How do I enable my camera when the option is greyed out in iChat?

This may be a dumb question, especially as I only 'converted' to Macs 3 days ago... but when I start iChat the option to enable my camera is greyed out (it wasn't this morning when I checked) - what have I pressed to disable it and how do I re-enable it?
I have a MacBook Pro with a built-in camera (bought 3 days ago strangely....)
Thanks for any advice you can offer

Two Places to Check
In iChat in the Video menu (May say Audio) to the right of the Buddies one there is Camera Enabled. It should show a tick next to it.
Next in the View Menu the Show Video Status item also needs a tick.
If those two items are ticked then go to the Apple icon top left > About this Mac > More Info button to open the System Profiler.
Use the reveal Triangles and go to Hardware > USB and see if the camera is listed.
8:33 PM Wednesday; April 23, 2008

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