How to connect my macbook on tv (can't make it work)?

Hi,
I know this topic is not something new but I really could't find an effective answer. If it's been discussed already, please help me finding it.
I have a macbook white bough in Oct, '09. Everything worked real fine until I had the idea of watching my digital movies on TV instead of 13" display. First I searched for cable compatibility in the manual, then I went to an authorized mac revendor and bought a cable.
It is a mini display port to RCA or S-Video.
The point is that it doens't work because when I connect the cable, the TV's screen stays blank. I tried on sony, samsung and panasonic TVs. Also, tried the RCA RCA cable, S-Video RCA and S-Video S-Video.
And I tried "detect monitor" function and rebooting.
I haven't used my laptop connected on any external display, so I can't tell if it is a problem in the macbook or the video out cable (adapter). I can't tell either if it happened before or after any OS update.
Ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Pedro.

Unfortunately, I have no idea why that cable won't work . One of the reviews I read suggests that the newer Macs do not have support for analog signals, which includes VGA, S-video & composite.
What you can do is this.
Purchase the mini-DVI to VGA cable:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9320G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY#overview
and a box like this:
Lake PC to TV Converter box
Not the most elegant solution, but it would work if your only inputs are RCA. If the TV has other inputs, such as HDMI, you can get the mini-DVI to DVI adapter and then purchase cables to connect to the TV, which would be more cost efficient. Let me know if that's the route you want to take!
Good luck.
~Lyssa

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