Digital In on X-Fi Xtreme Mu

There seem to be a lot of threads on Digital input and output.. including a sticky.. but none of them are helping me with my problem.
I have a Mac Book Pro and a Dell Dimension 550. The Dell has an OEM X-Fi Xtreme music installed, its running Vista.
The Mac Book Pro has a Digital Optical Output, (which i know works because i get a red light through an optical cable).
What I am trying to do is pass the Mac sound output through my Xtreme Music, so I can use my 5. speakers. I have a 3.5mm jack to 3.5mm jack digital optical cable from the optical out on the Mac to the Flexijack on the Xtreme Music.
I have the most up to date driver installed on the Dell, but it wont recognise the digital signal going in to the flexijack.
Is there any way to do what I want to do? Any settings I need to change that I may have overlooked. I have no options to change the flexijack mode. I only have the Audio Console for changing settings. The volume manager didnt install with the Vista Driver.
Thanks in advance for any help
Mathew

More info about the Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module. Which has the Dedicated optical and coaxial digital outputs and inputs. This will work for your X-Fi XtemeMusic soundcard. It works great on mine.
If you don't want to buy the Module on the creative webstore, just google "Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module" to find a different webstore. Some webstores have free shipping. Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module
http://us.creative.com/products/prod...subcategory=55

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