Hooking up surround sound?

I need help hooking up my surround sound to my new Plasma HDTV?

• I just got a new 42'' Phillips Plasma TV. I have a sony surround sound system that I would like to hook up to it. The plasma tv has a jack called SPDIF Output. The surround sound system requires a Left and Right audio input. The problem is that the tv only has that ONE jack for output and the surround sound system requires TWO. I purchased a cord that you can hook up to one jack and it has 2 RCA jack female parts. I hooked my 2 audio cords into this and it still doesn't work. Maybe the cord that I purchased to make it into TWO jacks doesn't work for audio. Can anyone tell me how to hook up surround sound to an SPDIF output jack!!

• Answer:

  Without actually seeing your system, it would be hard to tell. However, if you have true surround sound, then your receiver should have a multitude of inputs. Anaglog (RCA jacks), HDMI, Optical, and Coax. I'm also assuming that with an HDTV, you have cable or satellite. Try running the sound from your cable or satellite receiver directly to your audio receiver using one of the above methods. Optical audio is probably the best. Hope that helps!!