getting sound to come out my line in jack of my sound card?

[hank smith]

hello how do I get line input to come out my mac sound card?
I have something plugged in to the line in jack on the back of my intel imac 
but no sound comes out.
volume is turned up. anything special I need to do?
thanks
73
hank smith
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