PDF Version Issue

I am having a major problem. I have to save a PDF back to verion 1.4 . Everytime I use pitstop to change the version it works correctly but when I save the file and re-open it the file is back to a higher version again. I went into Pitstop preferences and made sure the "PDF Version" box is checked. This doesn't help. I tried everything I know of to stop this from happening and it always converts back to a higher version. This didn't happen with acrobat 8 but it is for Acrobat 9.
Please advise,
Thanks
Shawn

Open pdf file with a text editor. What does the first line say? BTW, Acrobat 9 change the pdf file specification using the PDF Optimizer.

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