Problem with Live Trace?

Hi,
I'm having some trouble with Live Trace which I've never encountered before. It could just be my inexperience with Ilustrator, but every time I click Live Trace, the image turns all black. I've tried different presets, and this doesn't change anything. The image I've imported is a Photoshop file so it should work, and has worked before.
Anybody had this before? Any suggestions?
Kind Regards,
Jack

I'm working through a Classroom in a book in CS4 Illustrator, so the image shouldn't be a problem as its specific for that exercise. The image is a PSD of a snowboarder so unable to upload to the thread.
Tracing Options: Preset: Default, Mode: Black & White, Threshold: 128, Trace Settings: Fills (though Strokes and Fills or just stokes on preview mode still keep the image black). View: Raster: No Image, Vector: Tracing Result, Path Fitting: 2px, Blur: 0px, Resample: 200px, Corner Angle 20, Minimum Area: 10px.
Jack

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