Canon hv30 won't connect to imovie 08

first time i connected to imovie it connected to my hv30 but the video quality was crazy bad and broken in the pixels.
i then changed the settings from pal to ntsc as my camera is (could that be the reason for the bad quality?)
since i changed i have not been able to connect to imovie it only gives me the insight camera.
i am using imovie 08 on a imac intel 2.8 4gb
any suggestions?

Progress!
Solution for anyone else with the same problem...
On page 2 of
http://www.usa.canon.com/CUSA/assets/app/pdf/cloud/GCP_Register_the_Printer_to_GCP.pdf
it says:
[Google Cloud Print] This function is available only when IPv4 is selected for TCP/IP settings on Other settings from LAN settings. For instructions about displaying Other settings on the operation panel, refer to the on-screen manual (user's guide) that comes with the printer.
To solve my problem, I toggled through the printer's touch sensitive display menu: LAN Settings--->Other settings--->TCP/IP settings--->IPv4 and selected Automatic to set up. Thereafter, printer could connect to internet.

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