Sony TRV70 wont capture

I am having trouble capturing with my Sony TRV70 to FCE 4. Whenever I try and bring up the Capture window i get a message saying "unnable to initialize HDV deck". I cant figure it out, and i have been trying to find answers all night.

Yanagi-san wrote:
I am having trouble capturing with my Sony TRV70 to FCE 4. Whenever I try and bring up the Capture window i get a message saying "unnable to initialize HDV deck". I cant figure it out, and i have been trying to find answers all night.
The above warning suggests the current setup/Sequence is for HDV capture.
DV capture will not workin this mode.
As Bengt W suggests, change the Easy Setup to DV-PAL or DV-NTSC (depending on the video standard of the camera) before starting a New Project so the NEW SETTINGS are applied to the Sequence you will work with.
Do you know if the footage from your camera is 12 or 16 bit audio?
Also is it Widescreen or 4:3 aspect ratio?
Al

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