Audigy 2 zs spdif connect

OK, so i have the minijack to rca adapter in place, i have all connections connected how they should be, i have the eax set to digital out, but its not sending any signal, AND its still sending to my analog out(aka my headphones). its not sending anything to my reci'ver.

ok, thing is, tech support(contacted earlier) told me "Typically you should be using a Minijack to Coaxial cable" so thats what i have. its a cable similar to a video cable, its what i used on my previous nforce 2 soundcard and i got 5. on that. BUT now i have an athlon 64 with a via chipset and it doesnt do 5.DD on the fly. so i looked for a sound card that could do it with a rca jack.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E68290278 . thats the site, yes it says spdif out, and thats what i used on my nforce 2 as well. BUT the thing is, is that this required a adapter that i had to get. now its hooked up but its not putting out anything to the digital. even after i set it to digital, reset and play music, it still sends it to the analog out. to my headphones in other words. that is what i dont understand, why its still sending to headphones even though its set to send to my reci'ver.

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