Unable to Capture from My SonyHC3

I am very new to Final Cut Express and hope this is a simple mistake on my part. I am trying to capture some footage into FCE using a firewire but keep getting the colored bars, and the no Communication message. I have a feeling it is the easy setup function that is messing things up. I have tried most of the setups available but keep getting the same messages.
Unable to locate capture device
How do I know which settings i should be using for my Cam? I cannot seem to find anything from reading. I have tried disconnecting and reconnecting,,the truoble shoot section did not help so far.

Well I was able to capture some video...I had quicktime 7. something but updated it anyway. I guess there was a new update,,I followed the directions trashing the files in the library first . Then I went back and tried again and again switching things around in the camera and the Easy Setup.
I chose DV-NTSC in Easy Setup and in the camera i switched (in The STANDARD SET its a toolbox icon in the camera)
the i.LINK CONV to ON (HDV->DV)
Also
I switched the VCR HDV/DV to HDV
So now I get a capture,,,My camera shows that my output is just DV not HDV or 1080 is that a degraded capture...will I lose the Hight Definition?
Also after 9 min 15 seconds of capture it stops due to shortage of disk space.
I push the capture again and it starts up for another 9 min 15 seconds. I had to babysit it for the whole video.
I look in system settings and i have selected my 500 gb external for capture.
what gives here? is it initially capturing somwhere else or is it not able to keep up or what?
At least now I have somthing on there to practice with and start learning the software. I am sure i will be back with more problems questions and solutions.
Thanks in advance.
GreenHorn QNmac

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