HDV timeline output to DVCPRO master

So I have an HDV project that I digitized via firewire and edited in HDV. I now have to make a DVCPRO master. I need to export a DVCPRO Quicktime to take to a dub house that is going to make my masters. I'm trying to figure out the best workflow to get the best quality.
I've been dropping the HDV sequence into a DVCPRO sequence then rendering. The problem is when I do this, the HDV footage is wider than the canvas that is created by a sequence made with a DVCPRO easy setup. If I set the aspect ratio under the distort settings to 12 it seems to fit the video to the canvas size.
Am I doing this right? Should I just set easy setup to DVCPRO, then create a new sequence and leave the default sequence settings? Also, I've been dragging my HDV sequence to the DVCPRO sequence. I read on another forum someone say they just changed the sequence setting of the HDV sequence then re-rendered that. Or is copying and pasting the timeline the way to go?
Anyone who has done this successfully and would help me out, I would appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
Keith
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Still stuck on this attempt to record HDV from an HDV timeline. To Sharon...yes. Last thing I check is that Easy Setup has not reverted to 'custom' before Print to Video.
Here are some more puzzling anomalies: The color bars and tone do get recorded on tape, but when the program material comes up, the tape actually stops. Toward the end of the clips (using 60 seconds of clips for this testing) the recorder will restart and capture the last 2 seconds of the clips. I think this happens after the timeline program in the computer has finished. I'm guessing there's a cache that's recording this last couple of seconds.
I've trashed all FCP prefs, rebooted the computing machine, reset all deck settings, etc., but still failing to accomplish this simple task.
A question for anyone: should my program material be able to pass through the deck to a monitor in HDV, as was always done when working in DV? Program video just doesn't seem to be getting to the deck.
HOWEVER, a few days ago, I did record this timeline to tape. It recorded without audio, and attempting to re-record, in order to include audio, has led me down this sticky path.
The original material was captured as HDV, and some simple editing done in the same format. So I believe the timeline has the correct sequence presets. Now just wanting to send that back out to an HDV tape again.
Dale

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