DV-format won't import, just HDV - why?

I have a 2 year old Sony HDR-HC7 which record and play hd-video fine. It also import hd into iMovie 09 just fine.
If I try to switch tape to a DV (SD) format I just get a blue import screen. The same happens if I change the menu settings on the camera to HDV>DV - a setting that will import from HDV to standard DV. Same as playing DV tapes.
I can ses that the camera-option in the import window says (HDV) at the bottom when I try to import HD-video, and it says (DV) when i try to import DV. Still the screen is blue.

Yes that actually helped for me too. It seems that you have to change settings and turn on equipment in an certain order to make this work.
What I don't get to work though is the HDV>DV iLink converting on the camera. That still give me a blue screen, but its not that important anyway.
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