Sony Hybrid High Definition Camera

I bought a new high definition camera by sony. I could not read either the standard or high definition files with imovie so I purchased final cut which is suppose to read AVCHD files. I still can't read them at all. Are sony files proprietary format? Do I need some kind of converter? It does not recognize my camera at all (only USB connection available - no firewire port as the camera has an internal hard drive as well as mini DVD) so I have to copy the files from my windows PC onto a flash drive and to my mac. Still can't read files (doesn't recognize format)
Any suggestions?

Did you open the Log and Transfer window or the Log and Capture window? FCP will only see a camera connected via Firewire in Log and Capture. But AVCHD and P2 formats can connect via USB and be viewed in the Log and Transfer window.
If you copy the files to the harddrive first, you have to copy the entire contents of the camera drive because there is a file structure directory that must be maintained in order for FCP to see the files and convert them to .mov
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