Unsupported color mode in Illustrator

When a tif fle (color mode - lab) is placed in Illustator, an error message is displayed 'Unsupported color mode or depth. Only RGB, CMYK, Grayscale and Bitmap are supported'. How to avoid such errors and is there any property to accept tif files with color mode as Lab in Illustrator.
Please let me have any solution.
regards,
Sashi

No. Convert to CMYK or RGB in Photoshop using pertinent profile settings.
Mylenium

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