I tried it with the A/V then discarded them for the HDMI. So its HDMI From set-top to back of TV, then HDMI from TV to DVD player. Nothing. There are four HDMI ports, one of which says “service only.” Whatever that means. I tried them all except for the “Service only” port, so I’m totally swamped as to what to do.
Until I can get TDS out here to set up the TV in the bedroom and also to fix the set-up here, I’ll be using the one on the laptop. I think I owe the developer for that a gazillion dollars in gratitude.
And you that much for telling me about it! <3
I would do it this way:
Set-top -> TV (coax)
DVD -> TV (HDMI 1)
If the TV doesn’t show anything I would try HDMI 2 and 3 (ignore the service port) and then a different HDMI cable.
It is entirely possible you got a bad DVD player, but that’s not an early bet.
Just out of curiosity, does your laptop have an HDMI port? If it does, you could try hooking that to the TV and seeing if you get a Windoze display on the TV. If you do then you are hooking things up rightly and have a bad DVD player.