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Question posted by connieharpur11 on September 7th, 2014

Changing Needle Position

I cant change the needle position on my Bernina 215, it was working well a couple of days ago however the now it wont move from side to side. It shows up on the screen when i press the relevent buttons however the needle shows no response. What can i do to fix this? Thanks, C

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User Guide - Page 1

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User Guide - Page 2

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User Guide - Page 3

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User Guide - Page 4

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User Guide - Page 5

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User Guide - Page 7

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User Guide - Page 8

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User Guide - Page 10

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User Guide - Page 13

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User Guide - Page 14

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User Guide - Page 15

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User Guide - Page 18

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User Guide - Page 21

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User Guide - Page 22

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User Guide - Page 24

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User Guide - Page 28

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User Guide - Page 29

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User Guide - Page 33

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User Guide - Page 34

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User Guide - Page 35

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