Hi there - I had a Mr Bean moment when hooking up my DVR and camera during a house renovation project. Basically, I put the cables the wrong way around so that the ends that go in to the DVR are with the camera and the ends that are meant to be connected to the camera are with the DVR.
Yellow is video White is audio You can swap those if you want because they are just wires. The colors are so that we humans can hook them up. I am assuming that the red can't be plugged into the wrong port.