AE Menu into Encore

Hi all.
I have built a short trailer in AE CS3 and wanting this trailer to be my main menu in Encore. I then rendered the project into MPEG2-DVD. I have then imported the trailer into Encore CS3 in the project panel. I then clicked onto Menu>New Menu, but the default menu appears a blue screen with some guy flying?
But I am trying to work out how to delete the default Menu and import my AE trailer as the main Menu.
How is this done?
Thank you
josel

Hi guys,
Thank you very much for your advice.
I have done as you said, tried to import as menu. I have gone into the folder location, made sure all file formats are highlighted, but the folder where I have saved my AE trailer is blank, so cannot import it that way as Encore does not recognise it. I have also told Encore to use the blank menu as default. I then looked in my project panel in Encore highlighted the M2V movie clip (AE trailer) right clicked to see if I could set as menu or at least 1st play, but both were not highlighted.
What am I doing wrong? I have looked at my preferences and nothing obvious their either.
Thank you once again
josel
P.S just to clarify, does Encore CS3 recognise MPEG2-DVD as a menu file?

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