Connecting Apple TV 2 to iMac

Is there any way that i would be able to use my imac an external display for my apple tv 2?? i belive i have the right wires to do it but am unable to navigate settings on the imac to get it to work.
Hope someone can help
George

Thanks for the reply and I appologise for not getting back sooner, been away.
It seems that the iMac requires a reboot for any network changes to take effect, at least that is the experience here.
I have a My Book attached to the iMac via usb which is accessable by apple tv and the imac, it is formated in NTFS.  It will not show up on the Macbook air, no matter what username and PW is sign on with.
Thanks.

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