Sound distortion on Satellite L675 laptop

Hi there!
    I have used the Windows 7 Sound Recorder to record and save a track from a CD played on a stereo unit, connected to my laptop by a cable attached to the microphone jack. The file saved is a wav file at 96kbps. When played in Windows Media Player, the sound is distorted and strident, with some kind of background noise at the outset. The file's sound is recognisable but is equally bad when played in Real Player. Is there something inherently wrong in connecting the stereo system to the microphone jack? I have had no problems playing my MP3 files on my hard drive, nor in playing music from a flash drive in a USB port.
Regards and thanks! 

I recommend updating the sound driver.
Ive got a U400 with Win XP OS and I have noticed the same issue.
After update everything was great!
I followed this advice posted by someone here in the forum:
uninstall your current conexant driver using "control panel" -> "add/remove programs"
reboot
download and install the driver from http://webpages.charter.net/mmooglemirror/Compaq%20C751nr%20Audio%20XP32.zip
reboot again
Note; this driver is for Win XP!!!

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