Automatic Import with Canon ZR45

I love the Automatic import feature in iMovie 08. But it has only worked once. A few days ago I tried it out for the first time and it worked fine. Rewound the tape, captured all of the content and stopped.
I've tried it several times since then and it keeps flashing Disconnected No Tape and flipping back to Manual mode. I can do manual capture and it works fine, but I have to sit by the computer to stop it at the end of the tape.
I've tried all the basics, rebooted Mac, camera, diff. firewire cable, etc. But it just won't let me switch to automatic. Actually, if I catch it quickly when I first power on the cam I can switch it to auto, but after a few seconds it flips back to manual.
Thanks in advance if you have any ideas.
...Sam

Answered my own question. There is a AV Mode setting on the camera that allows it to encode analog signals so that you can import from an old analog camcorder or vcr. I was using that feature before. When I turned it off iMovie can control the camera just fine now. I'm not sure how it ever successfully did the first movie. I had had that setting on from the beginning.

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