Adding second display via mini display port

How do I add audio and video using mini display port and USB audio with HDMI connection at Home Theater Receiver from 2009 Mac-mini? DVI and optical audio outputs on Mac-mini used for primary display.

Assuming your receiver has a USB audio input, you would use an Apple Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter and then a DVI to HDMI cable for the video and a USB cable for the audio. You would have to go into System Preferences/Sound and under the Output tab you would have to make a selection to direct which port to send audio out of.
As an alternative to the Apple adapter, there are also third-party Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables that avoid any need for an adapter at all.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=102&cp_id=10246&cs_id=1024603&pid=5995&seq=1&format=2

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