

SELECTING PATTERNS
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Selecting Patterns from 
Embroidery Cards
■
About Embroidery Card Reader
(Sold Separately) and USB Card
Writer Module*
• Use only an embroidery card Reader designed
for this machine. Using an unauthorized 
embroidery card Reader may cause your 
machine to operate incorrectly.
*
If you have purchased the PE-DESIGN Ver5 or later, 
PE-DESIGN Lite or PED-BASIC, you can plug the 
included USB card writer module into the machine 
as an embroidery card reader, and recall patterns.
■
About Embroidery Cards
(Sold Separately)
• Use only embroidery cards manufactured for this
machine. Using unauthorized cards may cause 
your machine to operate incorrectly.
• Embroidery cards sold in foreign countries
cannot be used with this machine.
• Store embroidery cards in the hard case.
a
Plug the optional embroidery card Reader/
USB card writer module* into the primary 
(top) USB port on the machine.
a
Primary (top) USB port
b
Embroidery card Reader/USB card writer module
*
b
Insert the card completely into the card 
Reader/USB card writer module*.
*
Insert the embroidery card so that the end with a 
printed arrow is facing up.
c
Press the key of the USB port that the 
embroidery card Reader/USB card writer 
module* is plugged into.
o
The patterns on the embroidery card are displayed 
on the selection screen. 
d
Follow the steps on page 189 to select a 
pattern.
Note
• Embroidery patterns cannot be saved from
the machine to an embroidery card inserted 
into a connected USB card writer module
*
.
Note
• Two embroidery USB card Readers/USB
card writer module
*
cannot be used with this
machine at the same time. If two embroidery 
USB card Readers/USB card writer module
*
are inserted, only the embroidery USB card 
Reader/USB card writer module
*
inserted
first is detected.
Memo
• You can also plug the embroidery card
Reader/USB card writer module
*
into the
center port of the machine.