Replying to A/V Question

im preparing to hook up a fatty system to a potential television...but im running into some promlemos...

the back of the stereo/receiver has a video/phono/aux input...but it only has a red (r) and white (l)...which are both audio...the tv has white (audio) and yellow (video) outputs...none of the combinations work at all...no scratches in the speakers, nothing...and i know everything works...is there anything i should do/try? the tv im using now isnt the final one...hopefully not..but a tv is a tv and that shouldnt make a difference...but this would be nice to figure out...so ya...i dont want any speculation bull shit...just facts and experience

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