FCP WIDESCREEN PROBLEMS

I'm so very sick of this! I've tried many times to capture and set FCP to capture in widescreen but it refuses. it captures in full screen. When it plays in FCP, it will play in WS but, for example, like when I just had to FORCE QUIT IT, i have to re-import my video files and all 118 of them are fullscreen, which means i have another 4 hours of RECAPTURING!! and this is the second time I've had to do this.
How do I get the thing to capture in WS, i've got Sequence preset in DV NTSC 48 Anamorphic and Capture preset in DV NTSC 48 kHz Anamorphic..... what am i missing! I"m also capturing in a Non-Controllable Device. The video camera is a HDV Handycam HDR rx1 and it shoots in widescreen.
PLEASE HELP

the reason i was asking for more information was mainly to solve the MAIN problem.... ie you told me browser window, now yeah, you guys know what that is, OF COURSE it's called a browser window. That's as obvious as water is wet.
Well check this out. I call the "Browser Window" a "Library".... which makes since to me, as it holds my video files. Then a "going to the browser file and making sure the anamorphic setting is on" leads me EVERYWHERE!!! including left clicking on the video's themselves and the audio/video settings and making sure that the settings are on... meanwhile all i was asking for was
"The browser is what holds your videos, and you wanna scroll to the right and you will see anamorphic, if there is not a check, click on it and there WILL be a check.... and problem is Solved"
Thanks. and good night to you.
P.S. I hope your not teachers.
you remind me of my Social Science Teacher. When someone asked about the constitution, which was in the chapter we were studying. she said and i quote "How do I know, I didn't right the constitution" and promptly moved on.

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