Audigy 4 Pro and Logitech z-5500 5.1 speak

Hey ppl
I'm thinking of getting those two. I've heard there is an incompatibility issue with a digital connection between them, buts as I'm not interested in a digital connection, will an analog connection? I suppose the PCI or the hub has the required outputs ( left front/back, right front/back ? center/sub) for 5. analog.

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    Then I finally got the digital coax audio cable ( no optical for me as I dont have the rack ) at first I got nothing but stereo. So I go into my DVD player software setting ( Nvidia's pure DVD decoder )
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    When Running, say a DVD player into you digital input you may need to enable digital recording as I think that as far as everything in concerned when running a digital or anolog source into your sound card you are more or less recording so ensure DIGITAL recording is enabled. I only think of this as it was the only way to run a musical instrument through a friends PC, was enable recording. We did not record anything but it was the only way we got sound. Any correction would be great thx
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    I just received my Dell XPS Gen 5 system that I configured with the Audigy 2 ZS and Logitech Z-5500 speakers and as others before me, I can't get them configured to work together. My support tech at Dell is working on the issue, but I haven't heard from him yet. From reading the posts in this forum and others across the Internet, I am not alone in getting the sound card and speakers to work.
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    Could someone please tell me specifically what I need to do and in what software (Creative, Logitech's, my DVD software) to get this set up? Again, all I've done is hooked up the Logitech control pod to the sound card's digital out via a digital coax cable. I haven't done anything else other than upgrade the Creative software.

    I just received my Dell XPS Gen 5 system that I configured with the Audigy 2 ZS and Logitech Z-5500 speakers and as others before me, I can't get them configured to work together. My support tech at Dell is working on the issue, but I haven't heard from him yet. From reading the posts in this forum and others across the Internet, I am not alone in getting the sound card and speakers to work.
    So far I purchased the digital coax cable along with the /8" mono-to-mono miniplug so that I can plug the coax cable into the back of the sound card's digital out connector/din.
    The logitech control pod shows the input as Coax, but that there is no digital signal being sent to it. I also have no sound from the speakers.
    I've read various ways to fix this issue, some of which talk about changing the sound card settings and dvd software settings (Catherina, the administrator for this forum posted some stuff); however, I don't know where to do this in my Creative software. One of the posts says to go to Start/Programs/Creative/Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS/Creative AudioHQ and click on the Device Controls icon and then select the Decoder tab and change the SPDIF settings or something. I don't have a Decoder tab as an option. I do notice on the Bit Accurate Mode tab that the section for S/PDIF input signal monitoring shows that the S/PDIF-In signal is an "Unknown or invalid signal."
    Could someone please tell me specifically what I need to do and in what software (Creative, Logitech's, my DVD software) to get this set up? Again, all I've done is hooked up the Logitech control pod to the sound card's digital out via a digital coax cable. I haven't done anything else other than upgrade the Creative software.

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    My question is: in order to watch DVD movie, which is best connection
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