Oh, the woes of returning to real life after the fun of a con, made all the worse because some folks in the real life department SO do not have their act together. But hang in there. You are resourceful and made of awesome - as proved by your getting all your home tech hooked up together - so I'm sure you will find a way to get things worked out. Goodness knows, the cables behind my TV are a vast mystery to me. It's all I can do to recall which buttons on which remote are required to make all the cool stuff function properly. ;)