FPS2000 Digital Speaker System

I currently have an FPS 2000 Digital Speaker System, with an Audigy 2 Platinum sound card on a Win XP system.
The subwoofer itself has no input jack to connect from the Audigy 2, but there is a Digital DIN connector on the subwoofer that will connect ALL speaker channels to the sound card. Is there a cable available that will do this with an Audigy 2? If so, where can I buy one? Also, I'm currently planning on buying a new Win7 Pro system.
Will I be able to use the Audigy 2 and FPS2000 speakers in Win 7 Pro's XP mode?

Ah, I have just found the cable here :-
http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=3&subcategory=58&product=0374
Unfortunately this is only in the US shop (who don't ship abroad) so I guess we Europeans will have to make do with some old string and hope for the best...

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