Force audio out laptop's USB for outboard DAC?

I have an HP laptop running the Realtek HD audio driver 6.0.1.5869. I use this laptop as a frontend to a home entertainment system that includes a high-end audio/video receiver (featuring Burr-Brown DACs). When streaming audio, I would like to force the audio output from the laptop through its USB port and on to an open set of Yamaha. I intend to do this by way of a male USB to male RCA cable (commonly available).
How can I achieve this using the Realtek software user-interface? If I click the [Digital Output] tab and select [Set Default Device], will this suffice?

I am by no means an expert with your audio equipment.
The USB ports themselves, by default, are not recognized as audio outputs.
If the external audio device you are connecting with a USB-RCA cable is not recognized as a n audio device (it more than likely will not be), then it more than likely will not. Of course, I do not have access to this exact setup to test and confirm.
To see what sound devices are available as an output, you can go to the Start menu, search for Sound, and open this result in the control panel category.
Once that opens, the available output devices will be listed. You may need to right-click in the Sound window to get the option to view disabled or disconnected devices. Just make sure to do this with the USB/RCA cable connected to your desired output device.
In a quick search for DAC, I did find this. It looks like this DAC works by using a USB-A to USB-B cable to connect the device to a PC and then has RCA out jacks to connect to an audio system. This seems more of the optimal configuration to accomplish this task.
Review this document document to get an idea of what the Sound panel should look like in Windows with the DAC properly detected and available as an output. I know this is not your equipment, but Windows Sound panel should work in the same way for all sound equipment that it is compatible with.
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