print to tape not frame accurate

[earthcubed]

I'm trying to master my timeline to dv tape using firewire to my hvx from vegas.
However it won't give me a frame accurate print, it is always about 6 frames off.
How do I get it to print correctly.

I've tried moving the record engage delay but it doesn't make any difference.

Any suggestions?

[David Jimerson]

What kind of footage are you trying to print, and what are your render settings for the print?

[earthcubed]

Just PAL SD, project set to standard pal, lower field first.
the footage was created in AE.
I tried printing to tape telling vegas to insert 30sec bar and tone, 30sec black, footage to start on 1min ( thinking about it now maybe i could tell it to print 29;24 seconds of black ).
Also tried laying down the bar and tone plus black on the timeline with the clip and not inserting any in the print settings.

[David Jimerson]

But what are your render settings for the print to tape?

[earthcubed]

The same, SD PAL. render from AE was correct, project settings in Vegas are correct and the print to tape settings are correct, all SD PAL ( correct frame rate, field order, aspect ratio etc )
DSE said on creative cow that Firewire isn't frame accurate, that was a thread from 2002 though so not sure if that still holds true.

Although a friend of mine has had trouble getting FCP to be frame accurate through firewire aswell.

Seem a bit strange to me, it should all just be pretty straight forward.