Adapter problems for late 2009 Macbook - Please help!

I have a late 2009 white Macbook that I want to hook to an older TV. I bought the mini-dvi to s-video adapter on advice on the apple support people. The adapter showed up and the mini-dvi plug is much bigger than the dvi plug on my macbook. I did the live chat (live in North Dakota, not a lot of genius bars around here...) and the guy ran my serial number and insisted this was the correct adapter- several times. I'm not crazy! The thing doesn't fit.
Can someone please help me figure this out?

Check out this list. The 2009 MacBook is not compatible with that adapter if I am reading the table correctly.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3235

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1651
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