Just bought the Phillips x 54. It looks great but I am amazed at how quiet the speakers are. Do they need to be configured? If so can someone tell me how? I can't believe that such a great laptop can have such poor sound quality..does anyone else have the same problem?

i recently brought the freevents x54 laptop and i suffer from the same problem, im in the computer trade and to my knowledge theres nothing that can be done about it, hope thats of some help

just buy some speakers and plug them in!
Problem fixed.
Yes, the inbuilt ones are quiet but my connected speakers giver great loud clear sound.

However ive brought two types of speakers andd both distort straight away and you have to have the volume down real low to hear them

Any suggestions on speakers ????

i have had the x54 for few months now, and after checking every other spec on every other machine, its well worth it, i fink the price range for this laptop is way low.. compared to others out there, AND YEPPP the speakers are quite low, but with the hd audio, its always best to attach separate speakers when need them, the sound is excellent.

what im looking for is a support webiste for this laptop, who actually makes it and supports it.. philips website is no go area, lgphilips only make components for laptops... so where is philips freevents support.... apart from the techguys.. they dont have much support in downloads or updates etc.

you may need to turn of digital output, i did and it was much louder and clearer - you know if it is on as the 3.5 jack has a light (glow) behind it

hope it works for you :-)