Issue with importing DV from Canopus ADVC-300

My concern is this:
When I convert and import footage from VHS tapes through my Canopus ADVC-300 I have to babysit the import because whenever there is a spot on the tape without footage (blackness, snowy confetti screen) either the Canopus device stops sending the signal and iMovie stops importing because of this OR iMovie senses the same thing the Canopus does and stops the import.
Is there a fix for this? I would like to be able to just hit IMPORT and walk away for 2 hours, so I can do other things with my day and simply go back and edit out whatever frames are fuzzy or blacked-out.
Please help... Thanks!
Powerbook G4 17" 1.5GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2GB RAM, iMovie 6, iDVD 6, Single Layer Burner

Hi Roots and welcome!
I use the canopus ADVC110, presumably not a universe away from your Canopus, but I have only once got the problem you describe from VHS tapes, and that was a tape that had been stored too long without use.
Try fully winding the tape forward and then rewinding again. It can loosen 'sticky tape'. Cleaning the tape heads of the VCR is also beneficial.

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