HELP! Problem hooking up my tv! [View All]

[TorchTheWitch]

This has been making me nuts for weeks and I still can't figure out what the hell the problem is. I got a flatscreen tv to replace my old big heavy square boxy tubey tv that finally died on me after nearly two decades of faithful service. The problem is that the new tv is for some reason not recognizing the dvd/vcr player (two players in one, not two different machines).

I hooked it up with the cable that has the three red/yellow/white thingies on each end just like it was with the old tv with one end in the dvd/vcr player for dvd/vcr "output" and the other end plugged into the "video 1" holes on the new tv (just like the manual said). Then I went through the set up menu and chose the "input" for "video 1" connection had the player hooked up... just like the manual said.

However, the tv is not recognizing that the player is hooked up at all. A dvd or vcr tape does play in the player, it just isn't showing on the tv and the tv isn't even recognizing that the player is hooked up since I'm not even getting attachedI'm not even getting the little box in the corner of the screen telling me anything like I'm rewinding or there's no disc or whatever... the tv just doesn't seem to know that there's a player hooked up at all.

I even tried a different dvd player in case there was some kind of problem with my dvd/vcr player and get the same result though that player worked just fine on my friend's tv who I borrowed it from.

I also tried three different cables all of which I know work and one of them right out of the package brand new, so it's not a problem with a defective cable.

Anybody that knows anything about this kind of stuff know what the hell is the problem here? The manual is no help, the the manual for the dvd/vcr player is no help, the website for the new tv is no help, and googling for a solution to the problem hasn't helped.

Incidently, I don't have cable tv and just use the antenna and watching regular tv channels works just fine... the problem is only with the dvd/vcr player not being recognized for some reason.