Sony HDR-HC9 not being recognized

I have an external hooked up directly to a 27 inch Intel Mac. This is used for Time Machine. I then have another external Lacie hard drive (scratch disk) daisy chained to the Time Machine. I then plug in the camera to the scratch disk, turn it on, open up FCE, hit log and capture, then hit the play button on the camera. I get an error message: Unable to intialize video deck. You may still log offline clips or use Capture now. When I try to use Capture Now, nothing is being captured. I ahve tried various solutions such as different fire wire cables, different ports, different settings, but I can't figure it out I also took everything in to the genius bar but they couldn't figure it out either. By the way, when I try to import footage from the same camera, same ports, same cables, I can import into iMovie 6 (hate using version 9)

Plugged the scratch disk directly into the computer and have the camera plugged into the scratch disk. Used a 4 pin to 6 pin cable and tried a 4 pin to 9 pin cable. Reinstalled FCP & ran updates. Also ran permission repair. Using the Easy Setup settings.
I have also plugged the camera directly into the computer and reset the scratch disk to the internal hard drive. I still get the error message. By the way, in the Log and Capture window, it says that the preview is disabled and there's no communication.
I also checked the About this Mac and the camera is showing up as being connected via firewire.
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