Operator Manual

[Coach]

I just picked up my two Amaya XT Machines. I cannot find a user manual/operators manual anywhere. I have looked in the box, online everywhere! Can anyone tell me where to find an instruction manual?

Can anyone tell me how to get the thread from the top of the feeder tubes to the needles? I won't shove through, thread too flimsy I was thinking about feeding somefishing line down through there to use to pull the thread thru. But to tell you the truth I am steaming over the fact I cannot locate a user manual anywhere.. Is it on the OS disc?

[levelbest]

Wait - Let me get this one!!!

Hugo and I were just talking about it today while chatting. Funny how it came up but that's another story.

Anyway, stick a bit of the thread you are trying to send thru in the top of the tube - then grab a can of canned air and blow it thru.

Simplest way - forget the plastic twigs they give you to do the thread feed with. Canned air is the way to go.

All the documentation is now on cds. No more paper manuals.

If you are steaming already - it's going to be an uphill fight for you moving forward.

[Impressive Threads]

You should have had a manual in the box somewhere with your start up kit. In the mean time to get the thread into the tubes the easiest way is to use a can of air with the small tube that usually come with it. Put the thread into the tube, lift the associated thread feed roller on the front of the machine and then blow air into the tube until it shoots out the feeder. Then you run the thread down thru the top metal loop, past the black take up arm and into the back hole of the numbered bar. Bring the thread up around the round bar under the that numbered plate thru the front hole. Then thread it thru the black take up arm, and back down the other side, left facing the machine, thru the corresponding hole, strait down through the hole on the bottom numbered plate into the needle. Once you get the thread thru the needle with some length on it make sure you put the feeder roller back down.
If you do not have canned air, in your kit there should be some white nylon strings. These have a notch at the end. You secure the end of the thread in the notch and then manually push it into the tube and out the thread feeder. Then you thread the machine as stated above.

I am working in my shop today so call me if you need additional help.

Cindy in Phoenix
623-879-9761

[levelbest]

BTW, if you didn't go to class yet - definately go to class first before trying to jump right in. This machine is complex enough and there is a ton to learn. The classes are wonderful and well worth the time spent. If you try to figure everything out on your own before going to training, it will leave you frustrated.

Just a suggestion....

[Impressive Threads]

Not getting a paper manual really sucks!! I use mine all the time while I am trying to sew or design something. What good is a cd when your in the middle of doing something? This is how the world is going these days. Eliminating anything or anyone useful, or helpful to save a buck. To bad Melco is doing the same.

Cindy in Phoenix

[levelbest]

Well, not sure I totally agree - the majority of manuals get outdated ten minutes after they are printed, so online help or cds are certainly a more efficient way to do things and to stay up to date. Quite frankly, I used to keep manuals for everything, but now, just store the cds or hit the websites. However, that said, with all the print on demand availability out there, melco should offer a printed version of the latest manual for a cost to customers that are interested - and they definately should have it available online.

[signman]

Our internet provider had been 'sending' us our invoices in an email every month-new management took over, and this month-the email only contains a LINK to their website to get our bill! I've had enough of this...so we got them on the phone and told them we don't play games to find bills-are not interested in saving THEM the effort of even emailing the bill...so they either mail it-or email it the way they used to-or we switch to another system! And then they had the nerve to say THAT would cost us a dollar to do it different!
Told them again...if they want our business...then they bill us like everyone else!
As for not getting a 'printed' manual...those anal retentive pencil pushers don't realize-not everyone has the computer hooked to a printer! AND not everyone has the most current programs to READ the stupid CD (and now they send them on DVD) to even view it! We have half our lingerie suppliers going to 'online-print it yourowndamnself' catalogs...which my MAC won't always do...so guess what-we don't buy from them!

[Coach]

Thank you everyone... These were all the cats meow......

[Coach]

Oh One more thing, I located the User Guide/Owners Manual.
I had not loaded the operating system software yet as I found out the hard way that the OS is not compatable with Windows Vista... Melco Techs stated that the Vista version of the XT OS will be coming out in a few weeks.
I located the owner manual for my XT machines in the Operating System Application. I Opened the OS once I found a PC with windows XP on it and clicked on the HELP menu and there it was The AMAYA XT Owners Manual. That was a bit new for me as I would no more expect to see the Hardware Owners Manual embedded in the OS that I would expect to see how to remove the mother board of my Gateway HDMI buried in the Windows XP OS. Hey all I can say is if it wasn't for this issue I may have never located you folks... Thank you again for the new community.. I am jazzed again, My machines are sitting there, plugged in and threaded. I am wondering if I can pull off a sew out.... Hmmm?

[levelbest]

Unfortunately, what you were told about Vista was incorrect. The OS is compatible with Vista, just not the 64 bit version of Vista. On the 32 bit version it works fine - and many folks run using it - myself included. In fact, I have run it with windows 7 beta as well...

[Coach]

Thank you for the response LevelBest(LB). I must admit that the Melco tech was more clear than my post. He let me know that it would work with Vista 32 but not Vista 64. Unfortunately I have the VISTA 64 Version running on my laptop. Hopefully what he stated regarding the patch for V.64 is also true and I will be able to run everything from one machine. Until then I just keep running back and forth with my Flash drive editing and loading..

Regards,
Coach Al