Timeline confusion

I have just upgraded to PE7. Problem, when I want to add clips to the timeline, I have different clips-some .AVI(Digital Camera) and some .VOB (Video Camera).
When I try to add them to the Timeline, they end up in DIFFERENT tracks !!
Even when I add them to the Sceneline, when I go back to the Timeline, they are in different tracks. How do I get them all in the same track? This did not happen in PE4.

Looks like your video has 5.1 audio channel. Can you please confirm?
As Premiere ELemenets timeline is stereo, so when you add any video file having 5.1 audio, it adds to top most track.

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