Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble settings

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Can someone please help? Even Google can't help. The one thread I found mentioned an "enhancements" tab, but it doesn't exist.

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

Can someone please help? Even Google can't help. The one thread I found mentioned an "enhancements" tab, but it doesn't exist.

What brand and model is your computer?

 

[Saito S]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

Uh... I'm certainly no expert on sound settings, nor on Windows 8 (I've only been using it for about a week), but it seems to me that this would be more dependent on the software that is provided by whomever made the audio hardware providing the audio, and not Windows. And considering how similar Win8 is to 7 when it comes to things such as what you can do from the Control Panel and whatnot, I don't see why this would be different - I'm not aware of a way to directly adjust bass and treble via any Windows dialog in either Win8 or Win7. My Win7 desktop has a "bass enhancement" feature (among other enhancements), but this is part of the RealTek audio manager provided by Asus, not part of Windows per se. So you're better off looking for information that pertains to your specific computer by brand/hardware manufacturer/etc.

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

Uh... I'm certainly no expert on sound settings, nor on Windows 8 (I've only been using it for about a week), but it seems to me that this would be more dependent on the software that is provided by whomever made the audio hardware providing the audio, and not Windows. And considering how similar Win8 is to 7 when it comes to things such as what you can do from the Control Panel and whatnot, I don't see why this would be different - I'm not aware of a way to directly adjust bass and treble via any Windows dialog in either Win8 or Win7. My Win7 desktop has a "bass enhancement" feature (among other enhancements), but this is part of the RealTek audio manager provided by Asus, not part of Windows per se. So you're better off looking for information that pertains to your specific computer by brand/hardware manufacturer/etc.

Exactly. I figured if he knew the make and model of his PC, I could help find the right sound driver software that was missing, so he could reinstall it and regain his missing "Enhancements" tab.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

thanks for all your help. It's a HP Pavillion 500qe

It says it has Integrated Sound DTS audio whatever that means.

But all the tutorials say i can reduce bass by using the enhancements tab, and I don't have one. http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/-/-/902145_1_E6S59AV#ABA

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

thanks for all your help. It's a HP Pavillion 500qe

It says it has Integrated Sound DTS audio whatever that means.

But all the tutorials say i can reduce bass by using the enhancements tab, and I don't have one.

The only model I found for that particular one is the HP Pavilion 500-210QE. There are no others listed with HP's support site, so we'll be going off of that information. There are only two OS options, which are Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. Again, we'll be going off of these options below.

Assuming you have Windows 8, and not 8.1, (If you have 8.1, go to Step 1B and continue), do the following:

1) Download your audio driver:

A) ITD HD Audio W8: Click Here
B) ITD HD Audio W8.1: Click Here

Once you have downloaded it, do not try to install it yet.

2) To install it, go to your control panel.

3) Open your device manager.

4) Go to the sound option (usually 3/4 way down the list).

5) Click on your audio driver.

6) Right click and choose "Uninstall."

7) Once the driver is uninstalled, go to your downloads folder and double click the driver file you downloaded.

8) Follow the instructions and install the device driver.

9) Restart Windows. When you log back in, your enhancements tab should be available.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

thanks for all your help. It's a HP Pavillion 500qe

It says it has Integrated Sound DTS audio whatever that means.

But all the tutorials say i can reduce bass by using the enhancements tab, and I don't have one.

The only model I found for that particular one is the HP Pavilion 500-210QE. There are no others listed with HP's support site, so we'll be going off of that information. There are only two OS options, which are Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. Again, we'll be going off of these options below.

Assuming you have Windows 8, and not 8.1, (If you have 8.1, go to Step 1B and continue), do the following:

1) Download your audio driver:

A) ITD HD Audio W8: Click Here
B) ITD HD Audio W8.1: Click Here

Once you have downloaded it, do not try to install it yet.

2) To install it, go to your control panel.

3) Open your device manager.

4) Go to the sound option (usually 3/4 way down the list).

5) Click on your audio driver.

6) Right click and choose "Uninstall."

7) Once the driver is uninstalled, go to your downloads folder and double click the driver file you downloaded.

8) Follow the instructions and install the device driver.

9) Restart Windows. When you log back in, your enhancements tab should be available.

Thanks I
ll try that. Sorry if the information I gave was not quite complete.

I appreciate the help!

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

You're welcome. Let us know how it goes.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

(I'm having problems. When I click the link for Windows 8 driver above, it gives me a list of countries. When I clock my country (USA) I get to a drivers and downloads screen, wherein, it wants me to enter my computer model. When I do, it finds a match and I clock on that model. Then I select my operating system and click on audio driver below that. Then it just leads me back to the list of countries again. It's like a loop

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

Try these links:

Windows 8 Driver

Windows 8.1 Driver

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

when i click on the drivers, there i am still getting to the list of countries which leads me back into the same loop

 

[Saito S]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

When I clicked on J's second link from here (option "B"):

Assuming you have Windows 8, and not 8.1, (If you have 8.1, go to Step 1B and continue), do the following:

1) Download your audio driver:

A) ITD HD Audio W8: Click Here
B) ITD HD Audio W8.1: Click Here

it didn't open up a web page, but went straight to downloading an .exe file. Are you not getting the same thing? Or are you using Win8, and not 8.1?

Regardless, if you can't get em to download, you might need to contact HP directly via phone.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

Yes, I'm using Windows 8, and I get a list of countries.

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

One more shot: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...ct=5399832&softwareitem=cp-125991-1&sw_lang=&

That should take you to the drivers page for the Pavilion 500-210QE. Select your version of Windows, and then click the "audio drivers" tab.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

I guess something is wrong. I appreciate your attempts, but I've been to that page, and I do see the drivers for download. But every time I clock the "download" button I get back to the list of countries. I don't see an exe file waiting to be downloaded. When I click a country it starts me through the process again.

 

[Amaris]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

I guess something is wrong. I appreciate your attempts, but I've been to that page, and I do see the drivers for download. But every time I clock the "download" button I get back to the list of countries. I don't see an exe file waiting to be downloaded. When I click a country it starts me through the process again.

I'll send you a link to my host where you can download them.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

Re: Doesn anyone have Windows 8? I want to change bass/ treble setting

Thanks! I just checked my PM's and I got it. I downloaded the file and will probably run it after I get some rest. Thanks again! I really appreciate it!