Connecting the iPod Hi-Fi to Airport Express

OK, a little help would be great here. I purchased the iPod Hi-Fi about 6 months ago and incorrectly assumed that the cabling would be included in order to connect to an Airport Express. For me, that's the whole reason to buy a Hi-Fi vs. another speaker set-up.
After reviewing the discussion boards, it was widely reviewed that the Toslink XtremeHD works great although it's really intended more for the AppleTV. Well, I live in Costa Rica where tech products aren't widely available. After 6 months of waiting, finally my wife went to the states and brought me back the above cable. It doesn't seem to work. Included is one adapter that makes the Toslink jack a 3.5mm optical digital audio jack. I guess though that I need (2) of these instead of one? The Toslink cable doesn't seem to fit either the Airport Express OR the iPod Hi-Fi without this type of adapter.
Any advice would be great, I'm floored that now I'll likely have to wait a long time to be able to finally connect this thing. Even advice for a different cable that actually WORKS would be helpful.
Thanks in advance.

You either need to buy another Toslink adapter online or just buy a normal male/male miniplug cable. What is the bit rate on your music? If it isn't really high then the optical cable is just going to be overkill.
Don't know why you would expect a cable for the AEX, why would someone who doesn't have one want to pay for what would be a superfluous cable?

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