IPhone 4+Remote+Component Cable+TV=Not Working

Hello all, I am writing to get some help getting my accessories to work together for my iPhone 4. I use an Apple Component AV Cable to hook my iPhone4 up to the front of my older TV (red/yellow/white) to view my videos on my TV. This works but I wanted to get the apple remote so I could control the volume and play from the couch. When I bought it, the page was different, but it said it was compatible with the iPhone 4, so I got it.
Well, it didn't work. Not with just my previous set up and with nothing I have tried since. When I plugged the cables in and tried to use the remote, it didn't operate the iphone, though the video was playing on the tv as usual. I assume the iPhone doesn't have an infrared receiver? So then, I got my hub's Dock, which has an infrared on the front, and on the back, an s-video female connection, the flat narrow port for the usual apple cables (which my Apple Compnent set plugs into as well), and a Line Out. I tried inserting the Apple Component AV Cable, which has the usual apple connector and the red/yellow/white cables. The remote works with the iphone now, but the video won't play on the TV, even though it says it is. It's like the signal isn't going through the dock to the connector. Do I need a different dock, a different cable? Something else?
All I have open to connect to the TV is the Component red/yellow/white.
Any ideas? Thank you so much!
Gina

Whoops, I always get the type of connection messed up. Sorry. I still have the right connections in any case. I have red/yellow/white on the tv and red/yellow/white apple cable. The set up works just fine. I get color video and audio and it looks great. My problems started when I tried getting the remote to work with it.
Like I said, if I use the dock in the setup, the remote works on the iphone but the tv does not play the video. If I take out the dock, the tv plays the video, but the remote does not work the iphone.
Does anyone have any ideas, please?
Thanks,
Gina

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