ffmada and DaveO -
Thanks for the insights. Personally, I would skip the coffee and go right to the beer...
I expect this is like one of the simple things I've missed in the past, say, like being irritated at the poor cable signal but forgetting about that little "TV/VCR" switch. I have a talent for that kind of stuff. I back into things with my truck, too.
At any rate, I get a signal into the box, because I can pick it up on the Creative Recorder. Records, plays back, simple, no problem. When I run n-Track, I can wake the monitors up, do the time chart thing, all these doodads. The only thing missing is the signal. I fooled with the Windows volume settings and they're fine. DVDs and CDs play fine. I can run my Creative ditties all day in the background if I want. Just not picking up anything with n-Track.
I'm at work tonight until late, and it may be a couple of days before I can fool around with it, but I will check out the 44.1K / 48 K sample rate thing. I thought it was set for 48K. Thanks again, and I'll let you know what happens.
Maybe an analog coffeemaker is a better idea, after all.