I need to hook my MacBook up to my TV.

I have a MacBook 6,1 that I want to hook up to my TV.  I will be running it through the RCA input on the TV.  I don't know what kind of cables I need in order to make this work and I need to have these by Friday night!  Please help!

Your model 6,1 has the Mini DisplayPort. There's no Mini DisplayPort to composite adapter. You can use a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keyw ords=mini+displayport+to+video&x=11&y=12#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_23?url=search-alias%3 Delectronics&field-keywords=mini+displayport+to+vga+female+adapter+for+mac&spref ix=mini+displayport+to+vga&rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3Amini+displayport+to+vga+female+ad apter+for+mac and a VGA to composite adapter http://www.amazon.com/VGA-Adapter-S-Video-Cable-Video/dp/B000Y7T5UU/ref=sr_1_1?s =electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1315452572&sr=1-1 and then a Yellow RCA cord or an S-Video cord to the TV.
You'll also need audio cables to the TV using a 3.5mm stereo headphone jack to RCA sound plugs. You attach it from the headphone jack of your MacBook to the appropriate input plugs on your TV http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=min i-dvi&x=9&y=13#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_19?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=macboo k+audio+cable&sprefix=macbook+audio+cable&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amacbook+audio+cable

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