I used the hint posted here about making any throat plate a single hole one. It works perfectly. Also learned here how to set the default of my Brother machine to always default in the middle when the machine is turned on. It worked for my friend's Janome too.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...p-t284243.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfq-GW88DsA