Connecting surround sound to my M17X R4

Hi. Just had a few quick questions before I go and buy the wires I need.

A standard coaxial cable connected from the s/pdif out on the laptop to the input on my surround sound system will give me full surround sound? Anything else I need to know? One concern I have is the coaxial cable itself. It looks like it won't plug into the laptop properly. This is the cable I'm thinking of purchasing > HDMI Cable, Home Theater Accessories, HDMI Products, Cables, Adapters, Video/Audio Switch, Networking, USB, Firewire, Printer Toner, and more!

Will that work?

I take it I'll have to enable the option in Sound Blaster Trustudio to "play stereo mix to digital output"? Then I'm all set?

Any tips/advice feel free to comment. I'm a bit of an audio noob so any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

i'm assuming your surround system does not have a s/pdif input since you linked coax RCA cables..

if that is the case.. then you will need a RCA to s/pdif converter and a s/pdif cable to connect your R4 to the converter

 

Thanks, jaeyang9! My surround sound does have an optical in, though. So I'm guessing all I need is the optical cable and I'm set, right?

 

Solved. Used a Toslink cable, one end round S/PDIF, one end square optical. Works perfectly and the sound quality is AMAZING!

 

I'm glad it's working fine now! Let us know if you need anything else.

 

Thanks, Luis! I did have a question about using 5.1 surround sound and a line-in recording device at the same time. Is it possible to do that? Every time I switch the jack set-up to 5.1 surround, it removes the line-in input. Any ideas?