Question about connecting PS3/cable box/TV/Receiver?

Connect optical cable from cable box to receiver for TV channel audio.

Not sure if this would help much, but first, let us know about your cable box? Are you getting HD channels? I've got Sky Digital at the moment, and its standard def - here's my setup.

I've got a 40 inch LCD TV with two HDMI ports, component/composite, RCA and optical out connecters. I have a Blu-ray player, Xbox 360 and surround sound system, but mine's a little different - there's no seperate receiver, its built into the subwoofer.

Xbox 360 to TV by HDMI cable, I get audio and 1080p video. Unfortunately, I can't redirect the audio back out to the surround sound, my TV just isn't programmed for that.

Blu ray player to TV by HDMI cable. Same as Xbox

Sky cable box, connected by SCART cable.

Now here's the ticket. I CAN actuallly output audio but only through the Left and Right (red and white) audio connectors -sadly the subwoofer/receiver doesn't have an optical connection (wish it did). These go into the subwoofer/receiver, and I select Dolby Virtual Surround on my subwoofer's remote - this tells it to take the two channel audio signal its getting, process it, and emulate surround sound with all 5.1 speakers. Of course its not as good quality as an actual 5.1 audio track, but its close enough.

Hope this helps!

As long as your receiver has multiple HDMI inputs, it's much more convenient to run all of your HDMI sources to the receiver, and from the receiver to your TV. That way you can let your receiver handle all the switching, instead of having to change both the television and receiver inputs when you change your source. HDMI is also capable of carrying the HD audio formats, which optical can't.

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