Artist spent alot and can not get anything to work

Question

I thought it would be strait forward; but it is more like a backwards tango!
OK, I can't get the media once down loaded from my cam to load into final cut.
I have a JVC GZ-HD7U that records in Mpeg2 and when I down load from the cam to my desk it reads Mov00?.TOD. When I import this to Final it reads " unknown file format ( I may be off on the wordage;I am bit madddd at the moment)
Maybe there is some one out there using the same set up as me? What would be cool, is you have a easy answer.
My new MacBookpro has Quicktime and Jvc I did their thing to this plus Final cut offered a down load of it. You would think after all this and how much I have spent I could take over the world with this program; but oh no, I even tried ctrl clicking the media I downloaded in Quicktime (the only place I could view it but do nothing with it) and saved it as a QT movie.
Then after converting it to quick time media; but no where near the 3.6 GB I downloaded, Did it load into final cut. Then once there no image, nothing, zip, nota, ssooooo confused.!!!
I have watched the dvd tutorial and read the pdf etc. Still lost
If any one can help or direct me in there right direction, I would be relatively thank for a long time!!
Why doesn't final cut load and read TOD or work with QT from it. What a waist. I am not any where near Rich and could return this all now due to the way I feel and i am in my 30 day period with it all.....a darn shame
Help

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Ian is correct. Your options at this point are
1) return the camera for a tape-based one (best option if you can)
2) search the discussions at length to see if anyone else has found a workaround
3) buy iLife 08 and use iMovie to import your clips, then transfer them from iMovie to FCE. iMovie 08 has the ability to capture off card-based cameras.