Can you switch on noise canceling even without listening to music?
1140318
Yes, you can. I have used that feature on airplanes when I did not want to listen to music but wanted to drown out the airplane noise.
1140319
Yes, and it's very useful to do so. Conversely, you can listen to music without a battery in the headphones (but you'll need to switch the device to "off").
1140320
Yes you can,and the results are impressive. If you are in an airplane and that drone is getting on your nerves, you can slip these on and get relief by just switching them on.
1199156
No. At least for me, it was not cancelling noise that well. I could still hear external sounds.
264697
You can listen to music without using noise cancellation but the sound quality will drastically be reduced. Also the noise cancellation does stop one the batteries die.
2002642
No. It isn't specifically designed for noise canceling, but it physically blocks some noise.
1246813
Yes, but must be powered on for them to work. There is no "pass -thru" use without noise cancelling. They work fairly well.
1742024
No, according to everything I've read, you can select either noise cancellation OR amplification; not both at the same time. BTW, you can prove this by switching between NC and AMP with no input. When you select NC from "off," you can hear the noise being reduced. When you switch to AMP from NC, the background noise increases.
1695184
Yes, when a song is playing press the menu button go to sound settings and select fullsound and then select off.
1118270
You don't need to use the sound card. You can use the mute-mic switch on the cord of the headphones as well as turn it down with a roller on the same piece.
1997074
Not really. The frequency of the human voice does not get affected by the noise canceling.
1720741
Yes, you can listen to music, but in my Review I was referring Price vs. Sound Quality, also lets say your on a plane & you turn on your music, the headphones produce a noise so you'll only hear your music & not the plane's engine or a reduced level, to make your music the primary sound heard. if you don't want the noise cancelling feature off, click the button & you can listen in regular mode...
900913
noise cancelling is not = to mute. You still hear but the external sound is greatly reduced & is MUCH lower.
1301101
You don't, it is device dependent pause or stop the source I.E. I phone etc... It only has sound up or down and on/ off.
2223491
Absolutely. Just Ensure you have Batteries Installed (and Fully Charged) as well as having the Noise Cancelling Button On. Unfortunately, the Button is Poorly Located on the Headset, and I inadvertantly turn it off while adjusting the Headset.
635127
Yes the noise cancellation does work even if you are not listening to anything. You do need to wear the heradphones and have the Bose device switched on.
1362899
The simple answer is: no. Noise cancelling headphones contain special circuitry, which is not present here.
1342644
Definitely. Playing something is not necessary to make the electronic noise cancelling work. However, as I said in my review, the electronic noise cancelling on these headphones is minimal anyway - barely noticeable. But the padding/baffling on these over-the-ear phones is so effective that even without the electronic noise cancelling turned off, these phones are quieter than my on-the-ear Maxell NC III phones , which have pretty effective electronic noise cancelling.
1538514
I would say about 90 percent of the outside noise is cancelled by the headphones but there is no difference when you turn on the noise canceling feature.