How to -not- compress images on import?

Hi all,
Sorry if this has come up a gazillion times before, but I cannot seem to figure it out.
I want to create a simple PDF containing some images and two videos for laptop/beamer presentation.
Whatever setup I do with the Distiller presets regarding importing images, Acrobat always compresses the imported images, leaving them less than crisp.
I just want them (JPG's) imported and shown -as is-.
Is this impossible in Acrobat, or am I missing a very obvious setting somewhere deep in the Distiller options?
Cheers for any replies,
rob

Sorry if I didn't make myself clear(er).
If I create a PDF with Acrobat, it will -always- compress the images.
After reading up on the manual, it seemed the Distiller settings are responsible on how Acrobat behaves with importing images.
I created profiles with Distiller to not compress anything, and choose that as printersetting for a new PDF.
It still compresses my images, it's annoying!!!!
My workaround for now is to create a OO Impress Presentation, export that to a PDF, open that PDF in Acrobat, add my videos (as Impress can't) and save that to a new PDF. This works as I want it to work (no compression on my images).
I hope this helps explaining it a bit more, and thanks for any insights.
rob

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