Coby Digital Active Noise-Canceling Stereo Headphones CV195 (Black)

It always amazes me that people who buy a $20 set of headphone expect to get Bose quality, common they were twenty dollars. Cheap non-noise canceling cost more.

ok enough of that, for 20 dollars they are a serviceable set of head phones with decent sound. The noise canceling is minimal but does seem to block out some ambient noise. (IE air conditioning and engine sound on an airplane)not 100% if you want that buy Bose or Senhiesers. For everyone's information noise canceling will often not block out human voices. Not even my $200 Senhiesers do that.

If you are looking to block out even human voices look at sound-isolating headphones.

My only complaint is that I have big ears wich lets out some of the sound from the left ear and causes feedback at high volume levels.

that is not a problem for my kids for whom I bought these, to use for a DVD play on and airplane for which they work great.

For $20 they do what i...Read more

Like other review, i was unable to secure the battery in place. You need to tape battery cover in order to keep the battery in place. Cover can close correctly w/o the battery, but not when the battery is in place. Definitely a design flaw. Also, there is very little difference btw having the noise reduction "on" vs. "off". Overall, not a product i would recommend buying.

There are no instructions for loading the battery, so you're on your own.

My attempt began with pushing-in on the little button on the one muff. It looks like you would push in on the button, and then pull-up on the oval plastic disk just above the button. But nooooo!

Push down on that button, and at the same time SLIDE the plastic shroud below there downward a little. It's on a hinge, so don't make the mistake of yanking it off!

Rotate the shroud up and out of the way to install the battery. The flat side of the battery goes in first, with the positive terminal facing out as you push it in there. With mine, the battery supplied was dead, so I tried another and it works fine. No issues with the battery not fitting. Fits well.

I wonder how many customers will try it with the supplied "dead" battery, assume the headphones are defective, and return the unit immediately? Probably many will. It DID cross my mind. Good thing I had a few AAA...Read more