Question Pioneer Elite SC-07 Basic configuration..am I just dumb?!

[KSUWildcatFan]

I'm not sure if I'm just...dumb...or what, but I'm having absolutely zero luck getting this Pioneer Elite SC-07 receiver properly configured to handle audio from my TV (Hisense U6G). I can get audio through Toslink but HDMI... no such luck. Is there any definitive test so I can know if the receiver is just defective? Admittedly this thing is a bit cumbersome to me but it shouldn't be this difficult..I don't think?

 

[hang-the-9]

How are things connected to it? The sources would go to the receiver to play the audio, then HDMI out would go to the TV for the image.