dv9000 no line-in jack

The front of my dv9000 (and I suppose all of them) has a mic, headphone, and spdif jack. What if I want to copy something from my tape recorder or minidisc (analog output)? These all have line output.
Is there some converter, adapter, or will the mic input magically transform to be a line input...without frying the sound card?
-gh7

 

You could just get a male to male headphone cord and plug one end from your tape recorder/ minidisc, and the other end into your mic slot

 

But line level output is hotter (much, I think) than mic level.
Same may be true for headphone out.
I want to know, so I don't smoke the sound card...
Thanks!
gh7

 

I have a different notebook but same set up. That is your line in, as long as your other device output is in miliwatts not watts you will be fine, in windows go to your mic input and set balance between windows and device output to get it only occasionally peaking in the red. A mic without amplification records very poorly (lots of noise bad quality). I use the headphone jack from other devices never had a problem. If your line out goes to speaker no good if it goes into amplifier good.

 

Hmm...sounds like everyone is saying to use the volume control but the original question is there a line in and line out of this laptop? I too would be curious as I'd like to hook up the output to a stereo on occasion and I dont want to modify the sound or volume and cause it to distort on my stereo.

 

We have answered the question! You now want input and output jacks "line in" mic "line out" headphones. Change the names fine, but they are what they are. you are worried about distortion called "clipping" by the audiophiles and becuase we are talking about a powered input and want to avoid like yourself why we talk about volume control. To plug his/your system to run the stereo go to Radio Shack buy a cord $5 one end .8mm stereo headphone type jack other end RCA plugs, left and right. Plug RCA plugs in the AUX inputs on back of stereo your in bussiness. Do not have the computer volume maxed to avoid clipping, let the AMP/stereo boost the signal. Good Luck.

 

i have latency problems when i plug my electric guitar into the mic slot. I have realtek hd audio on my hp pavillion dv9000 and i am not sure if the sound card/driver is working properly. I have downloaded ASIO4all and the only device that is listed under the WDM device list is Bluetooth hands-free audio. Is this normal?

 

the mic port is basically a line in and the headphone ports are basically line outs