DVCPRO NTSC PROBLEM

Hi - I am trying to capture a DV tape recorded in the DVCPRO NTSC format.
I have always worked in PAL as I am UK based and now when I look for a DVCPRO NTSC setting in final cut there is nothing. But there is a DVCPRO PAL setting.
The tape plays fine in the player and I can monitor the picture on an external monitor, and the audio signal is coming into final cut ok. But the preview is disabled and when I try capturing, fcp aborts with an error that there is no video signal.
The system all works fine as I regulary capture DV and DVCAM footage - both NTSC and PAL.
I have tried setting fcp to all the available NTSC presets in easy setup and nothing works.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Casey

Try DVPro50. I think that's what you're looking for. If you look at the compressor used for dvpro50 it's DVCpro50

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