50i ... 60i?? Print to video complications

Hello!
I am trying to edit broadcast quality news items but have recently come across a little trouble. Usually I film on a JVC 101 HD camera in SD and ingest my footage into my laptop and go from there. Filmed in 50i, printed to video back into the JVC in 50i. No problem.
Now, needing some footage from an SX tape I dumped it onto a DV tape using a DV deck. I then ingested this footage into the computer. Nothing seemed amiss until I printed my edited sequence back into the camera. When I do this it works for a few seconds before flashing up on the camera '60i invalid!', then stopping. When the shots from the DV deck are placed with any footage straight from my camera it does the same thing everytime the DV deck shots come up. '60i invalid!'
What is going on?! I was under the assumption that 60i meant NTSC. Everything we do is in PAL. The DV deck is regularly used with no reported problems but it's only this footage I'm having problem printed to video!
Any help would be most appreciated.
mac book pro    
mac book pro    

All settings and sequneces are in PAL. I did some more stuff today with footage straight from the camera and it was all good.
When you watch the deck footage back on the camera it reads 50i. However, it still reads '60i invalid' when you print to video. All the format details are the same as my other working footage too. It's just a puzzle. I think I'm just going to have to try some different settings on the dv deck and hope for the best.
Thanks for the help, guys.

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