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Contents

How to Use This Manual............................................................................................................................ 2

Congratulaons on Your Purchase! ........................................................................................................... 5

What’s Included With Your Machine .......................................................................................................... 5

Important Safety Informaon (English) ...............................................................................................5

About Your Machine ........................................................................................................................... 9

 ................................................................................................................................ 9

 .......................................................................................................................... 10

Installaon and Setup ....................................................................................................................... 13

Carriage .................................................................................................................................................... 13

 ............................................................................................................................................... 14

 ...................................................................................................................................... 14

 ...................................................................................................... 18

 .............................................................................................................................. 19

 ................................................................................................................... 21

 ................................................................................................................................ 21

Using Your Machine .......................................................................................................................... 25

 ............................................................................................................................................ 25

 ..................................................................................................................................................... 25

 .................................................................................................................... 25

Machine Needle ....................................................................................................................................... 25

 ............................................................................................................................................ 27

 ............................................................................................................... 28

 ...................................................................................................................... 29

 .................................................................................................................................... 31

Threading the Machine ............................................................................................................................ 32

Quilng With the Amara................................................................................................................... 34

 ..................................................................................................................................... 34

 ................................................................................................................................ 35

 ........................................................................................................................................... 35

 ................................................................................. 36

Using the Touch-Screen Displays ....................................................................................................... 38

 ................................................................................................................... 39

 ........................................................................................................................................ 41

Toolbar Opons ................................................................................................................................ 46

Controlling the Lights ............................................................................................................................... 46

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Machine Tools .................................................................................................................................. 47

 ................................................................................................ 47

 ................................................................................................................................ 49

 ..................................................................................................................................... 50

 ............................................................................................................................................... 52

Machine Sengs .............................................................................................................................. 53

 .................................................................................................................................... 53

 ....................................................................................................................... 55

Laser Lights ............................................................................................................................................... 58

Alarms ...................................................................................................................................................... 58

 ...................................................................................................................................................... 59

Set Language ............................................................................................................................................ 60

Informaon Screens ......................................................................................................................... 60

Machine Maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 63

Clean and Oil Your Amara ......................................................................................................................... 63

Maintenance Schedule ............................................................................................................................. 64

Troubleshoong ............................................................................................................................... 65

Appendix 1 ....................................................................................................................................... 70

........................ 70

 ........................... 70

 ...................................................................................70

Warranty .......................................................................................................................................... 71

Warranty Registraon Card .............................................................................................................. 73

Machine Setup and Training Checklist and Cercate ....................................................................... 75

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Congratulaons On Your Purchase!









Oiling Your Machine to Loading a Quilt to

Making Perfect Feathers















ÂIMPORTANT



What’s Included With Your Machine

•  • 

•  • 

• 

• 

• 



•  • 

• EZ Pen Oiler • 

•  • 

• 

• 

• 

• 





Important Safety Informaon









ÂIMPORTANT





6 | 

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS





DANGER

• 



WARNING

• 



• 



• 

• 



• 

• 



so forth.

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 









• 



• 



• 



• 

• 



• 



• 

near children.

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• 







• 



This machine is intended for household or commercial use.









To use the machine safely

1. 



2. 

 

 

 

 

3. 



To increase the life of your machine

1. 



2. 



3. 

4. 





8 | 

Oponal U.S. Grounding 

GROUNDED OUTLET BOXES

METAL

SCREW

ADAPTER

(B) (C)

TAB FOR

GROUNDING

SCREW

(A)

GROUNDING PIN















ÂIMPORTANT

Canadian Electric Code.

To repair or adjust the machine









www.handiquilter.com/manuals/.

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About Your Machine











 

 



 





four inches

 134

 From 80/12 to 130/21

 

 Aluminum, Class M

 

 

 







 5 mm

 35.3 mm

 73 mm

 

 Velocite 10, Texaco 22

10 | 

Get to Know Your Amara

Le side view 

1. 

2. 

3. Machine "Y" encoder

4. 

5. 

6. 



7. 

8. 

9. 

10. Needle

11. Ruler foot

12. 

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Right side view 

13. 

14. 

15. 

16. Thread mast

17. Thread guide

18. 





19. 

20. Thread guide

21. 

22. 

23. 

24. 

25. 

12 | 



26. 

27. 

28. 

29. 

30. 



31. 

32. 

33. 

34. 

35. 

36. 



37. 

38. 

39. 

40. 

Back Panel 

27 29

31 33 34

35 36

34 34

37 38

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HQ Amara User Manual | 13

Installaon and Setup

Carriage





ÂIMPORTANT

To install the carriage and machine on the frame

1. 



the frame.

2. Place the machine on the carriage.

UCAUTION





the throat of the machine, not from the



3. 





ÂIMPORTANT





14 | 

Power Cord

To install the power cord

• 



To disconnect the power cord

• 

out the cord.

Power Switch in the Using Your Machine

NOTE



Front Handlebars









Using the Touch-Screen Displays later in



UCAUTION



To install the front handlebars





ÂIMPORTANT











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4. 







5. 



cutout, locate and align the threaded hole on



6. 









7. 

the side of the machine. Connect the longer



connector on the machine and the shorter



16 | 

8. 













desired using the lever closest to the handle



ÂIMPORTANT: See To aach labels to the

handlebarsCongurable

Handlebar Buons

To adjust the hand-posion angle of the front handlebars



ONLINEAdjusng the

Handlebars 

• 





To use the handlebars for micro quilng

ONLINE

video Micro Quilng 





• 





NOTE



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



















Cycles the

needle up or

down Congurable

buon

Starts or stops

stching

Congurable

buon

Increases or

decreases

stching

speed

(Manual

mode)

Increases or

decreases

stches

per inch

(Regulated

mode)

To customize the handlebar

buons in the Toolbar Opons





NOTE



To aach labels to the handlebars

UCAUTION



1. 



2. 



18 | 

Oponal Accessory: Rear Handlebars

ONLINEQuilt from the

Back Kit 

1. 

2. 



3. 





the machine.

4. 





5. 



2.5mm hex tool.











ÂIMPORTANT: See To aach labels to the

handlebars in the Congurable handlebar

buons 

NOTE











HQ Amara User Manual | 19

Touch-Screen Displays





To install the front display

1. 





2. 









3. 













ÂIMPORTANT:









ÂIMPORTANT





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