Insignia tv and sony dvd/vcr

I purchashed an Insignia tv and I have a sony dvd/vcr, the tv came with a cable with 5 connectors. I got the dvd to work but the vcr will not, do you think that it is not hooked up right or that maybe I need the cable with the red, yellow and white connectors only? Any suggestions?

My dvd/vcr combo even though its one unit it still requires 2 separate connections. One for the dvd player and one for the VCR. The dvd player is hooked up through component outputs and inputs (blue,red and green plus red and white audio or a digital optical or coaxial connection. The vcr is hooked up through composite or the yellow connection and audio through red and white.

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******BUG******
Export from Premiere 2014.1 directly or via Media Encoder of MPEG 2 1080 50i Blu-ray files causes error in preparation of Blu-ray disc in Sony DVD Architect 5.2.
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1. Export Sequence from Premiere
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Preset Name: HD 1080i 25
Format: MPEG2 Blu-ray
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Resolution: 1920*1080
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3 Prepare Disc
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Result
Around 50% - 60% through the process the following error is displayed:
An error occurred while preparing compilation
Details:
File name: STREAM/00000.m2ts
Status: TSWrapper.dll::CTSWrapper::ProcThreadMain::Failed to read ES file. - The ES file may be shorter than the size described in the MUI file.
Expected results:
A shiny ISO ready to be burnt to disc and sent sent to eager customers.
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Cheers
Iain
Other details:
Windows 7 pro 64 SP1
Intel Core i7 950 @ 3.07GHz
RAM 24.0GB
ASUSTeK P6T DELUXE V2
1279MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470

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https://forums.adobe.com/message/6848505#6848505
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