5.1 AIFF Audio in FCP5

I just finished mixing a 5.1 soundtrack using Soundtrack Pro 2.0.2 and rendered it as a 6 channel AIFF file. I sent it to the director who has FCP5 and when he loads it into the FCP project, he only hears the rear tracks which are all room tone for the most part.
What does he have to do to hear the whole project on his iMac?

So I go into STP and changed my mix bus to stereo 1 & 2. I re-render the file and send it off. He can hear and all is good.
I was looking through the manual and the training book I have for STP and there really isn't any mention of mixing for ProLogic or even how to properly downmix the 5.1 mix. Is there an online resource someone could point me to that explains how to take a 5.1 mix and downmix to ProLogic so that the stuff I have in the rear channels will deocde to the rear when played back on a ProLogic system?

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