ripper 11. Stylus pen 12. Embroidery Hoop (170x100) Overview Accessories Includ...

4 – Introduction Presser Feet All Purpose Foot A (attached to the machine upon delivery) This foot is used for general sewing on most types of fabric. The bottom of the foot is flat, so that the fabric is held down firmly against the feed teeth while sewing. It also has a wide slot so that the needl...

1 2 Introduction – 5 Function Buttons Reverse Button Start/Stop Needle Up/Down Speed Control Lever Cut Function Press and hold the Reverse button to sew in reverse. Release it to resume sewing forward. The machine sews in reverse only as long as the reverse button is pressed. Only available for the ...

6 – Introduction Stitch Overview Utility Stitches Stitch № Presser Foot Thread tension Name Description 1 A 3-5 Straight Stitch, center needle position For all types of sewing. Select 29 different needle positions. 2 A 3-5 Straight Stitch, left nee - dle position For all types of sewing. 3 A 3-5 Str...

Introduction – 9 Stitch № Presser Foot Thread Tension Name Description 48 B 3-5 Satin Stitch Wide This is a closely spaced zigzag stitch for appliqué or bar-tack - ing. Use a stabilizer or interfacing to avoid puckering. 49 B 3-5 Satin Stitch This is a closely spaced zigzag stitch for appliqué, bar-...

C B A 10 – Preparations PREPARATIONS After lifting the machine out of the box and removing all packing material and the plastic bag, wipe the machine, particularly around the needle and needle plate to remove any oil before sewing. When unpacking the embroidery unit, do not throw away the white styr...

Preparations – 11 Free Arm/Removable Accessory Tray USB Port Presser Foot Lever Thread Knife Store presser feet, bobbins, needles and other accessories in the accessory tray so that they are easily accessible. Keep the accessory tray on the machine to provide a larger, flat work surface. Use the fre...

A B 12 – Preparations Your machine has two spool pins, a main spool pin and an aux-iliary spool pin. The spool pins are designed for various types of thread. The main spool pin is used in a horizontal position (the thread reels off the spool) and the auxiliary spool pin in a vertical position (the t...

Preparations – 13 Threads There are many threads on the market today developed for different purposes.Your machine is designed for different types of threads and spool sizes. All Purpose Sewing Thread All purpose sewing thread is made of synthetic, cotton or cotton covered polyester. This type of th...

14 – Preparations Stabilizers Tear-Away Stabilizers Tear-away stabilizers are used with stable woven fabrics. Hoop with the fabric when embroidering. Tear away excess stabilizer after stitching. Iron-on Tear-Away Iron-on tear-away is a more stable stabilizer that has a slick side that will iron on t...

A B C Preparations – 15 Needles The sewing machine needle plays an important role in successful sewing. Use only quality needles. We recommend needles of system 130/705H. The needle package included with your machine contains needles of the most frequently used sizes. Be sure to match the needle to ...

1 2 3 4 16 – Preparations Note: Before you begin changing the needle, it can be help- ful to place a small piece of paper or fabric underneath the needle area, over the hole in the needle plate, so that the needle doesn't accidentally fall down into the machine. 1. Loosen the needle clamp screw. If ...

A B D 1 2 3 C E 4 5 A B D C Preparations – 17 1. Place the thread spool on the spool pin. Slide a spool cap firmly against the spool. 2. Pull the thread into the thread guide (A) from front to the back and thread guide (B) from back to front. 3. Bring the thread around the bobbin winding tension dis...

A B D C E 18 – Preparations Important! Make sure that the presser foot is raised and the needle is in its highest position by turning the handwheel toward you. This is very important to help ensure that the machine is correctly threaded. Not doing so can result in poor stitch quality when you start ...

A B C E D F Preparations – 19 There are many threads on the market today developed for dif- ferent purposes. The quality and structure of the thread as well as the shape and size of the thread spool can affect the behavior of the thread. Threads can also behave differently if the spool is full or ne...

