Sony Tape Deck-Behringer Mixer UB 802 interface

I'm having a problem obtaining the audio in Garage Band from the Sony Tape deck I have connected to the Behringer UB 802 mixer connected to my Mac.
On the mixer I have a jack output from the main output to the Audio line-in of the Mac.
Whats odd is that with my microphone connected to the mixer, I have no problem obtaining audio in Garage Band . The only problem I have is with the Sony Tape deck (TC-D5) trying to obtain audio. I'm using an analogue tape deck.
Thanks in advance to anyone who has any helpful insight in obtaining an audio feed in Garage Band from a tape deck via
The Behringer UB802 mixer.
John
Mac Pro 2.66 GHZ, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HD Mac OS X (10.4.9) Garage Band 3, Behringer UB802 Mixer, Sony TC-D5 tape deck
Mac Pro 2.66 GHZ, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB HD Mac OS X (10.4.7) Garafge Band 3, Behringer mixer UB 802, Sony Tape Deck TC-D5

I have my mic/headphone combo plugged into the mic XLR connection of the Behringer mixer. I don't believe the Mac Pro has an internal microphone.
Thanks for any help on getting this going. When connected to the line input of my Sony PC I have no problem obtaining the audio feed from the tape deck that is connected to the mixer via the two RCA tape-in plugs.

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