Sadly the bright lights have gone away with the light bulbs in the machines - now most are the LEDs
Not sure what you mean you can't see to thread the machine- do you have it sitting up too high ? can you set it up on a lower area
Have you read the manual ? I read mine and still missed several things about my machine which is a Brother CS6000i :oops: As I thought I knew all I needed to know and didn't have to "read" the book- just more or less skimmed it :? LOL