2 1 A B C 20 – Preparations Thread Tension Sew without Feed Teeth To set the thread tension, turn the dial on top of the machine. Depending on the fabric, thread, etc, the tension may need to be adjusted. For the best stitch appearance and durability, make sure the needle thread tension is correctly...

A B 1 2 3 Preparations – 21 1. Using the screwdriver, remove the presser foot ankle. 2. Position the Embroidery Foot onto the presser foot bar from behind, lining the hole on the foot up with the hole on the presser foot bar. Lower the needle into the opening of the foot by turning the handwheel tow...

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 4 22 – Embroidery Preparations Embroidery Unit 1. Embroidery arm 2. Embroidery hoop attachment 3. Embroidery unit plug 4. Embroidery unit release button (underside) 1. Embroidery hoop connector 2. Outer hoop 3. Inner hoop 4. Center marks 5. Retaining screw EMBROIDERY PREPARATIONS Emb...

A Embroidery Preparations – 23 Designs Connect the Embroidery Unit Remove the Embroidery Unit Over 150 designs are included in the machine memory. These designs, along with the ten built-in embroidery fonts, are shown on the screen in the Embroidery Mode. Note: Your machine can only load embroidery ...

A B A A B 24 – Embroidery Preparations To Hoop the Fabric Slide on/off the Hoop 1. Slide the hoop connector into the hoop attachment (A) from front to back until it clicks into place. 2. To remove the hoop from the embroidery arm, press the grey button (B) on the hoop attachment and slide the hoop t...

Machine Settings Embroidery / Sewing Settings The Touch Screen – 25 THE TOUCH SCREEN OK Common Functions Cancel Exit Settings Confirms changes and pop-up messages and returns to previous window. The following functions on the screen are used frequently. Cancels changes and pop-up messages and return...

26 – Settings SETTINGS Machine Settings Touch the settings icon in the top right corner to acess the ma-chine settings. Most settings made in the machine settings will be saved, even when turning your machine off. Language Select your desired language on the screen. All texts in the machine will be ...

Settings – 27 Embroidery and Sewing Settings Activate Screensaver (min) To activate the screensaver, touch the button and select how many minutes of inactivity should pass before the screensaver turns on. Audio Turns on or off all sounds of the machine. Default setting is on. This setting is saved e...

28 – Settings Firmware Update Using a USB Device It is always recommended to install the latest firmware in your machine. Visit the SINGER® website at software.singer.com and find your machine. Here you will find the available updates. Follow the steps below to download and install the firmware upda...

WIFI & MYSEWNET SERVICES mySewnet Information Wifi & Mysewnet Services  – 29 Getting Started With WiFi WiFi Introduction Other Network Touch the mySewnet button in the top bar, and then the settings button in the top corner or bottom corner of the screen. Select from the list of available ne...

30 – Wifi & Mysewnet Services Complimentary Software (PC and MAC) A computer software package is available for your machine. It adds the following features: • The mySewnet cloud sync tool allows you to synchronize your content in the mySewnet cloud with a folder on your computer. Drag and drop f...

Wifi & Mysewnet Services  – 31 Used Space in mySewnet Cloud The mySewnet cloud will store designs, fonts, stitches and other files from your machine.Touch the mySewnet button on the topbar and go to mySewnet cloud, touch the cloud icon to see how much storage is aval-ible. When only a small amou...

1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 15 17 18 19 20 21 32 – Sewing SEWING Sewing Mode – Overview In sewing mode you can select stitches, adjust and sew them. Your selected stitch will be shown in actual size in the stitch field. 1. Sewing mode indicator 2. Presser foot recommendation 3. Selected stit...

1 2 3 Sewing – 33 What is a Stitch? Select a Stitch or Letter Create a Sequence A stitch either consists of a single stitch as in a straight stitch, or as two individual stitches e.g. in a zigzag. Furthermore, a stitch is also the complete stitch, meaning it is made up by the total of the individual...

