No sound on Airport Express (via iTunes wireless link)

I have Airport Express base station directly connected to the Alcatel 510 ADSL modem. My Toshiba Notebook is using wireless connection to the Airport Express to access Internet, which is working fine.
Using iTunes I can listen to the music on Notebook, but when I choose the remote audio system connected to the Airport Express there is no sound.
On the Music tab (Admin Utility) I have:
- YES Enable AirTunes on this station
- NO Enable AirTunes over ethernet (changing this to yes makes no difference)
- iTunes Speaker Name: Roland
- Password has been assgned to the speakers
There is no WDS.
My first question is this set-up viable (Airport Express providing internet connection and beeing a iTunes client at the same time)?
What does the "Enable AirTunes over ethernet" setting means?
I have windows XP SP2 - are there any ports that should be open in the firewall (iTunes is listed in exceptions list), and how to do that?
I am using optical cable.
Robert

Well it was cable. When I changed from optical to RCA cable (bost from Monster pack) it started to work.
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