Simplicity SMC_BOX Smart Box Embroidery Transfer System

by Simplicity

Product Features

• Includes color editor function and free technical support
• Transfers embroidery designs from your computer’s hard drive, CD-ROM, Floppy Disk or the internet to a rewriteable memory card for use in your home embroidery machine
• Works with a variety of embroidery sewing machine brands
• Includes: Smart Box, software CD, rewriteable memory card, interface cable, quick-start quide
• Requires computer with Pentium II, CD-ROM drive, Windows 98 or above

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.6 x 11.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000UJC86
• Item model number: SMC-BOX
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #162,479 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing (See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

If you have an embroidery sewing machine, this Smart Box kit from Simplicity will greatly expand your design capabilities. After plugging the Smart Box directly into your computer and installing the software, the memory card will be ready to receive a variety of designs directly from your hard drive, floppy drive, or CD. The card is then inserted directly into the sewing machine. The Smart Box does not digitize clip art or graphic files ending in .bmp, .wmf, or .jpg; separate software (available from Simplicity) is required for that. If it all sounds confusing, don’t worry: the user guide walks you through each step of the process with clear instructions and illustrations. Computer requirements are: Pentium II processor, 16 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, 5 MB of hard drive space, Windows 98 or above, an 800 X 600 display or better, and a USB port. The Smart Box is not Macintosh-compatible. The memory card works with the following machine models: BabyLock ESI/ESI2/EM1/EM2/eac/Ellageo 1/2/3; Bernina Deco 500/600; Brother PE150/100/200/300S/7500/ 8200/8500/6500, ULT/2002D; Simplicity SE1/SE2/SE3; White W3300. Free technical support is available. --Ann Bieri

Editor's Note: Owners of older models may download XP-compatible software for free from the Simplicity website.

Product Description

Expand your embroidery design library with the Simplicity Smart Box. This exciting accessory uses a rewriteable memory card to transfer embroidery designs from your hard drive, the internet, floppy disks, and CD-ROM’s to your computerized embroidery machine. The card can hold up to 6 designs at one time. Includes rewriteable memory card, software, USB cable, quick-start guide and instruction manual. System is compatible with Simplicity, Brother, Babylock, and Bernina Deco embroidery machines. Made in USA.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very unhappy, October 21, 2004

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Kevans "Big K" (Blair, Nebraska USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simplicity SMC_BOX Smart Box Embroidery Transfer System (Kitchen)

Forget the SmartBox and the Amazing Box. Been there done that. Both have been totally unreliable for me with Windows XP. After much frustration and no real technical support, I went with the Vikant Ultimate Box. It works like a dream and writes to both the Smart Box Blank Card and the Amazing Box Blank Card. It is fabulous! If you have never purchased a box before, start with this one. If you have any other box, and its giving you fits, buy this one. You will be glad you did.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bought new; received trash, October 2, 2004

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Software-savvy Quilter (Nashville,TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Simplicity SMC_BOX Smart Box Embroidery Transfer System (Kitchen)

After researching 5 different products, I bypassed deals on used transfer systems because I wanted to have a new card and the latest software. I was so excited when the pristine, factory-sealed box arrived! Thanks to reviews I'd read about problems with the Smart Box, I carefully followed the instruction book so I'd do everything in the proper order and wouldn't have to reinstall. Was I grossed out to find brown stains and black fingerprints in my "new" book. The installation CD was scratched, dirty and smudged. The reader/writer box was missing one of the pads on the bottom and the remaining lopsided three showed hard wear. Determined to embroider, I installed the software, anyway. The dropdown box choices were different from the ones listed in the owner's manual, so I wonder if the book and CD are from different versions of the Smart Box. I was never able to get the software to launch, despite several "successful" installations, uninstalls and reinstalls on both a system running Windows 98 and another running XP. . I was willing to be patient about software conflicts even after spending $180. But I never expected to shipped such a worn and abused product from the Simplicity factory.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleased with Simplicity Smart Box, June 23, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Simplicity SMC_BOX Smart Box Embroidery Transfer System (Kitchen)

I am pleased with the Smart Box. I now am able to download over 6,000 patterns on the internet and don't have to buy all those little cards. There are several sites that have free downloads. The greatest on is "AnnTheGran Designes". I did not have any problem with it working (especially, when you read the directions correctly). I haven't tried copying designs off the CD's you can buy but I've just had it for about two weeks. Will do that soon.