Spot colors in acrobat

Hi,
I've made a few logo's in Illustrator CS4 using spot colors (pantone solid coated). The spot colors are displaying correctly in Illustrator when I set the option "overprint preview" on.
I've saved my document as a PDF-file. Still no displaying problems in Illustrator...
But when I open my PDF in Acrobat CS4 (Pro and Reader) the spot colors aren't correctly displayed. I have "simulate overprinting" checked in Acrobat Pro. Still the spot colors look dull.
What can I do? What setting do I have to use in acrobat reader and acrobat pro?
Thanks,
Ief

There synced.
Never had problems using Acrobat CS2. Cause there was an option "overprint preview".
In CS4 the spot-colors aren't displayed correctly in Acrobat Reader and Acrobat pro. I'm absolutely not a color mangement expert. So I don't know what I have to do. In Indesign CS4 and Illustrator CS4 no problems when I turn on overprint preview.
What can I do?
Ief

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