XFI 5.1 USB Card - Trying to get Digital Output to my Home Cinema - No Decoder

Hey all, well i have been searching and reading up all night and there seems to be a few people with my problems but I cant find a definate answer for people on XP
I have just brought a Soundblaster X-fi 5. from PC world, I am using Windows XP
In the hope that i could plug it in, hook it up to my Home cinema setup and send the 5. signal from my pc to my Dolby Digital receiver
However I have no Decoder tab in my Audio Console, the output option is greyed out in the SPDIF tab,
Can someone clear up if I can enable this etc and point me in the direction of a solution or if this feature of the card is now not available? it seems silly to have an optical out port if i cant send the signal down it!
I have installed the latest drivers from the Creative Site?
thanks in advance
JonnyWiz?

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