JVC GR-HD1U Camera and FCE?

Please help! I've spent days on this! I have read all the discussions and tried all suggestions. Please tell me exactly how to get my new to me JVC GR-HD1U Camera to work with Final Cut Express. I have Quicktime Pro, MPEG Streamclip, firewiresdk26 and I still cannot capture a thing. What setting in Easy Setup should I use? If you say "Trash Preferences", please explain this. I am not sure what is meant by this. If I need to capture with Quicktime please explain how, I tried and cannot get to work. I just want to edit.

http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
from what I tell this camera shoots HDV at 720p30, so that's the setting you should use. Apple Intermediate Codec 720p30.
Trash the preferences. Disconnect any other devices except the keyboard and mouse. Connect the camera via FireWire. Turn it on in VCR mode set to output HDV. Make sure that's set correctly in whatever menu it has to be set in. Launch the application. Set the preset. Does the application recognize the camera is connected? If no, check to see if system profiler recognizes the camera is connected. If not, try a different cable or an Apple store. If yes, try log and capture and see what happens.

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