FCP, Decklink Ext. & Voice Over

I´m having trouble using the voice over tool. The problem is that no audio is coming in to the fcp. It plays back video/audio to the audio booth but nothing is coming from the booth. I´m using embeded A/V on Decklink Extreme. Do I have too use analog audio to make this work??? Can FCP not use audio from the decklink when doing voice over??
Hope anyone can help me.
M9592LL/A   Mac OS X (10.4.3)  

Ok. I contacted Blackmagic-design and It is not possible to use the voiceover tool like i want too. I have to add another audio card for this . and I quote
"The DeckLink cards either record or playback but doesn't do both simultaneously. In order to use the VO Tool in FCP, you have to:
1) View > External Video is set to "Off"
2) There is a valid video signal being sent to the card that matches your timeline.
3) Your DeckLink Video Desktop is set to the same resolution as your timeline.
4) In the VO Tool dialog, input is set to "DeckLink Audio"
Unfortunately, this means that your sound booth will not have video preview." un quote
But you do not need the voice over tool if you can’t send video from the FCP!. That is the whole idea.
If there is anyone out there that is using this like this please tell me how you are doing it
Are the Kona cards better?
Thanks
M9592LL/A Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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