Audio setup / MEDIACENTER theatertek - x-fi elite pro - denon AVC-A1XV receiver - speak

I read all the various posts and faq... however I do not get it.
I would like to see movies with theatertek on my mediacenter (sp/dif out) which has an x-fi elite pro card. I use optical cable to the Denon AVC-AXV receiver. Now I only get the front speakers no surround.
Probably I just have to bypass the sound card... but how? I would like not to use analog connections..
Sorry for the questions... but the explanations just do not help.

Open Audio Console, go to the decoder tab and select 'DD/DTS Bitstream Out'. On the DVD software you have to select SPDIF-Out as the audio renderer. If you have installed and enabled?the On-Screen Display it will appear a DD/DTS logo with the legend 'Bitstream' instead of the regular logo.

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Hi bigfoot_3,

I hope this is not true, I can't believe it.

From the Creative Web-Site:

The "top of the line" Sound Blaster X-Fi solution, the Elite Pro includes all of the standard features, application software, power and performance capabilities of the entire family of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards (described below), in one ultimate solution.

For a solution for the problem I?m searching in the internet. I found some information about the connectors on the X-Fi Board.

There is on connecter on the board that looks like for a front panel for micro a headsets. But nothing likes SPDIF Input.

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=42335&que ry.id=55475#M42335

In another posts from you, I fond a picture from a connector that I don?t have on my X-Fi Elite Pro Board.

http://forums.creative.com/creativel...id=55486#M4037

When I look on the Creative Web-Site I found different Pictures from the X-Fi Elite Pro, some with and some without a connecter like this. This are different models from this card?

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