Video out to tape woes

Now I have an HD TV I thought I'd try to output finished sequences back to the camera, to play on the TV via HDMI. But I can't get FCE (3.5.1) to write correctly to the camera, a Sony FX7E. Print to video just puts the colour bars and countdown onto tape, but no material, and playback of the timeline doesn't get to the camera either.
My easy setup is HDV-Apple Intermediate Codec 1080i50, but the details in the easy setup dialogue state Playback Output Video:None. View/Video Out has these options:
Canvas Playback - ticked, and three different digital cinema desktop options, all greyed out.
So, help please - how can I write back out to tape? Indeed, CAN I?
Thanks in advance,
Alan
Message was edited by: AtlanticView - after alt/F12 the three digital cinema desktop options are no longer greyed out.
Message was edited by: AtlanticView

Right now:
Having booted:
alan/library/preferences: NO com.apple.finalcutexpress.plist
HD/library/preferences: YES com.apple.regfinalcutexpress.plist
alan/library/preferences/final cut express user data:
file: final cut express 3.5 prefs.fcset
file: final cut express obj cache.fcmch
file: final cut express prof cache.fcpch
The last 2 were recreated when I reopened FCE last.
I have never touched the fcset file, but its date and time = last time I opened FCE
Now: I have just deleted fcmch and fcpch and opened FCE: yep, there are my favourites, and there are my rabbits hopping about!
The three files mentioned just up there ^ are now dated and timed to NOW.
Is there a ghost in my Mac? It looks like there is yes way the application can do this!! Reinstall?
Alan
(All capital letters ignored in folders/file names)

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