Selecting Line Input in Windows 7 control panel for Timecode Input

[jfk]

Needed to send this to someone, thought I might as well make the effort public

 

In Windows 7, click the Start button and select Control Panels, resulting in ...

 

Select and open Sound,

it will usually default to its first tab - Playback

 

 

Select the Recording Tab, leads to ...

 

 

Select Line-In and you should be set.

 

Additional info

 

After selecting Line-In, the Properties button will take you to:

 

 

From their, the Controller Properties

will allow you to confirm the driver is NOT FROM MICROSOFT

(in this example, it is from Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)

 

 

BTW To confirm the input hardware was functioning,

I plugged my phone to the line-in jack,

(TRS male mini - TRS male mini, same one I use in my car to connect to an aux jack)

and then used Line-In Properties to listen to its output,

confirming the hardware was not damaged.