OK I'M STUPID STUPID

Now I am not the most intelligent person in the world nor the dumbest in the world, but do you think that for the life of me I can figure out how to get my surround sound system to work, I know part of the problem is that I have an ancient TV with none of those fancy colored RCA inputs, All I have is the attenna hookup to the TV, and somewhere between the box to the receiver to the TV I lose it. Well in fact I never had it and I figure it's that the new digital world won't mix with the old analog world.
Now perhaps I would have done better if I wouldn't have pieced this thing together, but in interest of trying to save a buck I went this route. Never again. I need to learn to buy the whole package and not piece by piece. Don't fear I will get it to work before I turn 90 or else...........the whole she bang goes on ebay!