Where to go with Direct TV satellite feed?

I am new to home theater. I'm having difficulty with all the options in hooking up. Would someone please give me some advice. It would be greatly appreciated. I have a ws-55809 55" Mitsubishi tv, Yamaha RXV-3000 av receiver, hughes direct tv satellite receiver, RCA VCR, and a Toshiba 1600 DVD. Do I go from the sat receiver to the vcr or from the sat receiver to the tv with the cable feed? Or to the Yamaha? I want to be able to record the sat signal on my vcr. The Mitsubishi tv has a loop out for the antenna feed.
I'm not sure what to do. All the different manuals have me confused. Thank you for your help!