My son gifted me a sony dvd blue ray player and it says wireless but it isn't?

Mam you need a cable to run your bluray. Maybe the "wireless" feature is about changing your "firmware" wirelessly if you have wi-fi inside your house. The purpose of this is to be updated so owners could possible fix any problems in the futur. When you say your TV is not "smart" you needs to be specif. Cable of the bd should fit the TV (hdmi, component, composite....)I believe your son won't give you a bluray player if it's not compatible with your TV.

You will need an HDMI cable to connect your Sony Blu Ray disc player to the tv. You also need to plug the blu ray disc player to the wall socket to have power. Your player is wireless capable to connect it to the internet for receiving signal, but also need adapters. Those adapters can get expensive depending on your internet. Hope this will help you out.