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List Price: $699.99
Best Price: $399.00 (new), $399.00 (refurbished)
Availability: New (4), Refurbished (1)
Brand: Singer Sewing Co.
Model: Futura CE-100
Dimensions: 23.75 x 22.5 x 17.5 inches
Customer Review
A technical explanation of why you don't want this
by Customer AHDBGB4X9CC8F at September 10th, 2007
My wife bought one of the CE-100s and after she couldn't get it running she turned it over to me, her resident tech-head with a PhD in computer science, to get the thing running. In the end it never ran at all.
My conclusion is that a pack of wolves could write better software and manuals. First you will find that the manual and install card give exactly opposite instructions on the order in which to plug in the USB and install the software (a critical detail for testy installs). After multiple installs using multiple clean machines I determined the correct order and was able to get the USB recognized. I visited a half-dozen forums and used every trick out there.
Ultimately it was all for nothing. The machine never did anything but light up and blink red all over - indicating error. The manual has a helpful list of error codes and tells you what to do based on the error code displayed.
Big problem: there is no error display! You will never know what error the machine thinks it has!
I tried methodically restarting, refreshing, and then undergoing the corrective actions for every possible error on the list - all to absolutely no effect. Ultimately I believe the problem is probably an internal mechanical one. I think the mix of "1" ratings with normal ratings is the luck of the draw whether you get a working machine or not, and the odds look to be below 50%.
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