Casio keyboard connection through 3.5mm jack

Just got new imac 27 inch, trying to connect a casio ctk 1100 musical keyboard through the 3.5mm input jack on the back, it seems to register in the sound preference screen but no sound is heard through the imac speakers, i want to use it with garageband but this doesent see the keyboard, am i missing something here or do i need some sort of input device, the keyboard only has a 3.5mm output jack. thanks

When the keyboard is connected and you go to System Preferences->Sound; Input you have Line IN selected as your input correct?
Now when you hit a key on the keyboard does the input level display light up? Do you have input volume turned up? Is there a volume control on the keyboard?
How are the inputs in Garage Band (Garage Band->Preferences->Audio/MIDI) set?
Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano - BTW the keyboard output does work ok if plugged into another device, say headphones?

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