Problems downloading video from Canon Vixa HV30

I have a Canon Vixa HV30. When I try to download video filmed on this camcorder in LP to Final Cut Express it will not allow me to capture it (I can play but cannot capture). Is it because the format is LP instead of SP? Any suggestions on what I need to do?

Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate you giving me more information than I got from the Final Cut Product Specialist on the Apple Care phone line. It's too bad that Apple in its promotion of the Canon HV30 (it's even shown in the tutorial on how to connect using a tape device), as well as MacWorld could not have provided the information you gave, and that neither site mentions a basic fact that you need to buy FW cable as well.
Regarding Final Cut Express 4. It seems to me that the information about connecting to an external drive and 32K preset should have been included in the Apple Certified Final Cut Express 4 book by Diana Weynand.
Thanks again.

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