Will this setup give me surround sound?

[icethepuck]

Here's the setup I'm thinking of:

PS3 |-----------------------------------HDMI-----------
Digital Cable Box |----------------HDMI-----------| TV |--------Optical Cable--------| 5.1 Receiver
Xbox 360 |----------------------------HDMI-----------

Basically, I'm trying to avoid using optical out on all three seperate units and just run one optical cable from the tv's optical out to the reciever's optical in. Would this give me surround sound on all the devices? Or, would my only option being going straight from all the devices to the receiver with optical cables?

Sorry if the question is dumb, but I've only got one optical in on the receiver; this would be the most convenient solution.

 

[Mohonri]

Well, you could just go ahead and try it, I guess. I don't think you're gonna break anything by hooking it up that way, and the worst thing that could happen is it doesn't work.

 

[Dark Prodigy]

All sound signals entering the TV will be output to the reciever. When you hook up optical, it basically overrides all other output sound sources for the TV unless specified. Your TV speakers will be muted and your receiver will handle all sound processing duties. I believe it will work just fine.

 

[lifeinchains]

It depends on your TV model. For example the HDTV I own will only output sound from TV channels over the optical output. But just like the others have said, it can't hurt to try.

 

[zupahwez0e]

some tv's cant pass a 5.1 signal and only pass 2 channels(stereo) over optical.

 

[icethepuck]

Cool, thanks for the replies. I'm gonna give it a shot my original way when I get all my cables in the mail. If it doesn't work I found:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10423&cs_id=1042302&p_id=2946&seq=1&format=2