No optical input on Audigy 2 ZS Noteb

I have the Audigy 2 ZS Notebook in a Toshiba Satellite P5-S409. I'm using a mini-to-Toslink cable to connect the input on the ZS to the optical out on the DVD player. I'm getting no sound in the notebook. I've covered the basic troubleshooting steps, e.g. making sure the input isn't muted. I've also tried connecting the ZS input to other optical out sources with no results, so I'm fairly certain the problem isn't related to settings in the DVD player.
Can anyone please suggest a fix? This is getting extremely frustrating.

Right, I've got a little further. I have plugged a DVD player into the Audigy box with a different cable (composite-composite, not scart-compostite any more) and it is working. Since I know that the VCR is working, I guess it must have been the scart-compostite cable that was giving me trouble.
Trouble is, I only have RF and scart outputs from the VCR. :-( I'll see if I can get hold of a different VCR and possibly a S-Video cable as well to test that.
cj

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