HDMI Audio Question Onkyo HT-S5200 7.1

[tomlinson21rb]

I've had the Onkyo HT-S5200 7.1 for a while now but have been too busy to really get it configured properly. I had just used a digital optical cable to send sound from the PS3 to the receiver because I couldn't get the HMDI audio to output when I tried that way.

I'm now trying to get this working with the full 7.1 capabilities so I want to use HDMI audio, but I was reading in the support guide from Onkyo that HDMI audio will only be output through the HDMI out. It also says if you want to use the speakers connected to the receiver as well as HDMI video/audio then you must use a 2nd analog or digital audio connection.

So here is my question:
Can this receiver actually receive HDMI audio from the PS3 and output it to the speakers? If they market the system as 7.1, and by my understanding you use HDMI to get 7.1, then this should work. I really can't figure it out though.

Thanks for any help you can offer.