Hp Mininote And Audio

[chiefyb]

Have tried the following on HP and Audacity forums, but this site has been good to me in the past, so trying it here too, in hope ....

I've got an HP 2133 Mininote with Vista Home Basic, which is rather pretty but sadly underused over the years because of being, whisper it, a bit slow. I want to use it with my hi-fi system to make MP3 files. Got Audacity and connected the headphone socket of a portable minidisk player into the microphone socket of the Mininote, which seems to be the only audio-in option?

Well, I've tried all day and I've troubleshooted all night and I can't get the chosen minidisk to play either through the machine speakers or in Audacity. The cable and plugs work okay plugged into my Brennan MP3 deck. I guess it's something to do with selecting for line input rather than mike input but I've tried everything I can think of without success. I can find references to people using Mininotes for audio recording so there must be a simple solution. Tried downloading a new audio driver. Tried a dozen FAQ lists. Anybody been here and knows the way out?
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