Imovie 6 downloads dv so tapes are blank on camcorder

Hi,
I am new to imovie and thrilled that my Panasonic GS15 camcorder does connect and the tapes are read and imported. Problem: the camcorder tapes seem "blank" (even those parts that haven't been imported) once the files are imported. But also, the camcorder will not play the tape, with the information of date, etc., now blank. I realize this may be strictly a panasonic tech support issue, but thought I'd run this here, in case anyone recognizes these symptoms.
Thanks for your time.
May
imac G5   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

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When exporting from the camera to iMovie, the camera's controls need to be in the 'Playback' setting, not the 'Record' setting. Could it be that you've accidentally set the camera to 'Record', and then pressed the little "now start shooting" button?
To protect tapes, having shot some video, I ALWAYS take the tape out of the camera, and slide the little "protection" tab, on the rear edge of the tape cassette, to the 'Protect' position, so that I can't accidentally erase the tape by shooting over it, or accidentally setting it to 'Record' instead of 'Playback' when importing.
(Picture from 'UrbanFox' on this page of tape hints.)
The little twiddly wheel control on most Panasonic camcorders is easily nudged to the wrong position, so TAKE CARE not to accidentally set it to Record instead of Playback ..thereby accidentally wiping a tape!
(Picture of twiddly wheel controls, on right edge of camera, from the GS15 review on Camcorderinfo.)

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