Buttons don't show up in a DVD player...

I have a strange problem,
I made a menu with 3 buttons and an overlay, everything works well when I simulate the menu, the highlights shows up but then, when i built the disc, the buttons highlights won't appear. I can't even use the remote of a DVD player to navigate because no highlights are here !!!!
on the other menus I have no problems, the problematic menu is the first one and it comes after an intro track. I also add a music track to it.
What's happening with the highlights ???
G5 2x2.7ghz   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   DSP 4

actually i'm working on a ntsc project,
the files are all .m2v
the project start with a simple menu (photoshop file with background image and highlights). I really feel like there is a bug on this one because only the first menu has the problem : the highlight doesn't show up except when I select the button, then I have the selected color which appear for a second.
It could be enough if this dvd had to be read on a computer but it's a real problem when you need to play it on a dvd player.
I used PS CS2 to make the menu
my highlights are 3 crowns draw with red and blue, I used the advanced color mode in DVD SP, the buttons appear in DVD SP as white when selected and yellow when activated...it works fine in the simulation and then no white selected state works on the built DVD...
I thought that i messed up with the loop point so i checked and it should really work.
to answer your question, i can activate the buttons but i don't see which one i activate as the highlights doesn't show up.
I need to deliver asap and i'm in big trouble.
thanx Hal for your help.

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