Satellite TV hook-up issues: I'm trying to get a new flat-screen television and a new DirecTV box set up in the guest bedroom before house guests (in the form of two grandchildren, so television is a must) arrive later this month. I pulled the cable from the bedroom to the attic, DirecTV came, made their connections, and left us with the new box working. So far, so good ... we have television.
But ... I can't figure out how to connect a DVD player into the mix. I have both a 3-wire "composite" cable (red, white, yellow) and a 5-wire "component" cable (green, blue, white, red, and mystery color of the week). Tried connecting the component cable directly from the DVD to the television and got the DVD video with the television audio, and the DVD player didn't respond to commands. Then tried connecting from the DVD player into the DirecTV box using the component cable (no results) and then the composite cable (also no results).
What am I doing wrong? I can't find anything on-line or in any of the printed documentation for the television or the DirecTV box that tells me how to set this up.