FCP 6 - getting Sequence to conform to clips

FCP 6.0.6
imported a folder full of images into a brand new sequence.
getting red in TL
manually conformed Sequence to "clips" (still images with dur of 2 secs)
Ive read that drag and drop (a clip to the sequence icon) in the browser or the TL should cause FCP to either ASK you or ALWAYS conform the sequence to the clip setting. For me this never seems to occur.
I just want to make a custom slideshow here, but everytime I drag my "clips" into the TL, I get red.
I changed every attribute I could in the sequence settings, but still get red in the TL over each still image/clip.
I never seem to get prompted as this software is advertised to be capable of.
FCP 6.0.6
What am I missing ?
TIA
Happy Holidazed

A still image is not a clip, nor does it conform to any of the codecs supported by FCP.

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