New Canon HV10 HD Camcorder

I just purchased a Canon HV10 HiDef camcorder and am having problems capturing video in Final Cut Pro. I'm using the latest version of the software. I have changed the settings under final cut>easy setup> to HD1080i50. It goes through the whole capture process but when I hit escape it says there is an unknown error and won't capture. I'm able to capture video in iMovie, but then have to export in order to use the video in Final Cut Pro. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks.

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