AV Cable Connection Troubles

I just received the ibook AV Cable (plugs into headphone port at one end and has red, yellow and white connectors at the other) for Christmas and was very excited to start using it but I am having troubles connecting it. I connected it to my vcr (my tv doesn't have the red, yellow and white ports needed), set the vcr to "line in" and then connected it to my ibooks headphone port... but... all I got was the audio. I feel as though I should be telling my ibook to change displays? but I tried going into the display setting under system preferences and I got nothing. The package of the cable is totally void of any instructions, so if anyone has any suggestions I will be forever greatful!

Good Evening:
After reading your post about your AV worries i thought i would give you a little info on how the Video Out works with your ibook G4. The ibook G4 comes with a built-in Mini-VGA port. The device that is needed to connect to this port is as follows:-
Apple Video Adapter
Use a video adapter cable to connect the mini-VGA video output port on your iBook, eMac, or iMac G5 to any S-video or Composite enabled device.
The Apple Video Adapter was specially designed to allow users to connect to S-video or composite video devices. The video adapter cable plugs into the video output port (mini-VGA) built into the back of the computers listed in the compatibility section below. The video output port supports VGA, S-Video, and Composite video out. Use the Apple Video Adapter for S-Video or Composite video output only (connect to your TV, VCR, or overhead projector's S-Video or RCA (composite) cable). Use a separate Apple VGA Adapter for VGA video out.
Compatible With:
iBook without an external reset button, eMac, iMac G5, or 17-inch iMac (1GHz) with mini-VGA port.
Part Number:- M9109G/A

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