34 – Sewing Fabric Selection Start your sewing by selecting the fabric that you will use. Suggested fabrics for each fabric group you can choose from are listed below. Note: Some fabrics have excess dye which can cause discol- oration on other fabrics or on your embroidery machine. This discoloratio...

Sewing – 35 Stitch Width Stitch Length Needle Position / Stitch Positioning Increase or decrease the stitch width using + and - in the con-trol. The number above the control shows stitch width in mm. Changed stitch position may limit the stitch width adjustments. Increase or decrease the stitch leng...

36 – Sewing Mirroring Balance Stitch Free-Motion To mirror a stitch or stitch program lengthwise, touch the mirror end to end button. To mirror a stitch or stitch program sideways, touch the mirror side to side button. Note: Some stitches e.g. buttonholes cannot be mirrored. If you are experiencing ...

A B Sewing – 37 Change Needle Position In basic sewing techniques you will find the most commonly used sewing techniques. A seam sews two pieces of fabric together with a seam allow-ance that will usually be pressed open. In most cases, edges of the seam allowance are finished with an overcast stitc...

38 – Sewing To change sewing direction, stop the machine. Press the Needle Stop button to activate the Needle Up / Down position button. The needle is brought down into the fabric. Raise the presser foot. Pivot the fabric around the needle to change sewing direction as desired. Lower the presser foo...

Sewing – 39 The blind hem creates an invisible hem on garments. There are two types of blind hem; one is recommended for medium to heavy woven fabric (1), the other for medium to heavy stretch fabric (2). The blind hem is not suggested for light weight fabric, leather and vinyl. Right side of fabric...

F B A C G D E 40 – Sewing Sew buttonholes perfectly sized for your button. The fabric should be interfaced and/or stabilized where buttonholes are to be sewn. 1. Mark the start position of the buttonhole on the fabric (A). 2. On the One-Step Buttonhole Foot, push the button holder open by pushing th...

F E C D 7 7 B A Sewing – 41 Sew Zippers Centered Zipper The Zipper Foot can be attached on either the right or the left of the needle, making it easy to sew both sides of the zipper. To sew the right side of the zipper, attach the foot in the left presser foot position. To sew the left side of zippe...

42 – Sewing Sewing Pop-up Messages Bobbin Thread Low When the bobbin thread is running low, a pop-up message appears giving you notice that you will soon need to change the bobbin. This gives you an opportunity to plan when you want to change your bobbin. Check Upper Thread The machine stops automat...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Embroidery – 43 EMBROIDERY Getting Started to Embroider Embroidery Mode– Overview To enter embroidery mode, slide on the embroidery unit. Make sure that the area is clear so that the embroidery unit can cali-brate when needed. Note: You can not access the sewing mode while having the e...

1 2 3 4 44 – Embroidery To Create Text: 1. Select the font menu and touch a font to select it. 2. Touch the different letters to create a sequence. 3. Touch the confirm button. The machine will stitch the letter sequence that was saved and will stop when the sequence is completed. In order to repeat...

1 2 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 10 Embroidery – 45 Embroidery Edit – Overview In embroidery edit you can adjust, combine, save and delete designs and fonts. The loaded design(s) are shown in the em-broidery area. 1. Embroidery area 2. Rotate options 3. Scale options 4. Thread color edit / Background colo...

46 – Embroidery Thread color edit / Background color Touch the Thread color edit / Background color to view a list of thread colors in the selected design(s) and change the back-ground color for the hoop. Thread color edit You can edit the colors in your design. Touch the color block in the list tha...

Embroidery – 47 Hoop Selection To select a hoop size, touch the hoop selection button. A list will appear with hoop choices. After selecting your hoop size, the list will close automatically. Scale With the touch function, scale, you can increase or decrease the size of the selected design(s) withou...

