I need help with my new sewing machine!

I've had sewing machines before, and have been sewing for about a year. Very amateur projects. My parents gave me a new sewing machine for my birthday. It's the Singer Heavy Duty HD4452. But I'm having lots of problems that I can't seem to figure out. The thread keeps getting tangled no matter what tension I put it on and It has broken two of my needles. It ends up looking all looped and weird like the picture. The other thing is that I don't recognize the dial for the presser foot tension, because it looks different than in the manual . I can't figure out how to work it but I'm going crazy, I've never had this many problems with a sewing machine.

I'm trying to make a puffer jacket with very thin, non elastic fabric. It's nothing too complicated for the machine, especially if it's allegedly "heavy duty". Please help!!