Newbie Help? Audio Out Of Sync After Capture

Please help a newbie to this great forum:
I use Final Cut Pro HD and import Sony DV tapes which were shot with a Sony VX-2000. Once recorded, I Log and Capture the tapes as I play them on a Sony GV-D 1000 NTSC player - the little "Walkman" of DV tapes.
If I import four tapes, chances are in two of them the audio will be out of sync with the video by half a second or so, and I have to manually reposition the audio track in the FCP timeline. The other two tapes will be ok.
How do I tackle this??
G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Oh, sorry. I knew a musician years ago whose business card read "The Lone Arranger."
I personally don't care what you call yourself; and as long as it's not obscene you're doing fine here in Apple discussions.
DV tends to drift over time when shot with unlocked cameras. That may be your issue. The way to work around this is to capture in smaller chunks, say 15 -20 minutes.

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============================================================
General
Complete name                    : /Users/jukeboxhero/20140203.mov
Format                           : MPEG-4
Format profile                   : QuickTime
Codec ID                         : qt
File size                        : 638 MiB
Duration                         : 34mn 46s
Overall bit rate                 : 2 566 Kbps
Encoded date                     : UTC 2014-02-04 06:52:45
Tagged date                      : UTC 2014-02-06 15:55:40
Writing library                  : Apple QuickTime
Video
ID                               : 2
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : No
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=2, N=30
Codec ID                         : avc1
Codec ID/Info                    : Advanced Video Coding
Duration                         : 34mn 46s
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 2 449 Kbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate mode                  : Variable
Frame rate                       : 18.969 fps
Minimum frame rate               : 6.522 fps
Maximum frame rate               : 19.355 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.062
Stream size                      : 609 MiB (95%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2014-02-04 06:52:46
Tagged date                      : UTC 2014-02-04 15:27:35
Color primaries                  : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics         : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients              : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177
Audio
ID                               : 1
Format                           : AAC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile                   : LC
Codec ID                         : 40
Duration                         : 34mn 45s
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 104 Kbps
Nominal bit rate                 : 128 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 25.9 MiB (4%)
Language                         : English
Encoded date                     : UTC 2014-02-04 06:52:45
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