Example sketch IRremote ReceiveDump not working

My code assumes the LED will be lit up when the GPIO pin is high. It's possible you have it the opposite way. You mentioned connecting to the 5V pin through a resistor. That means you turn on the LED by bringing the GPIO low. If that's right, it may not work correctly. Anyway, the code works on my Nano using a transistor, so I don't know what's wrong.

Also, the code runs as soon as the Arduino is powered up. So you might try hitting the reset button.

And you are using D10, right?