Connect MBP to TV using RCA Cables

Hi. Is there a way I can connect my MacBook Pro to my older TV just using RCA?
Basically I have Red, Yellow and White open ports on my TV and wondered if there was a cable or a converter of some kind that I could connect my computer to and then connect that to the RCA cables.
Thanks!
Message was edited by: crystalfromshawnee

Those are actually composite inputs (the yellow is video, the red and white are stereo audio), not RGB. Depending on what model of MacBook Pro you have, this adapter might work:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9267G/A
If your MacBook Pro has a mini DisplayPort connector rather than DVI, then it's been reported that a mini DisplayPort adapter (available from Apple) and this converter:
http://www.grandtec.com/products/video/untimateEZ.html
works, but I have no personal experience with it.
Either solution would require that you run the audio separately, from the headphone/speaker output of your MBP to the red and white inputs on your TV.
Regards/

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