N8 HDMI connection, 5.1 sound

Hi all,
My wife's got the N8 and it's really great being able to connect it over HDMI.
However, I think I've discovered an issue that might easily get solved in a future update.
My receiver doesn't have any HDMI inputs, so what I do is to connect the N8 to the TV, which in turn has an optical out that goes to the receiver. I've learned that connecting this way is not that unusual.
Anyhow, what happens is that the TV probably reports to the N8 that it is capable of 2 channel sound and therefore the N8 only sends a 2 channel stream to the TV regardless of the digital content that is being played, that is unfortunate because that's what the receiver will receive from the TV as well. I had the same issue with the XBOX 360 (like many others), but there was a setting in the XBOX where one could force the stream to 5.1 channels regardless of what the connected display device reported, and that worked very well.
Now it would be great if the N8 could be configured to ignore that 2 channel information from the TV and force 5.1 audio stream so that I will be able to use 5.1 sound on our receiver. I'm pretty sure more users than me will stumble into this issue.
It would really nice if this little feature would be implemented in an upcoming firmware release.

I did 2 tests, With the center Channel dials, one at 0% and the other one at 100%. No change, same....
Audio 1 and audio 2 is a stereo recording with 2 microphones (one pointed to the left of the crowd and the other one to the right). This was recorded with a ZOOM Handy Recorder. Then, Audio 3 and 4 is the sound that comes from the sound man board (only music from the CD) that was recorded in the same time with the video on a KiPro.
This a dance show, and the client would like to have the sound in surround. So I wanted to put the crowd noise in the back speakers. But when I play the result, plays in the front speakers also...even if they are panned to the back. Normally in the front during the applause I should not have sound. But I  do..........
Thank you so much for your time and help!
Mike

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