Need a procedure for bringing MXF files into Premiere Pro from a Focus Enhancements FS-5

That's it.
I can drag and drop the files into the resources pane, but when I drag them onto the timeline the "distribute" themselves - the video file goes on the video track, then the left side audio file appears on the first mono audio track 1 with its start point aligned with the outpoint of the video, and the right audio channel appears on the second mono audio channel with ITS start point aligned with the outpoint of the audio channel on a-track 1.
All of this is can be fixed. I can align the tracks and link them and then they are fine, but it seems to me that there must be a less cumbersome and risky procedure.
When we import from the FS-5 into our Avid system, it creates a single "pilot" file name with all the video, lft, and rht files "attached" to it. You click on it and the whole file set does what you tell it to do.
I've asked Focus Enhancements Support for help, but yet again they cannot be bothered to answer. FE makes good products, but their support is well... manure.
Thanks, JP

Wil -
I suspect this discussion is ended, BUT I thought you might want to know what I've discovered in case this question comes up again.
You were correct that the MXF file sets have to be imported as individual channels... sort of, I'll explain below.
There is no way to set the FS-5 to OP1A
Explanation:
I found that I could import a file set (left audio, video, right audio) at the same time.
Then right click and MERGE those files into one file and toss the originals.
I attempted to import all the MXF files at the same time and I could. Unfortunately when I did the names of all the audio files were change to unique, but, as far as I could tell, random numbers and letters, so I couldn't figure out which audio files went with which video file. That meant I had to import and merge each set of three files individually. Given that MXF breaks long shoots into a series of files sets each about 8 minutes long, one ends up with a LOT of files to wrangle.
All and all, this process is not very efficient. Given all the eye-strain required to find each file set (the do not sort together) and the hand-work required to import and merge each 8 minute section, doing anything long would be quite a pain. For us loading video tape is faster and easier.
Thanks for your insight. I appreciate the effort. You can mark this question "answered."
JP

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