Firewire out to NTSC monitor.....no luck

I've tried the things suggested on this board and I have no luck getting video out to my NTSC monitor. When I go to View -> Video playback, I only get two choices, "none" or "digital cinema desktop preview - main". When I selectr "external video -> All Frames, the setting doesnt stick.
I have my MacPro's Firewire going to the DV input of my DVD recorder and the analog outputs to the monitor. Could it be that FCP simply doesn't recoginze my DVD recorder as a device? Hopefully I'm just missing something here.

Chris, I've tried to do what I think you're doing now, with a different objective - getting my FCP sequence to record directly via FireWire to my Samsung DVD recorder. And that didn't work either. I think the reason is for External Video to see a DV signal, it has to be both DV in and out. Since the DV FireWire cable you're hooking up to your DVD Recorder does not allow FCP to receive a DV signal, FCP is not recognizing the Recorder as a DV source. Does that make sense? I think you need to do as Jerry suggessts and get a DV deck or camera - I've seen JVCs selling for under $200!

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