Can't open AVCHD format in Premiere Pro CS4

I just bought Premiere CS4 and updated with all available updates from Adobe. I tried to import a AVCHD file and it says this file format is not supported.
I thought I read the CS4 supports AVCHD now. The thing is, the format option is grayed out in the Media browser, so I must be doing something wrong.
I think I might try reinstalling the software.

I believe I'm having a closely related problem... I am new to video, with a Canon HF20 camera. I have shot some clips to
the internal disk. I have the trial of PPro CS4 on a Vista-64 machine. I was able to port the files over to my computer
using Canon's file transfer s/w, but when I try to bring them into PPro using the Media Browser, it says my .mts files are
not recognized and refuses to import them.
Is it confirmed that the trial doesn't support AVCHD? If so, I find that weird! But if confirmed, can I simply pay them for
the full version, insert the serial number, and suddenly see the s/w start working for me in AVCHD? Or do I have to (1) use
Harm's Clean CS4 to remove all traces of the trial, and (2) go purchase and download a full working copy?
Yechhh! I guess I'm amazed that Adobe would set up a "trial" that isn't for so many users...
By the way, is my setting of project options also key to getting this right? This also looks not exactly intuitive--I'm
shooting in Canon's FXP mode, which I believe is 1440x1080, 60 fps interlaced, and 17 Mbps. I'm just trying to learn the
s/w. but would like to use the results over the web or via CD/DVD exports to friends/family.
Thanks,
-Paul

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Hallo Torsten,
Ja, ich spreche deutsch aber ich wohne in den Niederlanden, in Rotterdam. Ich habe jedoch das Glueck gehabt in der Schweiz zur Schule gegangen zu sein und gelegentlich noch deutsch oder sogar baernduetsch zu reden. Mein Vater und meine Tochter leben beiden in der Schweiz, genau wie verschiedene Freunden. Also deswegen...
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Du sprichst deutsch! Damit hätte ich jetzt nicht gerechnet. Eigentlich bin ich auch davon ausgegangen, dass mein schriftliches Englisch misserabel ist!
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