HP Pavilion dv6 - volume too low

I just received a very nice HP Pavilion dv6-1030us Notebook for Christmas.

I was kind of psyched 'cause it seemed to promise pretty nice sound with it's SRS Premium Sound, Altec Lansing Speakers and IDT High Definition Audio Codec - but I've noticed that the volume is just way too low.

I've tried everything I could think off - the volume mixer is up (even though I can find no "wav" option on Vista),the SRS button is ticked in the IDT control panel, the driver is up to date. No matter how much I try to tweak it, the sound just sounds "meh".

Is there anything I can do or is it just the way this model is?

 

Just want to check, you got a DV6, or a DV5? AFAIK, the DV6 hasn't been released to the public yet (only pre-orders).

 

It says on the sticker below the keyboard that it is a

HP Pavilion dv6-1030us Entertainment Notebook PC.

I'm pretty sure my girlfriend got it at Office Max

 

Wow, interesting. Specs? Pics? Please

 

Really? Is this "a thing"?

I don't have a camera right now to take an external shot - but I can give you a pic from the system folder

 

I think you have the HD16t and sound is a common issue on it per its mega thread..

Someone over there fixed the volume by Uninstalling IDT audio driver and download realtek HD.

Also I hope you didnt uninstall HP Media stuff - someone got treble/bass features back from here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&os=2093&product=3812292

 

Oh man...I hope I didn't uninstall any HP Media stuff - I thought I was being very careful when getting rid of trial like software and don't think I would have deleted anything with "HP" in it.

Thanks, I'll look for this thread.

 

Sure, its the "official HP16t Owners Lounge" = ALOT of pages.. I was following it sometime ago thats why I posted the above 2 recommendations - did you try them? the Realtek HD driver should probably be your best bet

Link to the mega thread

 

I looked at the HP link and am sure I didn't uninstall HP Media Smart - so I didn't try that. I didn't try the Realtek HD solution yet because I'm supposed to be working instead of trying to mess with my laptop - but I will!

Thanks so much for your help, I really appreciate it.

 

Hey zeppo, try this:

Download AC3 Filter:

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/ac3filter/ac3filter_1_51a.exe

then change the settings to look like this:



Reboot your computer and see if it has improved your sound, hope this helps.

 

This should be an actual dv6t, not an HDX16t.

 

illmatic8-

Thanks for the suggestion, but it's still the same.

I'm having second thoughts about messing with the driver as I am not daring. Is it safe to install a Realtek driver when my current driver is IDT? I'm worried about messing things up.

Here's my device settings:

 

It has to be a dv6 http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...2295&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN his specs match

 

Also zeppo1 can you post some pictures as there is no where to find picture of this model on the internet.

 

Right now I can't because my girlfriend has the digital camera, but it looks almost identical to the laptop pic under your user name.

*edit - I found some pics from a ebay auction.

 

All I can say is that you got really lucky zeppo...You can't even pre-order these direct from HP yet! Hope that the fix for the HDX 16t works for you. If not, we may be able to help you better in a month or so.

 

I just bought the dv6 1030us, too, and the volume is terrible. Even when I have headphones plugged in, it's still not loud enough.

Wondering if anyone has come up with a solution yet???

 

Same problem. Went to HP - HP mediasmart - HP mediasmart DVD ND RAN dvd in this program at good volume. DVD-R slipped but downloading upgrades fixed that.

 

I haven't come up with a really satisfying solution - but I got the idea from a previous poster of increasing the gain - he had me download an AC3 filter and try to increase the gain there - but it didn't work

What I did find though is that it does help to increase the gain in your media player if the file you are playing is too low. I use KMPlayer and adjust it under settings.

It's by all means not a spectacular fix, but it does help a bit. I can't help but think there must be a better tweak to increase the volume overall.

 

Well, I haven't seen a DV6 but this worked on the notebook in my sig, you might want to give it a try:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3759584&postcount=2

 

Thanks for the suggestion - but when I tried it it made my sound more "tinny" sounding rather than louder.

Maybe it's because your codec is Realtek, while mine is IDT High Def? (I was going to experiment with changing the codec, but lack both the experience and courage )