Capturing HDV from Canon XH-A1

Hi, I'm new to the Canon XH-A1 and it seems there are a lot of questions out there about capturing HDV footage to FCE... So I'm going to add one more and see if anyone can help me out!
I keep getting this message:
"Capture Presets must have a video or and audio digitizer set to capture. Please change to the desired preset in the Audio/Video Settings."
I can't seem to find out how to do this on my own, and I feel like I am missing an elusive, yet simple, step in the process.
Using MacBook Pro 15" 2.4GHz
Final Cut Express 4
4 pin to 9 pin Firewire
Canon XH-A1
Any thoughts or help would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Jesse

Easy Set-Up is set to:
AVCHD-Apple Intermediate Codec 1440x1080i60
Canon XH-A1 is set to HDV 60i
I tried setting it to HDV-AIC 1080i60 but then the message is that the hdv deck isn't connected at all. So I tried the AVCHD setting and that led to the other message about A/V settings.
J

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