Would this set up work?

[StJimmy]

My dad recently upgraded his AV reciver and offered me his old one.
A Philips DVD/VCR Home Theater System MX5100VR

A pretty basic 5.1 set with nothing wrong with it bar in only has two scarts in the back one for input and one for output.

Not being one to say no to free stuff I have a plan to use it but it's a bit long winded.

My idea it to run the TVs optical audio out into an optical to RCA converter which is run to the input slot on the back of the reciver.

In my head this means I can play my xbox which is plugged into the TV via HDMI and have the audio come out of the TVs optical and into converter which turns it into left and right RCA which goes into the 5.1

This probably sounds like madness and a lot of effort when I could just go get an AV reciver with HDMI slots on the back but if this works I can get 5.1 for the price of the converter which I think is worth a shake at least.

 

[Vladimir]

Does your TV have scart output? What outputs does it have except optical?

 

[StJimmy]

The optical out is the only out put on the TV other than a 3.5 headphone jack.

 

[Vladimir]

Take signal from the 3.5mm to your AVR with a 3.5mm to RCA Y-cable.

If it's a video 3.5mm plug, you need to use this. If it's a standard audio stereo plug, you need one of these.

 

[StJimmy]

I already have a few of those in the big box o cables.

I'm going to give that a go.

 

[StJimmy]

Looking at it now I could almost forgive my self for over looking it.

It's painfully simple and I was over thinking it.

Thank you very much Vladimir.