Audacity Forum

The fifteen gold pins is probably the Compact DB-15 connector and that's how you connect your computer to a much larger monitor or display panel should you decide to do that.

http://www.sourcingmap.com/vga-db15-pin ... =usfroogle

The one that looks like a telephone connector but larger is the connection to your computer network. It's the hardware version of WiFi wireless if you have that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RJ45

Neither carries sound.

We usually recommend a UCA202 as a cheap reasonable way to get stereo sound into a computer.

http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA202.aspx

Koz

Whomper- this device you speak of the audio interface uca 202. Is it available at Frys or is it a spedialty item? Any idea of the $$$. Again thanks for he info.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss? ... 02&x=0&y=0
You would need to call Frys. I don't know.
Koz