Wanting to Use My MBP and HD Plasma TV to Show some Slide Shows With Audio

Hello-
I am tired from going around to Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc. and explaining what I want to help a friend do and coming home but not having what I was sold work.
What I am trying to do is connect my MBP to the HD TV and not only have the visuals of a photo presentation or a music "slide show" and other projects come through the TV ut also have the audio come through the TV. The cables that I purchased have worked in seeing what is on my MBP on the TV but I can't get what I need to also have the audio come through the TV.
If anybody has any idea what I need to do this, I would appreciate any help. I put together, for my friend to use at his mother's funeral, using Keynote a picture slide show with music of her life. I want to bring the HD plasma TV to the mortuary and use my remote with my MBP to help my friend give a talk while the music is playing on the TV and he can use the remote to advance the pictures forward (and have the sound come through the TV). it seems the problem has been getting the sound from the MBP to come through and out the TV.

I don't know what MB Pro you have... 2008 early/late, 2009, mid 2010, etc. ???
Also, what Audio inputs are available for your HDTV?
Not knowing these things for sure, here are your options:
1. If the HDTV has "Optical Audio" input then you can use this cable to get audio (regardless of what model MBP you have) This kind of audio input is often referred to as Toslink.
I resolved the problem on my machine unexpectedly
2. If the HDTV only has RCA stereo inputs then you need this cable (again regardless of MBP model)
http://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-3-5mm-Stereo-Male-Cable/dp/B000V0G2C4/ref=sr12?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1292163583&sr=1-2
If you do have Toslink available on the TV, that is the better choice. Also a perk with Toslink is it even provides 5.1 surround sound capability which is available from your MBP.
As for your Macbook Pro, only the current 2010 models provide audio and video via the mini display port. So, if you your MBP is new, you could use this adapter, mini display to HDMI, then run a standard HDMI cable to your TV.
http://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Female-Adapter-Macbook-Laptop/dp/B002HU629E/re f=sr11?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1292163818&sr=1-1
Earlier MBP that have Minidisplay port only provide video out so you'd still need #1 or #2 above to deliver audio.
If your MBP has DVI port for video, that as well only provides a video signal so #1 or #2 above would apply.
This should cover all of the possibilities.

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