Ok, I am back. My 930 has a silver plate on the wheel and the thread cutter is on the arm. I am so used to the needle down feature that I had to use it and think about how to use it. I don't use my heel, I use the ball of my foot, or if I have shoes on, just the top of my shoe, and lightly tap the left side of the foot pedal right at the edge of it. I hope this helps those that did not know they had the feature. As I said it before, it was one of the deal breakers for me buying a Phaff.