Firewire and sound cards

I have a Creative SB Audigy 2 ZS sound card and noticed that it has an odd-looking connector in it. I realised that this is a firewire port!
So, excuse my ignorance, can I use this port to connect the iPod to or is it configured to be usable only by the sound card?

Yes, you can try. Make sure you have a Firewire iPod cable also.

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