Surround sound from Panasonic TM900 in to FCP X?

Just bought a Panasonic TM900 and I've been having a little play. AVCHD files (but not 1080-50p) are recognised by FCP X, and can be imported using the 'Import from Camera' function. All seems well except for the fact that FCP X reports that these have 2-channel stereo audio rather than the 5.1 surround sound that the camera records in. I have imported some of the 1080-50p files via ClipWrap and FCP X reports that these have 5.1 surround audio.
If I play both types of file (the regular AVCHD and the 1080-50p) in the VLC Player it reports that both types have 5.1 surround sound (AC3).
Why am I only getting 2-channel audio for the regular AVCHD files that I import from the camera directly in to FCP X? Any ideas?

yeah, luckily i am working with single long clips so i don't have to do it that often. it's a lot of work, true, but it does work and so far it's the only solution i've found.
i do find it a bit strange that apple doesn't let you "optimise" the audio in the same way as for video. Meaning, to convert ac-3 into whatever format it wants to edit audio in. in can encode ac3 during export, so why not decode it on import?
There's a section in the help manual that says you can specify mono channels to specific surround channels, but i've never been able to get it work, but now that i reread it, it does say to do it in the timeline. I've always tried it in the event browser. So it might be worth trying in your case.
You need to first have the configuration be 6 mono channels. Then, supposedly, you can specify each mono channel to be a surround channel.
Select the clip in the Timeline.
In the Channel Configuration section of the Audio inspector, choose an option from the Channels pop-up menu.
To assign a mono channel to a specific surround channel: Select the mono channel waveform, and choose a surround channel from the Channels pop-up menu.
Source:
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0/#verc1fab5f6

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