Lack of Capture Preview in PPro CS5 Using A/D Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse

Hi all,
Intersting issue here...just purchased and configured a new Blackmagic Multibridge Eclipse I/O box. SO far so good in terms of up/down conversion etc., but having a bit of an issue establishing a connection with our Sony PVW-2800 Betacam Deck. I have gone through the Blackmagic manual etc. and we have all of our settings adjusted correctly in PPro and do get an auditory/visual preview on our true-color LCD monitor/external audio mixer. It is hte lack of visual in the PPRo capture window that is the problem. Remote deck control is funcitoning fine, and we are able to click the red record button and the timecode does start rolling, but when record is stopped, no clip pops into the set project bin.
What am I missing here? Device Control is set to Blackmagic, format is NTSC 4:3 and DV. Let me know if you need any more specifications. Maybe this is still a Blackmagic problem...but with some trial/error it seems to point to PPro. We are able to succesfully capture using Blackmagic Express.
Thanks for the feedback,
Lindsay

What do you have the input in the Blackmagic control panel in windows control panel set to? Is it set to SDI, Component, HDMI, Y/C, or Svideo?
Eric
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