Hooking up TV to IMac

I have the  Belkin  Mini Display port to HDMI
and have it attached to HDMI cable into NEW TV.
How do I proceed in order to use the TV as a computer monitor.   Does the TV need to be set to a specific channel?

You may also need to adjust the overscan/underscan settings in the displays preferences and also your TV may have a menu addressing this feature (where the picture is too large and gets truncated around the edges or too small and you have black bars around the picture).
If you don't want to permanently use your TV as a second monitor you might want to be able to detach it from your computer.  In that case you should consider using SwitchResX.

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