Optical out audio not working

As per page 27 in the G5 manual, I connected the optical audio out port to my stereo receiver optical input port. No sound from itunes, though it is coming from the computer. I have switched the sound output to "optical digital-out port" in the System Preferences without change (and why would it still be playing from the computer speakers if "built-in audio" is no longer selected?)
Anything else I should be doing to get music to come out of my speakers? AirTunes is not an option.
Thanks.

Duh! Helps to plug the cable into an INPUT port on the stereo rather than the output port. Just in case anyone makes the same mistake....Much better than futzing with AirTunes and the unreliability factor. Just plug an optical cable into the digital aoudio out on the Mac and run it into a vacant optical input port on the stereo and music then comes out both computer and stereo speakers (this is despite the digital optical out choice in the Sounds panel in System Preferences--not sure why it would come out both, but I like it). Works great!

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