Can't get sound through my big speakers

Hello all,
I just hooked up my new Apple TV and all works fine BUT can't get any sound through my big floor speakers, only through the tinny TV speaker (Samsung 46" LED).
The big speakers are powered by an older Onkyo FM AM receiver with no optical digital audio port. I currently enjoy sound from these speakers when watching my Comcast cable stations or my DVD player, choosing respectfully between video 1 and video 2 ports on the receiver.
Question: Do I need a new receiver with an optical digital audio port, to be then connected to the Apple TV via this cable ?
My Comcast cable box has such a port. What would happen if I connected an optical digital audio cable from the Comcast box to my Apple TV ? Would the sound find its way into my big speakers while watching Netflix ? That's all I want.......
I don't have this darn cable now to try this.
Thanks guys.

hard aground wrote:
Hmmm....would that limitation be noticeable by average listeners ? I don't even know what 5.1 audio is.
5.1 is surround audio with L/R front, Center (mostly for speech), and L/R rear channels. You'd need 3 extra speakers for the additional channels.
The .1 refers to a subwoofer but if your main speakers produce good low frequency as it is it may not be needed as low frequencies tend to deliver less spatial information than mid/highs. If you wanted one it'd be an extra speaker.
You would notice the difference by virtue of having sounds spread around you rather than simple L/R on movies that support it (Dolby Digital 5.1). As your amp doesn't support this currently, you're not ging to miss anything going the stereo audio route for now.
I've had a 5.1 system (without the .1) for donkey's years, and yes it's fun/novel, but leads to more clutter in the room with leads extra speakers etc. In fact I've relocated my rear speakers some time ago and am just sticking with stereo for now.
Certainly worth looking into, but 5.1 is old hat anyway and more modern surround formats will utilise even more speakers for surround effects but AppleTV currently does not support these.
I'm running a pair of old tower Polk Audio speakers of my amp that vibrate the windows pretty good.
No reason you couldn't use these in a 5.1 or 5.0 system as main L/R speakers but you'd need new center and rear L/R speakers, cabling and amp +/- subwoofer.
Onkyo would still be a good bet for a quality reasonably priced amp though you'd probably find a myriad of options, possibly cheaper than your original Onkyo.

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