I own a Canon Vixia hf s200 and final cut pro 7. How do I convert my video?

As this will show you, I am not very good with computers...
When I open final cut pro it asks me to choose my sequence settings. Which one should I choose?
It has settings such as DV50 NTSC 48Kh but I have no idea what that stands for.
Also, I have the iSky video converter and I convert it to final cut pro but does it matter how high of quality I make it?
The video goes in, but it always tells me that it does not match my settings and asks me if I'd like to change it but when I do, it goes a little screwie.
Thank you so much for the help!

That camera records either MPEG-4 files or AVCHD. Which did you shoot?
Jerry

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