Why does the isight signal block the imovie signal?

I am using iMovie 6.0.3, OS X 10.4.8 and a MacBook Pro.
I want to import video from a camcorder through a firewire.
The image on the screen is my isight image.
When I turn on the camcorder, imovie locks up (spinning color wheel), or the isight image stays in the window.
I cannot find any way in the prefs box to tell the mac to take the camcorder signal instead of the isight signal.
How can I switch from the isight signal to the camcorder signal?
MacBook pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)
MacBook pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi mediacy:
Welcome to discussions.
This from Apple:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302503
Turning off your built-in iSight camera
To turn off the built-in iSight camera, just close
the active iChat window. The green LED next to the
camera will go dark, indicating that the built-in
iSight camera is off and no longer capturing video.
Does that help?
Sue
iChat was never on, so i could not close the window.
The isight camera DID come on when I selected it in the drop-down box beside the camera icon above the timeline, then I could not select the camcorder because it did not appear in the drop-down menu. I force-quit iMovie.
I changed firewire cables on the chance that the first was not carrying the signal, but the second one does not produce a camcorder signal either.

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