Only 1 spot color of Linked 2-channel Photoshop image appears in acrobat 9.0

I just installed CS 4 design premium. I have a 2-color business package that was created in Illustrator CS2 with 2-color Photoshop links (spot color multichannel files saved as Photoshop DCS 2.0/eps).
When working before in CS 2 my spot color links viewed just fine when I saved the Illustrator files as pdfs (smallest file size default). Now, working in CS 4 with Acrobat Pro 9, type & vector objects show fine in both colors, but the linked files only view with one of the spot colors. If I open output preview in Acrobat 9 the missing black channel shows up.
All I want to do is send my client a final proof. How can get it to appear accurately on my pdf?

Output Preview invokes Overprint Preview. Since the file displays as expected with Output Preview open, the Overprint Preview may be necessary to view the file properly.
In Acrobat 9, the default for Overprint Preview is "Only for PDF/X". Overprint Preview was removed from the Menu list, but you can change it's default in Preferences:Page Display. I'd recommend using "Automatic" which looks at the file and determines if there is anything in the file that requires overprint preview to display. You can temporarily turn off "simulate overprinting" while the Output Preview dialog is open. You can also select "Color Warnings" and turn on Show Overprinting, the content should be painted with a highlight.
Does this work?
If you are sending a PDF to your client to view, they will need to look at the file with Overprint Preview on. They can download Reader 9 which will allow them to turn on Overprint Preview. Reader's default is also PDF/X compliant files, but this can be changed in the same Preferences area.

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