Poor quality when importing SVG graphics to FrameMaker

Hi!
I have run into some problems using svg-files in FrameMaker. My ex colleague has created several pictures in Illustrator, that he has used in our FrameMaker files. They all displayed nicely and printed well both on paper and pdf, when using his computer and software.
Now his software departed with him and I am trying to use the images without having Illustrator installed on my computer. The result is quite bad, very fuzzy images that at first aren't displayed at all (they hide below the anchored frame). Even when re-imported they appear very bad, no matter the settings I have for the svg-conversion.
I run FrameMaker 7.0 on Windows XP. I am reluctant to upgrade my FrameMaker, or invest in Illustrator, unless I know it will solve the problem.
Suggestions anyone?

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