Getting my Mac/FCP to recognize camera

Hello Everyone!
Just wondering if anyone can help me out on this one. I have a Panasonic PVGS400 digital camcorder. It's about three years old and it does have a Firewire connection. I'm ready to do some capturing and logging on my brand new Macbook. I'm getting the textbook "Preview Disabled" message. How do I get my Mac to recognize the camera in Final Cut Pro? There is a driver CD that came with the camera, but it's for Windows only. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot.
Dan

Dan:
Did you set an Easy Setup in accordance with your camera before trying to capture? Your camera is a DV one, and if it's NTSC you first need to set the Easy Setup DV NTSC.
Try closing the project you have now, select the Easy Setup, create a new project (that will take that setup config) and try capturing again.
Hope that helps !
Alberto

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