Capturing JVC ProHD footage

We have 7 stations running FCP 5.1.4. There are some PowerMac G5, iMac intel and MBPros.
We normally shoot many films a day using JVC 201 cameras, shooting in HDV 720p25.
We detected that when capturing using the right easy setup settings (HDV - 720p25) FCP breaks the clips as if there were timecode breaks.
We changed a parameter in the JVC tape decks to mask out the timecode breaks, but it's still breaking the clips. Now less frequent, but still there.
I tried with iMovie, but the same happens. I presume that the same QT routines are in use.
Our best result was to change the pre-roll time in the capture device settings, to lose less footage.
I've contacted JVC Europe and sent a tape to them, so they can analyse the media.
I still haven't got an answer about that.
They captured the footage using Edius in a PC, and it showed no broken timecodes.
Before we were using Sony HDV 1080i50 and never had this problem, except when there was a defect in the camera.
It was never a daily problem.
So I'm guessing that there could be something wrong in the QT capture settings.
Something that's outside the user control.
We changed to JVC HDV ProHD tapes (they were Sony HDV tapes before) but still the same problem.
Any idea out there?
Did anybody else experience this?
I'll try with a JVC 111 camera, if there's any difference.
Thanks !!
Esteban Wiaggio
Spain
MacBook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Well, I've made some tests with the new firmware.
It's VTR CPU 101.
I've recorded a 1 hour tape, captured it, and the clips were only split by start/stop detection, so there were no "broken" clips.
Tried re-capturing footage already recorded before the firmware update and it's still being split.
The tape deck, although it didn't have the firmware updated, produced the same results as capturing with the camera: clips not broken.
So, it seems that, at least for PAL cameras (don't know if it's the same firmware for NTSC ones) JVC find the solution.
Cheers
Esteban
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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