ATV with home theater cable question

Just bought the ATV, I have HDMI on the TV but not the home theater (Harman Kardon AVR7300 ) but it does have Optical audio jacks.
My plan was HDMI from ATV to TV & Optical audio from ATV to Home Theater.
Does this sound complete & correct ?

Worked fine.Given all the problems I've been reading about<i can't believe how easy it was. Set up was breeze!
Thanks

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