Problem converting AAC (non protected) to MP3, weird issue

Hi,
I have the latest version of iTunes running on a iMac G5 running Tiger. iTunes is set up as default to AAC format for songs added. I want to convert something to MP3 and when I right click on it, it says convert to AAC not MP3. Anything I right click on says the same yet they are non protected AAC files. I also have a windows machine running the latest verstion of iTunes and on that one it works correctly. Any idea what is wrong?
Thanks,
Mike

Mike,
In iTunes go to preferences>advanced>importing.
Then select mp3 from the Import Using menu.
Choose the bitrate you want the mp3 files to at. (make sure this is equal to or less than the bitrate of the aac file)
Right click a aac song and choose convert to mp3

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