X-Fi XtremeMusic and Digital Out

Please forgive me if this has been asked before, but here goes...
I have a WinXP machine with an X-Fi XtremeMusic card that I would like to hook up to my Onkyo TX-SR600 receiver. The ideal situation would be to run a single digital line into the coax digitial input of my receiver. I would like all sounds to pass through the receiver and let the receiver do the decoding if possible.
Do I need to hook up analog cables for the 6 channels in addition to the digital line?
Thanks for any help,
- James T

No, just run the digital coax to the rec. If you don't have one, you will need a digital coax and a /8 mono to RCA adapter. Radio Shack has these items.
If you play games and want surround sound, you will have to go to analog out. I acutally have both analog out and digital out. They work well.

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