its ok now mate, i was wondering if i have my PS3 connected to my tv via HDMI then my TV to player via Optical, would i get the surround sound from the PS3, but i found out it wont, the PS3 has to be connected straight to my player

If you want to run both tele and ps3 through optical just get an opticals splitter.

Do you use Sky, Virgin or a digi box for your tv?

If I'm reading your post correct, you want to set up your PS3 as HDMI from the PS3 to the TV (picture) and optical from the PS3 to the surround sound. That's how mine is set up. It doesn't send sound through the HDMI to the TV as well though. It's one or the other, not both. There's a setting on the PS3 that lets you choose if you want HDMI or optical settings for sound.

[Edited on 24-02-2010 by Dav]

ah righ trun the tv through phono leads to the player and optical form the ps3 to player

Yeah, if you want sound just from the tv, plug the coloured pins/scart in to the tv. Provided your surround sound is similar to mine you can leave plugged in to the surround all the time and just change AV channels.

i dont know mate, in which case would i have to just unplug it all the time and connect it to my tv for the sound to come from that

Surely your PS3 is plugged in to the surround sound so all the sound goes through the surround sound system?

When setting up surround sound to play TV and PS3, would running the PS3 via HDMI to TV then optical from TV to the player be the right option or would that only give me the sound from the tv and not the surround sound from the PS3