Silhouette Cameo 5 Unboxing & Setup

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This video – whew! If it was going to go wrong, it was going to happen on video! Not just the video but in the editing process too! I had to edit this one twice because my editing software deleted the beginning and I didn’t notice until I was at the end.

Some weeks go smoothly and others not so much – but I got there in the end!

And I’ve been successfully using my Silhouette Cameo 5 since this video was recorded. I have cut more Siser Glow HTV and even used it to sketch out some Halloween shirts in an Artesprix Sublimation Marker video I did this month! It worked beautifully!

Check out the new Silhouette Cameo 5 Unboxing video on the
Silhouette Secrets+ YouTube channel HERE.

Here is a look at my successful cut – the 2nd go around. I decided to keep it all in the video and show you the reality of what happens. It does not always go 100% perfect all the time! I mess up, my machine doesn’t cut right, firmware doesn’t update by Bluetooth – everything that happens to users that we troubleshoot, we encounter too!

The new Silhouette Cameo 5 has some new features:
– newly designed roller bar
– new rollers
– new places the rollers can be locked in place
– repeat job (highly requested!!!)
– quieter operation
– new powered housing in Tool 2 new tools!
– front crosscutter option (more on that in the future)
– emergency stop (which I’ve already used several times on all my new machines)
and more!!!
I cannot wait to share more!!!

Another new thing that Silhouette has been working on is that the firmware updates for the Cameo 5, Portrait 4, and Curio 2 will be able to update through the Bluetooth connection. On previous Silhouette model machines, it had to be done through a USB connection and was the only way it would update. An internet connection is required to complete a firmware update.

This is great news!
However, I do want to note as you’ll see in the video, the current version of the software is not always successful in this and we have reported that. I did have to connect by USB cable in order to complete that. But, it is great that it will be an option moving forward.

The Silhouette Cameo 5 black is available for shipping now – HERE.

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