Final cut won't preview video from an NTSC tape

Hey all, Im having a major issue with final cut pro and how it handles NTSC footage. When trying to log in my video clips from my dv deck i get audio through but no video. Very strange, having following the set up from the easy setup menu. Is there a fault with Final Cut and NTSC?
Can any one spread some light on this?
thanks in advance

Just now played around with some of the settings within Audio/Video settings, changed the video playback option to digital cinema desktop preview - Main and it fixed the problem. I was now getting NTSC video as well as audio, however the log bin was grayed out and when I tried to capture the video Final cut wouldn't allow me cause I had no Log Bin selected. The is starting to get well annoying.
Not sure what to try now. Bellow is my current A/V settings within Final Cut Pro
Sequence Preset: DV NTSC 48 KHz
Capture Presets: DV NTSC 48 KHz
Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC
Video Playback: Digital Cinema Desktop Preview - Main
Audio Playback: Default
Is that not correct?

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