VTR not seen by FCP - seen by System Profiler

I'm sure this HAS TO BE some silly setting but it's driving me crazy!
FCP doesn't recognize the VTR (camera) when I'm trying to capture - but I've captured hundreds of times before. I've tried every preference setting I can think of but to no avail.
System profiler sees the VTR (Sony HVR-M10E) no problem.
I get exactly the same result on my G5 2.0 Dual (also running FCP 5.0.4) and the same result on both computers when using my Sony HVR-Z1.
4 x 2.5 GHz G5 Power PC. 8 GB DDR2 SDRAM   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   FCP 5.0.4 (FC Studio)

Upgrade Quicktime recently? Even if not, try this:
#30 - Deck recognition after Tiger Upgrade:
Shane's Stock Answer #30:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1063600&#1063600
The credit for this goes to Bob Sidebotham:
I was just walked through a repair procedure by an Apple Care person, and it fixed my camera recognition problems (I have a Canon XL1 and sometime after installing Tiger, then 10.4.1, various patches (including Quicktime 7.1) and the latest Desktop Video patch, I've been unable to use the camera with Final Cut Express, and attempts to capture would result in a FCE crash).
The workaround is to download Quicktime manually, after removing the "receipts" which indicate that it is loaded. Specifically, I was told to do the following:
1. Navigate to Library -> Receipts on your main drive (not from your personal folder).
2. Remove all files of the form QuickTime*.pkg, where "*" is a version number. E.g. QuickTime600.pkg, QuickTime650.pkg, Quicktime700.pkg and QuickTime701.pkg. This simply tells your system that those packages are not installed.
3. Go to http://www.apple.com/quicktime/downloads and click on the "download Quicktime" link. DO NOT USE THE AUTOMATIC UPDATE UTILITY. Download QuickTimeInstallerX.dmg. Double click this file (probably on your desktop) and then invoke the installer by double clicking QuickTime701.pkg.
4. After your computer reboots, you should be able to restart FCP and see your camera.
Shane

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