Deck pre roll settings for batch capture

Thanks in advance.
I want to set the pre-roll into FCP 5 from a DV CAM deck to 1 second for batch capturing instead of the default 4 seconds. Where is the setting for this?
Thanks again.
Craig

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I'm inclined to agree - it would have been easier all round if I'd captured the whole tape and then made subclips. I tend to shy away from this because when I used FCE, I had problems with longer captures going out of synch.
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For editing with IEEE1394 (FireWire/i.LINK) DV equipment.
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