Mac won't access TV speakers

I'm trying to play through a Sony Bravia KDL46W3000, and while picture is fine, my MacBook cannot access the TV's speakers. Audio MIDI setup doesn't "see" them and there is no mod I can find to help.
Is this possible?
Thanks in advance for any help.

An adapter like this...
http://www.cablematters.com/pc-56-26-mini-displayport-male-and-toslink-audiousb- male-to-hdmi-female-adapter.aspx
...would combine a 2-channel stereo or 5.1-channel surround audio signal from your headphone port with the video signal from your mini-Displayport and send the combined signal to the TV through your HDMI cable.

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Karl-Texlers-Computer:~ root# cd /automount
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Servers
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