Need best settings to transfer S-VHS video with Sony DVMC-DA1

I need to transfer around 3 hours of footage and need to get the best possible import setting for this video and audio. Anamorphic looks too distorted so I want to keep everything like the original 4:3 footage. I am using a non-controllable Sony DVMC-DA1, which works fine, but I am not sure what to set my import setting at. Any advice from anyone that has gotten good results from a Sony DVMC-DA1 would be much apprciated! I plan to use all this footage in FCPX for editing (cannot import with the Sony DVMC-DA1 in FCPX, it sees it but wil not let me capture anything).

Using the DVMC-DA1 converter, there really is only one correct choice.
Go to the menu Final Cut Pro, and select Easy Set Up . . .
When the Easy Set Up Pane opens, select DV-NTSC:
Create a new sequence by going to the menu File > New > Sequence.
Then go to the menu File > Log and Capture.
When the Log and Capture window opens, in the upper right click on the Capture Settings Tab and select Device Control: Non-Controllable Device
Now manually put the VHS into play, and click the capture Now button.
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