How do I start preloader later in movie clip?

Hi,
I want a preloader to start about 20 frames in, rather than at the very beginning of a movie clip, is this possible?
The reason I dont want it to start at the beginning is because it's on an external swf which loads when a button is clicked. Becuase the swf has a transparent background at the very beginning, the preloader is showing above the main movie and it cant really be seen. The main slideshow actually starts 20 frames in so this is when I really need the preloader.
any ideas?

The way I have my preloader set is on another scene so i'm not sure
how to delay it by 20 frames in the main time line? When I move the
preloader frames along by 20 it doesn't work?
This is the code I have on my preloader:
loaded_bytes = _root.getBytesLoaded();
total_bytes = _root.getBytesTotal();
loadpercent = (loaded_bytes/total_bytes)*100;
if (loadpercent != 100) {
     // OPTIONAL: Place the percentage on some textfield
     preloaderText.text = int(loadpercent) + '%';
     // Goto respected load percentage since not done
     bar.gotoAndStop(int(loadpercent));
} else {
     gotoAndPlay("Main", 1);
code on next frame:
gotoAndPlay(57);

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