Friggin' fraggin' fruckin' cheap DVD player/recorder...just bought a Cyberhome DVD Recorder and trying to hook it up with my GE VCR and cheap Walmart Durabrand 13inch T.V.

trying to transfer all my videos to DVD's..says right on the box it can be hooked up to do that...quote " transfer home movies from VCR to DVD "

but I must be doing something wrong...because the menu is suppose to come up and it doesn't...it's ON and the VCR works and the T.V. works...but no on screen menu for the DVD...

they neglected to provide instructions for a DVD VCR T.V. set-up in the manual itself...

the way I have it set-up now is:

I have the cable-line going into the DVD...the DVD to the VCR...and the VCR to the T.V....then I have the audio/video cables going from DVD to the T.V....

Like I said...T.V.'s works fine...VCR plays and records as usual...DVD turns on but I can't access anything as the on-screen menu doesn't come up...the time is on the DVD...I'm assuming it's on standby...as the manual says under Recording from devices " ensure the VCR and the DVD recorder is powered ON and NOT in Standby mode"...
but it doesn't tell you the difference or how to ensure they are not in standby...

or do I have them hooked up wrong???

thanks,

Eg