How Do I Get 5.1 via HDMI?

I am trying to allow the mac mini to pass thru native 5.1 to the receiver but have no luck yet.
New mac mini on mountain lion.
The Midi output has 5.1 grayed out for selection.

woodmeister50 nailed it.
Thanks!!!
First and basic, is the HDMI selected in audio preferences?
Yes
Second, exactly what are you seeing when you select the
HDMI output?
Are you saying that when you have that output selected in Audio Midi Setup there is no multichannel choices?
Correct no multi channel aviliable for selection.
...power on sequencing can also have an effect on what is
seen (that has been my case with the 2010 Mini).  Try powering the
receiver first and then the Mini.
Bingo! We have a winner here. 
It appears that when I power on the receiver it was preselected to another device as default and when I switched it to the Mac Mini the handshake was not complete and the audio preferences would not show Multi-channel as picured above. 
The receiver has setting to set the Mac Mini as default HDMI pass thru even when the AVR is off.  By changing this setting on the receiver this allowed for the multi-channel to appear and test correctely thru the midi audio set up regardless of the power on sequence.
Multi-channel now test and works correctly.  What I found out next is that not all the software supports multi-channel playback so I was gettinbg stereo only from a lot of items including the DVD player software on the Mac Mini.  Here is a good article that explaines that best.:
http://guides.macrumors.com/Configuring_5.1_Surround_Output_in_Mac_OS_X
Thanks woodmeister50 you pointed me in the correct direction and help me solve the issue.

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