Digital out jack to amplif

Hi,
I'm trying to connect my audigy 2 to my external yamaha HT decoder/amplifier. I'm using a minijack to rca converter and an rca cable to the "coax in" of the decoder but I get no sound. I've also checked the "digital output only" option but nothing change. The card was included into a Dell Dimension 8400. I don't have the decoder tab on the AudioHQ so I don't have the SPDIF Pass-Through option..... What I'm doing wrong?Thanks and sorry for my english!?

MiniDisc units do not care if its digital input signal comes from optical SPDIF or coax SPDIF. It's all SPDIF. All you need is the correct cable.
It is possible you are hitting an SCMS restriction, in which case it doesn't matter how the digital signal is fed into the MD unit. I don't know if Creative's drivers respect SCMS or not - I haven't had the card long enough to find out yet.
But you definitely do not need to use optical connectors to transfer digitally to an MD unit.

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