Trying to connect Airtunes to home stereo

I'm afraid that I really have no idea of what I'm doing here....this is my situation -
I have a G5 iMac in my home office connected via Airport Express to a DSL modem (and via USB to a printer on my desk). I also have a Sony VAIO notebook (Windows XP Pro SP2) with a Belkin 802.11g wireless notebook network card that I have connected wirelessly so it can access both the printer and my ADSL modem. No problems to date with that.
I have a second Airport Express downstairs (ground floor) in the living room (my home office is on the first floor) that I have used to extend the wireless signal so my husband can connect his Mac mini and 12 inch Powerbook to the ADSL modem. His studio is across the courtyard from the living room on top of the garage (about 7 - 8 metres from the Airport Express in the living room). This works, too.
My problem arises because I have tried to connect my home stereo in the living room to 'airtunes' on my G5 iMac by using a 'home stereo cable' that I bought from my local Apple dealer. It has a 3.5mm connector on one end and two RCA connectors on the other end. (I was told by my local Apple dealer that this would be 'dead easy').
I plugged the 3.5mm connector into the Airport Express in the living room and connected the RCA connectors to my tuner/amplifier (it is an old Nakamichi RE-3). Nothing happens at all. Nothing shows up in iTunes (I'm running iTunes 6). My Apple shop said 'just plug into the Aux RCA connectors and then set your stereo to AUX' - could the problem be that my Aux connectors also say /video? The input options on the front of the machine are CD, Aux/Video, Tuner, Cassette player.
Sorry to be so ignorant - perhaps my Stereo is just too old?
Any help/suggestions would be gratefully accepted.
Cheers
Tricia

A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing..... :-(((
I did some reading of the Help files and discovered a couple of basic things -
1) I had to change Preferences in iTunes to look for remote speakers connected with Airtunes
2) I had to change System Preferences/Firewall setting to check the iTunes Music Sharing box
3) I had to remember to turn on the volume control for my stereo
Result - I now have my iTunes music playing throughout the house because my stereo system (20 years old) is wired to the bedroom, bathroom and study...I love it
Cheers
Tricia

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