Why does my Bernina make a strange noise when I switch on?

The Bernina 'burp' is our clever electronic machines way of setting itself up correctly to sew.

The 'stepper motors' need to reset to the default setting of straight stitch in a central needle position. On modern machines they even raise the needle and presser foot for you too!


My machine will not read the USB stick.

My thread is nesting in the bobbin area.