Xtreme audio Digital??

Xtreme audio Digital?' Hi i have an xtreme audio PCIe and want to plug my ps3 into the digital input to play on my surround speakers, i have done a few searches to find out how but to no avail, i think the problem is my console doesnt have the options for digital input/ anything, is there a way to unlock these options or is it not possible with my card? i also have the digital i/o module after reading that it could help. ?any ideas?
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heres what my console looks like atm?
Thanks
Jay?
Message Edited by Jayk88 on 0-05-2009 08:03 [email protected]

Hi,
are you running on xp ? if yes could you provide me the cd/installation files ?
I have the same soundcard, im also wondering how to use spdif in.

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