And this is my 3rd post now, and I have guilt.

Not what I meant at all. Think of it this way – don’t you feel all jealous when one friend that you’ve known for a long time suddenly starts hanging out and talking with another friend that you’ve known for a long time without you being there?

I mean, this is Anna “why is noone commenting on my blog” David we’re talking about here. Could you imagine what would happen to both of us if she ever found me here?

Probably nothing. But I’m hyperbolist at heart.

ANWAYS, the dork in me thinks he figured out the problem.

You have the red jack plugged into the dvd player all wrong. Once you fix that you should be ok on the tv side and should just have to switch the input on the TV.

In fact, the uber dork in me made an illustration. The badass in me is ashamed to post this link, but here goes:

http://www.syrupnyc.org/clients/jayson/connection_direction_projection/how_to.jpg

Promised to be work safe and free of wangs.

And also only up for approximately 2 hours, so get it while it’s hot.

JaysonB, you could be right. It is a common mistake to plug the composite into the component jacks. Good call on that.

Its not creepy to offer to come over and fix it. I’m offering right now. All Anna/AliRo have to do is pay for round trip airfare, luxurious hotel accommodations, all taxi fees, and a visit to the Blue Note (McCoy Tyner is going to be there in a week or so…:D).

Noone else has mentioned this yet, but I have a feeling that you’re plugging the rca jacks (red, white, yellow) into the COMPONENT jacks (red, blue, green) on the T.V. S-video shouldn’t be needed but I typically suggest it since it’s easier for non-tech folks to keep their video and audio separated.

And neither of you have friends that can fix this?

I’d half offer to come over to fix this in five seconds if that wouldn’t be approximately the creepiest thing a commenter on a blog can do next to actually coming over.

I think a more detailed video of the back of the TeeVee is in order with better lighting and a camera ready bra. Otherwise there’s not enough to go by.

I responded as well…so I’m not judging!

Ok, down to business, I drew up a rather sophisticated diagram to explain that labels the different kinds of hook ups you can use.

Sophistication

It is very simple, you take the yellow cable and plug it into the yellow connector labeled composite, this is your video signal.

You take the white cable and plug it into the white connector and the red cable and plug it into the red connector, this is your audio signal.

You plug these into the corresponding colors on the back of the tv, read where you connected them to the tv what input it is, look on the tv remote for an input button, select the correct in put, enjoy dvd player.

Toddrod