Many thanks Diane for the great advice and have it all working now via the SPDIF port to my receiver! Excellent sound too. If could impose for one further question. I now seem to face an issue with my A/V receiver in that the Zone 1 Speakers accept either digital or the analog inputs whilst the Zone 2 (other end of house and outdoor) are only able to accept inputs from the analog inputs. I have tested this and when I switch between the Digital/SPDIF outputs on the HP and the Analog outputs I get the sound as I would expect. So the question is .... is there a way to have the HP output to both the SPDIF and the Analog outputs at the same time? That way I can just control the speakers via the receiver. If this is not the case then I will have to change the default output options on the HP each time I wish to switch between main room and other rooms/outdoor? If you would have any advice on this wit would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks for all the help so far.

MattR