Thunderbolt target display - mini to MBP

I have a mac mini and want to use the target disply function on my MBP. both devices connect via Thunderbolt, pressing CMD F2 on the MBP unfortunatley doesnt give me a screen. Is there something I am missing?
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-H

thanks captfred - much appreciated - I was trying to use the target display mode as external display while rebuilding the mini (had to setup RAID which required a resinstall). I guess there is no other options but to use the TV or voice overs.
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-H

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