Connecting 5.1 Speakers

Hello guys,
I was just wondering if it is possible to plug in a 5.1 speaker system to the Macbook Pro. Are there any special connectors that are required?
I use a PCMCIA based sound card on my PC laptop (which has two ports- rear out,front out) that allows me to hook up a 5.1 speaker to it. But I think I saw only 1 audio out port on the Macbook Pro.

You need a set of speakers with an optical in and a
cable like Griffin XpressCable Digital Audio Cable.
Open Audio MIDI Setup, located in the utilities
folder and select "configure speakers". There you
have up to 7.1 channel configurations
Thanks for the reply. So that means I can only use a digital optical speaker system with the Macbook Pro- right? I have a 5.1 speaker configuration which has three plugs- rear in,front in,woofer in. They all plug into three ports in the soundcard has. But I guess that these speakers wont be compatible with Macbook pro.

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