IMovie and Pinnacle MovieBox DV

I recieved the Pinnacle MovieBox Dv as a chtristams gift and I can not make it work properly. Iam trying to convert a VHS tape to a DVD. The problem is the capatiured video signal is very snowy. This is true withe three different analog video devices, a complete change of cables, changing the sampling rate via the dip switches on the MovieBox DV and when I use composite or svideo inputs. Any ideas? I sent a plea for help tp the pinnacle site but as I am a Mac user I expect I will get no helop.
Thanks,
mmasia

Try looking here:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/camcorders.html
for a list of compatible analogue to digital converters.

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Process: iMovie [345]
Path: /Applications/iMovie.app/Contents/MacOS/iMovie
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