Rename Images on Import with Orig. Camera Number Plus My Custom Text

Lightroom starts up with the insertion of a camera card to import new images. Every effort takes multiple stumbling around and eventually have gotten it to use the Original Camera Number. Thought it was saved as a Template. Then the next time it still goes back to using a Sequence Number "IMG_001". It does this even with the built in Templates. What LR says and what Actually is done Do NOT Match Up!! And I have been all over the web watching various videos and followed the video steps Still is not doing what it says should happen. VERY Frustrated.
Trying to find a Community for Lightroom - can't even find that!

When I open the import window the *Aperture Library* brick shows Destination as New Project and *Project Name* as Untitled Project. If I import with these settings a new project *Untitled Project* is created and the images import into it.
If I enter a new name in the *Project Name* box then the imports go into a project with that name.
Are you entering a name into the *Project Name* box?

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I found out that if I import my pictures from the Canon cam into iPhoto, they ALL get imported twice: into iPhoto library AND into 'my pictures'. Seems to be that the installed Canon software somehow causes this to happen automatically. From a Minolta it does not happen.
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*NO CAMERA or A/D-box*
Cable
• Sure that You use the FireWire - USB will not work for miniDV tape Cameras
FireWire - Sure not using the accompany USB-Cable but bought a 4-pin to 6-pin FW one ?
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Camera
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Mac
• Free space on internal (start-up) hard disk ? Please specify the amount of free space.
(Other hard disks don't count)
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after material is imported and edited.
SoftWare
• Delete iMovie pref file may help sometimes. I rather start a new account, log into this and have a re-try.
• Any strange Plug-ins into QuickTime as Perian etc ? Remove and try again.
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