MacBookPro 13' connected to TV using VGA

Hey.
I have a MacBookPro 13 and a "old" Finlux 28' screen and I want to connect them together so that I can watch movies on the tv instead of the small 13'.
From before I had a VGA to mini-displayport witch I never use. Now I tought that I should use it so I bought a Scart-VGA cable and tried to connect them.
Well, I connected them and changed the channel on the TV to "AV" but it just was a black screen.
I'm a really huge Newbie on mac and mac related problems so I hope that any one of you out there can help me.
Is there someone out there with suggestions on what to do or a solution? Please Help me.
Tore

This definitely works (Audio over HDMI) as I had the opposite issue - I wanted video over HDMI, but my sounds out of the headphone jack so I could plug into my amp.
When you are connected over HDMI, click the speaker icon in the tray and you will be able to choose where the audio goes over

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