Just got a PS3 and several Blu-Ray movies

[big angry]

So far I love it. I never realized what I was missing! And don't even get me started on how far superior a machine the PS3 is as compared to the Xbox 360. It's not even close.

Anyway, I only have one real problem with the thing: It won't output audio from HDMI and optical simultaneously!! My receiver does not do HDMI, so I wanted to use the HDMI cable for audio to the television and optical for the sound system. And it's kind of a pain to switch the audio output, you have to go into the PS3's menu and change settings, it's real inconvenient.

I'm racking my brain trying to think of a better way to do this but I'm not sure what would work. There has to be a way to connect the PS3 so that it routes audio to both the TV and the receiver, right?

I was thinking that component cables might allow me to run video and analog audio to the TV, and still transmit through the optical to the stereo, but I'm not sure if it would work or not.....anybody know???