48 – Embroidery Multi-Select Touch the multi-select button to add more designs to the em-broidery after chosing your desired designs, touch the embroi-dery edit button to do any changes. If you have selected two or more designs and want to combine them to be adjusted as one design, touch the group/u...

Embroidery – 49 The Bobbin Thread Is Running Low When the bobbin thread is running low, a pop-up message appears giving you notice that you will soon need to change the bobbin. This gives you an opportunity to plan when you want to change your bobbin. Sound When active, the signal for some warning a...

50 – Embroidery Save Design to the mySewnet cloud Only avalible for SE9180 and S9185 You can choose to save the file to the mySewnet cloud folder or to a USB device. Previously saved designs are shown. Touch the mySewnet tab at the top of the screen, then touch the save to cloud, choose the folder, ...

1 2 1 1 3 4 Embroidery – 51 mySewnet Library Only available for SE9180 and SE9185 mySewnet library is a service where you can get access to thousands of embroidery designs. Visit our website to read more about this service and start your subscription. If you have a subscription, WiFi is connected an...

2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 52 – Embroidery Stitch Out EMBROIDERY STITCH OUT To proceed to embroidery stitch out, touch the confirm button in the embroidery edit overview. Embroidery Stitch Out – Overview 1. Embroidery area 2. Thread Color Information 3. Start / Pause Embroidery Stitch Out 4. Return To Emb...

Embroidery Stitch Out  – 53 Step Stitch-by-Stitch/Go to Stitch Touch + to step forward and - to step backwards stitch by stitch. Move backwards a few stitches, e.g. after the upper thread breaks or runs out, to ensure that the thread will be se-cured. Touch & hold to move through the stitches mo...

54 – Embroidery Stitch Out Corner Check Design Placement Use corner check to trace the four corners of the design to see where the design will be stitched out on the fabric. Each touch on the corner check button will move the hoop to the following positions and in the following order: upper left, up...

Maintenance – 55 MAINTENANCE Cleaning the Machine Cleaning the Bobbin Area Raise the needle and turn off the machine. Raise the needle and turn off the machine. Cleaning under the Bobbin Area To keep your sewing machine operating well, clean it often. No lubrication (oiling) is needed. Wipe the exte...

56 – Maintenance Troubleshooting Thread Loops on Underside of Fabric Possible cause: Thread looping on the underside of the fabric is always an indication that the upper thread is not correctly threaded. This happens when the upper thread is not correctly placed in the thread tension mechanism and h...

Maintenance – 57 Possible cause: Bobbin is winding sloppily because thread end not held at beginning of winding process. Solution: Before starting to wind, hold the thread tail (coming out of the bobbin) securely, allow the bobbin to partially fill, then stop to trim the thread tail close to the bob...

58 – Maintenance Needles Breaking Possible cause: Bent, dull or damaged needle. Solution: Discard needle, insert new needle. Possible cause: Wrong size needle for fabric. Solution: Insert appropriate needle for fabric type. Possible cause: Machine not threaded correctly. Solution: Rethread the machi...

Maintenance – 59 Possible cause: Sewing was started with no fabric under the presser foot. Solution: Place fabric under foot, making sure that needle comes down into fabric; lightly hold both thread tails for first few stitches. Possible cause: Stabilizer may be needed for technique. Solution: Place...

60 – Maintenance The Machine Cannot Connect to a WiFi Network Only for SE9180 and SE9185 Possible cause: Cannot Connect to WiFi. Solution: • Make sure that WiFi is enabled on your machine. Touch the WiFi button on the topbar or go to WiFi set- tings. • Make sure that the machine detects a signal fro...

Maintenance – 61 Technical Specification Sewing machine Sewing Speed Maximum 800 ± 50 rpm (using straight stitch with default stitch length) Rated Voltage 240V/50Hz,230V/50Hz,220V/50Hz,12 7V/50Hz,120V/50Hz,125V/50Hz,100V /50Hz Presser Foot Rise Height 6-12mm Protection Class II (Europe) Stitch Width...

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