Sony DCR-PC1000 Connects and Imports, But No Sound

My Sony MiniDV camera connects and imports to iMovie, but the import has no sound. Does anyone know how to get sound to import also?

Ok I got the sound to work, It was just a setting on the camera, but:
The same camera in question doesn't import to my dad's eMac with iLife '06. In fact, it doesn't even show up in iMovie. When I hooked it to my new Macmini, it connected and imported. Does anyone know why this could be happening?
Dean

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• Mac OS - X.5.4 ?
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• iMovie HD 6 (6.0.4/3) ?
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from LKN 1935.
Hi Bengt W, I tried it all, but nothing worked. Your answer has been helpful insofar as all the different trials led to the conclusion that there was something wrong with my iMovie software. I therefore threw everything away and reinstalled iMovie from the HD. After that the exportation of DV videos (there has not been any problem with HDV videos) to my Sony camcorders worked properly as it did before. Thank you. LKN 1935
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camera not on battery, but power-line?
did your Mac 'recognize' this camera before...?
a technical check.
connect camera, on, playback, fw-connected...
click on the Blue Apple, upper left of your screen ..
choose 'About . . / More . .
under Firewire.. what do you read . . ?
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• FileVault - Secure that it’s turned off
• Network storage - DOESN’T WORK
• Where did You store/capture/import Your project ?
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This worked perfectly for me. Took me 2 days to find out. Could not find any clear thread explaining what I had to do on the camera and the manual was not clear either.
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