Preloader and export first frame audio links

hi

I’m having trouble figuring out how to get my audio to load without exporting it in the 1st frame.

In other projects where I use components, in the linkages panel, I deselect ‘export in first frame’, and put an instance of the component in an assets frame. That way the preloader opens right away and the components loadup in the second frame (which just gets jumped over when the movie plays). I’m trying to do this with my linked audio but it won’t work. When I deselect export in first frame, I just get no audio. In the assets frame I have the actionscript

phoneCall = new Sound(this);
phoneCall.attachSound('phoneCall');

A preloader is ridiculous, if you can’t see it until after the file is 90% loaded!

Any ideas on how to get around this?
Thanks for any suggestions