PC and Home Theatre Hookup....need advice

)PC and Home Theatre Hookup....need adviced Ok, I'll try not to sound so illiterate......
I am in the process of connecting my PC to my home theater setup and have the following:
. The computer has the X-Fi Platinum Fatality card with the I/O Bay
2. The A/V receiver is the Sony STR-DG70...it has the Optical and Coaxial digital inputs and it does have the dts logo
3. Polk Audio 5. speakers connected to receiver
4. The Creative Home Theater Connect DTS-60
Now the questions:
. Could I have just used the Flexijack connection on the card running to receiver digital optical input? I am not using the I/O 3/2" bay that came with the card....don't have an extra bay to install in the new case?
2. Could I have just used the Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module from the Flexijack connection on the card?to receiver digital optical input?
3. Or do I need to use the Creative Home Theater Connect DTS-60? And if so is the Optical connection the best of the two?
Thanks so much for any help,
Kenny

- This will fit your "flexi-jack" when connecting to optical sources........
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V0ETB0/ref=ox_ya_oh_product"]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000V0ETB0/ref=ox_ya_oh_product[/url]
This may save you the trouble of buying the I/O module.

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