Importing problems using imovie6 & sony fx7

I am using imovie HD 6 & cannot import video from my Sony HDV (HDR-FX7). I can control the camera using imovie, I can watch the footage on my camera's screen, but when I hit "IMPORT" the camera just plays the footage & nothing appears on my computer screen. I have all the latest software updates. The camera is able to be found in firewire port in system profiler. I have plugged & unplugged & restarted everything multiple times. The camera is set on the VCR mode. But still imovie won't capture my footage!

thanks for the ideas. I have similar problem, but so far nothing has happened besides switching on the I.Link conv feature off my camera. That allowed the picutre to be played in the iMovie display. But not in the clip box, or in the iMovie panel. Clips download, but the image is blank. The clip boxes show the time of each clip, but it goes to 0.00.00 after the third clip is downloaded, or after we attempt to activate the clip for playing.
My next attempt will involve reinstalling iLife '06, since I had removed Garage Band. Other discussions suggested to open Garage band and play a few notes on it, and this would make iDVD work.

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