Mega pc 180 and spdif output

Hallo,
I have a mega pc 180 and i also have a Logitech® Z-5500 Digital speaker set. There a 2 ways to attach the speakers to the pc.
1 with 3 cables (front, rear, center and sub)
2 with spdif.
I think option 2 with spdif is the best, but I weet it not certain. Who has experience with spdif?
And does spdif als works in hifi modes?
And what are the "know" bugs of spdif on the mega pc 180?
Thanks in advance

I have a mega 180 and use the optical spdif (also called TOSLINK) connection for all audio out of my mega. I have it attached to a digitial receiver. I use it with base windows xp, MCE 2005, winamp, wmp, 1by 1, windvd, power dvd, and zoom player. You do have to configure it from several places. The base nvidia sound utility, win dvd, power dvd, and zoom player.
I had it set to use the on board soundstorm dolby encoding.. but after a while decided I actually liked it better with just sending digital info directly out in lpcm format and let the receiver figure out how to decode it. This set up works for me sending dolby sound from dvds and it also works for CD or radio in hifi mode and in fact the dial on the mega does adiust the volume. I actually wish I could force all audio to be maximum all the time from the meag and then just control it from my receiver. There are several programs that for some reason want to set the audio level master to around 80 %.

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