Raster to vector conversion in descartes

Trying to convert a raster to vector.  First tried attaching the PDF but when I tried to convert by block it kept prompting for enter first point, enter opposite point, enter first point, enter opposite point, on and on.  Converted the file to TIF and when I did the block I would get the same message a before and if I did the image I got an error message Raster image is not in target area.  Could not find any reference to this message in any of the documentation.  Documentation is pretty minimal so I have found anything to point me towards an error.  Any thoughts?  Thanks.