Apple iMovie HD 6 - Manual (Page 11)

Chapter 2 iMovie HD Tutorial 11
If your camcorder uses a dock, connect the dock to the computer and place the
camcorder in the dock. The illustration below shows how to connect a camcorder to an
iMac using a FireWire cable.
3 In iMovie HD, click the mode switch (shown below) to set iMovie HD to camera mode.
Note: You must have a camcorder connected and turned on to be able to switch to
camera mode and see the capture controls. If you’re having trouble getting your
camcorder to communicate with iMovie HD, click the Connection Help button in the
iMovie monitor. It connects you to useful information in iMovie HD Help.
If you have more than one camcorder, or a camcorder and iSight are connected,
choose your camcorder from the pop-up menu that appears when you switch to
camera mode.