Live! 24bit External - no audio from optical

I have a Li've! 24-bit External card. I have 2ch analogue speakers plugged in the analogue port and they work fine.
I also have an optical cable from the SPDIF Optical Out port on the Li've! going to a Sony AV digital receiver that has a surround system connected. But I'm not getting anything at all at the receiver.
I've tested all the optical cable and the receiver by connecting a DVD player at the Li've! end and it plays fine through the cable-receiver-speakers.
But nothing comes out when I plug the optical cable into the Li've!. I have had this working in past, about 2months ago, but just tried today again an nothing, zip, nada.
I've downloaded and updated the latest drivers update. The Li've! box came new less than 6mnths ago with this new computer system.
I work in the IT field but this has me stumped. I'm starting to think something cactus has gone wrong with the SPDIF side of the Li've! box.
Help.

Jason-CL wrote:
dnwallace,
Did you happen to change the sampling rate to 96khz(maybe something that the receiver cannot handle). Try changing the sampling rate around to 48khz.
Jason
Sampling is at 48khz.

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