How to test harman-kardon 4+1 speakers on Qosmio X305-712?

Hello -- when I open up the Realtek HD Audio Manager, the only option for "Speaker Configuration" is Stereo, but the system has the Harman-Kardon 4 speakers on the top and the subwoofer on the bottom -- that's the physical layout. Things sound good in stereo, but I can't tell whether the 4+1 speaker layout is working properly. Anyone happen to know what I can do to verify / test / find out? Is there a third-party testing program? Some other testing program from Harman-Kardon or from Realtek? Any other ideas? I have the latest sound drivers from the Toshiba web site for Windows 7 64-bit (Dolby, Realtek, and Speech I think are the three drivers in the "sound" category.
System is a brand-new X305-712 Qosmio.
Thanks in advance!

I own an X305-Q706 which also comes with Harman Kardon 4.1 speakers... and just like everybody else I'm very disappointed with this sound issue. A real let down.
Everything worked nicely on Vista. I decided to upgrade to Windows 7 and everything seemed to also work nicely until I tried out the sound. It was horrible. the Dolby Control Center was working but there were only two speakers available. With the sound expander and natural bass it sounded even worse, probably because it wasn't working with all 4 speakers. Not sure tho. I definitely get a great deal of bass from the woofer, probably what's wrong is that the Dolby Control Center doesn't work so well on 7.The sound just sucks when the Dolby features are enabled.
As for the speaker configuration, the only setup I have available is Stereo, no Surround or 4 speaker option. I could have sworn there was a 4 speaker choice on Vista. Also, I remember there was another program that came with Vista that's not included in 7, I think it was Sound Max or soemthing like that. It was a small tool to enhance the bass and treble besides the one from Dolby.

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