i just went through this on the board.I have janome 11000 and even after unzip canot see desgins in a picture.
I just bought a program
http://embrilliance.com/store/index....877i29s1tgog37
they wanted 20 shipping to had a friend in michigan and she shipped it for 3.30
I tried a free download but couldn`t get it to work.
A lot of people love embird but expensive.
Hope this helps.
Gale