Mac Mini Audio out jack - s/pdif coaxial?

The MAC mini manual says " the headphone port is also a S/PDIF stereo 3.5 mini-phono jack".
So how do I hook up the MAC mini to my receiver's coaxial S/PDIF ports (standard RCA connector) - not optical Toslink ports.
Are there three choices:
1. stereo headphone (analog) output to analog input on receiver
2. optical Toslink S/PDIF via mini-Toslink adapter
3. mini 3.5mm S/PDIF jack to coaxial cable to RCA S/PDIF input (google search turned up a report this should be done with a monoaural 3.5mm jack)
see http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/RCA-mini-spdif.html
Or is option 3 a misunderstanding of the Apple manual?
Will plugging a mono jack into a stereo headphone jack short circuit the two audio channels or do some other damage?
The guys at the local Apple store didn't have a clue about coaxial s/pdif nor did Apple support by phone.
Thanks.

You'll need three parts (this is exactly how my Mac mini was plugged into my coaxial digital audio receiver, but with a converter from Radio Shack that doesn't seem to be available):
1. mini-Toslink to Toslink cable (or Toslink cable with one mini-Toslink adapter)
2. An optical to coaxial adapter, like this: http://www.smarthome.com/777097rp.html
3. A coaxial digital audio cable (as you mentioned, could be a standard RCA cable)
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