Routing HDTV Sound to Home Theatre Sound Sound

Please confirm that the optimum cabling to obtain "5.1 surround sound" from my Samsung LN650 HDTV TV source is using a digital optical cable?  I can use dig optical or a coax connection.  I assume I route this cable from my HDTV digital optical output to my receiver (Pioneer VSX-1019AH) optical input?  
Currently TV audio only comes out thru HDTV speakers.
Based I what I have read, I believe once I put this connection in, all I have to do is select the appropriate "source" on my receiver (in this case TV)?
Existing routing on my system  is as follows:
Coax from Antenna to HDTV Antenna Input.
HDMI Cable output from Receiver to HDTV HDMI input.
Thanks
PS.   My Sony BD BDP 350S is routed to receiver via HDMI cable and I get surround sound from BD when I select BD as source on receiver.. 

If I understand what you are saying then yes you are correct. If you want the sound from your tv to come out of your home theatre amplifier run an optical caple from the TV out to one of the inputs on your receiver. Then select that source when you want to listen to the tv. In order to get 5.1 sound though the program source will have to be broadcast in dolby digital. Other wise it will most likely be dolby pro logig or stereo depending on how your receiver is set up.
It will probably also output sound for your blu ray player as well through the tv because hdmi carries audio to your tv. However the best possible sound will come from hooking the hdmi cable directly up to your receiver and selecting that source during dvd playback. Which is the way you have it if I understand correctly.
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