No Firewire Video

I'm running FCP 4.5 in 10.43 on dual G4. When trying to capture dv from a Sony DSR-1800 I can control the deck thru firewire, but there's no video or audio coming into FCP.
Any ideas?

The DSR 1800 has a hefty operators manual, and menu system right???
Firstly, if you have a deck like that you should free up the firewire and use the USB - RS422 device control option... do not control the deck using firewire.
I imagine that you have recently got this deck... if you study the menu system/manual you will see there are many potential 'set-up' options that could be preventing your FCP from picking up the audio/video... or preventing the deck from sending it in the first place.
As a first, simply check your capture settings in FCP and see what the 'device control' (firewire obviously) and 'capture/input'..
Main point... get USB - RS422 device control set up asap.

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