HDV audio is 2 mono tracks instead of stereo

When capturing my HDV video from my HDR-HC1 cam the audio is being captured as two mono tracks instead of a 2-channel stereo track. Does anyone know how to fix this and get the stereo?

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Why do I want two mono channels? Why do you want a stereo pair?
In my case, I usually have different mics connected to the two inputs on my camera. One may be a wireless and the other the on-camera mic, or another wireless. Hearing these in stereo wouldn't be natural at all, so why would I go to the trouble of capturing stereo only to have to pan them to center inside FCP? Even if I'm just using the on-camera mic (Sennheiser ME-64 or ME-66), it's a mono source so there's still no reason to convert it to stereo.
As another example, if I'm shooting a talking head, I'll have the person miced going to one channel. I usually won't even capture the other channel as its useless to me for editing purposes.
On the occasion I do want stereo, it's usually only when I'm taking a feed from my audio mixer where I may be mixing 6 or 8 or 10 mics. In those cases, I'll do the panning on the mixer and most likely WILL capture as stereo in FCP.
-DH

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http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#stereotomono
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there is only a "mono" channel shown on the timeline.
Several subsequent "test" takes and downloads
continue to produce only the mono channel. Imported
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but material from my DV camera continues to only
contain a single mono track. (All settings on
camera have been checked and re-checked and appear
OK)
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