Connecting to home theatre - which plugs are wh

Hello all,
I just got a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value for my computer which is connected to an amp with 5. surround speakers. I'm probably going to plug the sound card to the amp via the individual mini rca plugs, but i need to know which plugs are which. ie, which colour is front left and front right, which is surround left and surround right, and which is centre and subwoofer.
I would do it through trial and error but I haven't dealt with subwoofers much before and i'm afraid that connecting it wrong might damage the speakers, ie plugging a speaker into the subwoofer plug, or vica versa.
Thanks very much for the help people.

Thanks very much for the help guys. I received the sound card today and plugged it in and it seems to be working.... almost.
I've connected it by converting the 3 mini rca plugs into 6 rca plugs (the red and white ones), which are plugged into my amplifier. The amp has 5. speakers attached to it.
There's one problem. When I calibrate the speakers, the fi've normal speakers work fine, but when it moves onto the subwoofer it starts coming out of the sub for a second or two, then moves to the rear left speaker for a couple more seconds, then to the rear right speaker, then makes a few clicking noises and keeps changing between the two rear speakers. Why is this?
I know that the cause of the problem is the sound card, because I unplugged the plug which sends the subwoofer signal from the sound card to the amp, and exactly the same thing happened except that the first few second where originally the subwoofer made a noise, it was silent. After that though, it still went to the rear left speaker, then the rear right speaker, doing all sort of crazy stuff.
I have the sound card set on 5. speakers, and i can't think of any other setting that i would want to change. Any ideas?

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