Placed PDF Layer visibility options

How do I access the layers in a linked PDF. Basically I need to turn on certain ones at a time when placing the PDF.
Below I believe is basically Kasyan's(?) (sorry if this is the wrong person, maybe Jongware's) script from another site for dealing with images.
Main();
function Main() {
    var page, placedFile, graphics, i, j,
    doc = app.activeDocument,
    pages = doc.pages;
    for (i = 0; i < pages.length; i++) {
        page = pages[i];
        var graphics = page.allGraphics;
        for (j = graphics.length-1; j >= 0; j--) {
            placedFile = page.allGraphics[j];
           // if (placedFile.constructor.name == "ImportedPage" && placedFile.itemLink.linkType == "InDesign Format Name") {
                try {
                  / /placedFile.graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers.item("Frames").currentVisibility = false;
                   //alert(placedFile.constructor.name);
                    alert(placedFile.graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers[0].name);   // this line tells me "untitled - 3" but I can't seem to access or see how to loop throught the rest of the layers.
                catch (err) {}
    alert("Done");
Thank you in advance!!

Okay I got it. Not sure why but graphicLayers of graphicLayers does the trick.
Something like..
placedFile.graphicLayerOptions.graphicLayers[0].graphicLayers.count()

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