Input 2 is the virtual audio cable. Is the what I want for tapped audio from a radio? This laptop only has a mic jack.
I will order the sound card.
It seems like the audio from the tapped radio goes into the mic jack and right to the computer speakers bypassing DSD,
DSD says mono decoding initiated but nothing happens. All I hear is unsquelched audio and DMR digital data.
Apologies, wasn't clear enough on my phone screen.
No, you want 'line in'. You may need to enable it from the windows sound settings before it can be accessed . I had to do that on my ancient sony and toshiba laptops.
By default disabled devices weren't shown in the 'recording devices' list.
You can try right clicking in the empty white space below the devices that are listed and you'll get a pop-up where you can select to show disabled devices. Check both boxes and the external mike/line in should show. Use Properties to enable it.
Newer toshibas have a function to allow the laptop to be used as an amp with it's speakers even when the OS isn't running (for use with mp3 players and the like) - mine doesn't have this so I'm not sure if you'd have to use the toshiba utilities to turn that function off.