DVCpro component is pinky

Hi all…
I’m having this problem…
Normally I capture form BetaSp true the component input of my IO board and looks good.
I bring a DVCpro deck (Panasonic AJ-D640) and hooked also to the component output but when I see it on the monitor and the capture screen.. it looks a little red, kind of pinky.
I check all cables to see if someone is wrong and is not.
I move all settings on FCP form Component Betacam and SMPT and doesn’t help
I move the deck settings form MII to Betacam YUV output and the same..
The only way it works, if looping form the DVCpro, to the BetaSp, and then to the IO, and it works. That make me believe that the TBC form the BetaSP corrected.
Also I done this tests..
DVCpro concect directly to a monitor true Y-Cb-Cr and composite outputs looks ok,
DVCpro connected to IO true composite, with uncompress 8 and 10 bits looks ok
BetaSP connected to IO true Y-Cb-Cr, with uncompress 8 and 10 Betacam SMPT codec looks ok
DVCpro connected to Beta SP and then to IO true Y-Cb-Cr with uncompress 8 and 10 Betacam SMPT codec looks ok
DVCpro connected to IO true Y-Cb-Cr, with uncompress 8 and 10 Betacam SMPT codec looks pink
DVCpro connected to IO true Y-Cb-Cr, with uncompress 8 and 10 Betacam Betacam codec looks light pink
I also use the IO control panel to adjust the levels but when start FCP its ignored.
Do anyone have this problem before.. or have any clue of what’s happening..
Do I need to bought an external TBC for the DVCpro..
Thanks.. any clue or direction are welcome…
Juan Carlos

You don't say what kind of "board" you're using for capture, but why not just bypass it and go straight FW with the DV capture settings?
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