IMovie Stops Importing at Break in 8mm/VHS Tape

Hello:
I am using iMovie 11 with a Grass Valley ADVC-300 to import old (20+ years in some cases) VHS and 8mm tapes - primarily old home movies. My problem is that whenever there is a break in the tape where the video signal ends (i.e the camera was stopped and recording started at a later point in the tape) iMovie loses the signal from the ACVC-300 and it stops importing.
The converter works very well for the tapes I have tried so far, but I would like to be able to import an entire tape without having to catch every break that occurs and avoid sitting at the computer while the tape is importing. I would like to be able to keep importing regardless of the breaks, and then edit these out as necessary when the entire tape is imported. I have no drop outs when a video signal is present.
FYI - I have iMovieHD and tried importing with it as well, with similar results. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I also am having the identical problem while using the ADVC - 300. I am using manual mode which should just keep recording through breaks but doesn't. If you find an answer please post here and I will do likewise.
Thanks.

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