Surround sound through external sound system

I have read a number of posts on connecting home entertainment systems to Apple TV. My setup is Apple TV - HDMI to TV, and Optical Audio to AV receiver. The receiver can process Dobly surround, DTS etc. But it does not have HDMI. I get sound through the system no problem, but cannot seem to get 5.1 surround. I have all the settings on the TV and Apple TV set to 'dolby out' etc, but when playing HD movies with 5.1 surround, I don't get the 5.1 output.
Apple TV seems to be playing its audio out through HDMI to the TV rather than out thru its own optical audio to the receiver. I'm not getting 5.1 output through the TV decoder either, which also also hi def. There must be something really simple I am missing here?

Hey thanks heaps for the suggestions
Yes the reciever is set up to recieve digital - it plays 5.1 surround with ordinary old DVDs and it has three other digital optical ports - I have the TV decoder plugged into one of them and the apple TV into another
Apple TV is definitely set to "dolby out" in the audio settings
The reciever displays the speakers its recieving signals for and in 5.1 it displays "Dolby" with the 5 speakers - what I am seeing is just two speakers on its display - and this is all I see during the Apple TV intro movie as well - sound indicates just stereo also
Also when I remove the optical audio from the back of Apple TV I still get sound, indicating that it is outputting sound through HDMI to the TV, which in turn is connected to the reciever via optical audio. So Apple TV is not outputting any sound out of the optical audio out jack.
Could it be a hardware fault? The unit is brand new!
Thanks

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