[DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Laptop as Car MP# Player (WAY off topic)

[Mark Howard]

A weekend question.   I have bought a Sony Discman car streo adapter, which is designed to allow you to play a Discman through the cassette slot in the car stereo.   The idea was that I would use it to play MP3's from my laptop (on long trips)   It seems that I have a matching problem, because even with the volume turned right up on the software (MusicMaker Jukebox), the volume through the stereo is very faint.   I don't know anything about the audio side of computers and wonder if there are any settings that I can alter to boost the system volume from the laptop.   The laptop is a Dell Latitude CPi running NT4 SP5.   I have the adaptor plugged into the earphone socket - there is no signal from the line out.   Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.