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Where Can I Download Brother SE400 Manuals?

By KAMALA in Questions & Answers •

You can download three Brother SE400 Operation and User’s Manuals in PDF format from Brother’s website. Here are the direct links because it can be hard to find the exact place.

Quick Reference Guide

A very handy illustrated guide in color that you can keep referring to for the built-in stitches, embroidery designs, fonts, and frames. Contents:

  • Bobbin Winding and Setting
  • Upper Threading
  • Selecting Stitch Patterns
  • Summary of Stitch Patterns
  • Preparing to Embroider
  • Selecting Embroidery Patterns
  • Alphanumeric Character Patterns
  • Frame Patterns
  • Embroidery Pattern Color Change Table
  • Color Thread Conversion Chart

Operation Manual

A 172 page manual describing the Brother SE400 and how to use all the various functions: Getting Ready, Sewing Basics, Utility Stitches, and Embroidery.

Instruction Manual: USB Connection

This manual describes how to use the USB port and cable to connect the SE400 to your computer; how to import embroidery designs into the SE400 from the computer; and how to use a computer to upgrade the SE400’s software.

Our Readers Respond ...

  1. aaron says

    April 1, 2021 at 8:36 am

    From top to end I didn’t see any link to SE400 service manual. Is this web site a scam?

    • Kamala says

      April 1, 2021 at 10:42 am

      This site is not a scam. But it’s not an official Brother site. I’m just a happy Brother SE300 owner trying to help other users. I give you direct links to the three customer manuals Brother provides. I don’t know know anything about a service manual. I’ve never needed one. Kamala

  2. Orphee says

    October 21, 2020 at 8:56 am

    Hi
    Sorry for my poor english.
    My wife has a SE400 with a problem: tissue “tracking” speed may be correct or not. Sometime it doesn’t move at all.
    I unmount the SE400 and saw motor doesn’t place correctly the gear for speed traction but … I don’t understand how it can know where is the limit (no visible limit switch). So, when you change speed you can see the motor running to place the gear but it stop randomly.
    The only “solution” I found is to set minimum-maximum-reverse !

    Can someone help me ?

    Regards

  3. DEBRA PINEL says

    August 17, 2020 at 4:46 pm

    Hi I am looking for a printable version of the users manual for my PE Design Basic.

  4. Denise Moreira says

    August 2, 2019 at 5:07 pm

    Gostaria de saber na opiniao das bordadeiras brother se o cartao de memoria é realmente um item indispensavel, uma vez que existe o cabo USB para transportar o bordado. Achei um pouco caro e nao gostaria de fazer um investimento em algo que eu talvez nao venha a usa-lo de fato.

    Obrigada Denise

  5. Denise Moreira says

    August 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm

    Boa noite, comprei uma brother ja usada , que esta funcionando perfeitamente. Contudo ela veio faltando alguns itens e um deles é o manual . neste post nao consegui visualizar o link para baixar .Gostaria de contar com ajuda das admiradoras dessa maquina maravilohosa e da arte do bordado.

    Atenciosamente Denise

  6. Marilyn Raymond says

    September 24, 2018 at 6:39 am

    This is a very informative site.

    Thank you,
    Marrilyn

  7. Kelly Petrie says

    August 6, 2018 at 7:44 am

    Does anyone know the proper bobbin type and bobbin thread weight for this machine? I looked it up and saw to get type L bobbins for pre-wound with 60 weight thread. I recently took my machine in because the tension seems wrong because the bobbin thread is showing thru my design. They said I am using the wrong bobbin and thread weight. I have used easily a 1,000 bobbins and this just started.

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