The Sony INZONE H9 Wireless Gaming Headset offers noise cancellation. If you can’t get this feature to work correctly, then you can take a look at this troubleshooting article from Seeking Tech to see how you can potentially get a better performance.
1. To start off, make sure you aren’t covering the left and right earcups of the INZONE H9 with stickers, clothing and other materials.
For the uninformed, the noise canceling microphones are located on these ear cups. If your end up blocking them, then the headset won’t be as effective at blocking out the unwanted external noises.
2. You should also make sure that you properly turn on the noise cancellation functionality on your Sony INZONE H9 Wireless Gaming Headset.
In order to do so, you need to take the following steps:
- Turn on your INZONE H9 if you haven’t done so already. If you have a hard time powering it on, then you check out this tutorial.
- Make sure that your headset is connected wirelessly to the other device.
- Next, you need to press the NC/AMB button.
- You should hear a notification sound coming from the headset when the noise cancellation function.
- You may have to press the NC/AMB button a few times to cycle to the noise cancellation mode.
3. If you don’t wear your INZONE H9 properly, then the headset may be less effective at blocking out the external sound. In this case, try to reposition the headset to fit securely on your head and make sure that the ear cups are completely covering your ears.
4. You can also try using the INZONE Hub. This app can be downloaded and installed on your computer. Afterwards, connect the headset to the same computer and then try changing the noise canceling settings.
5. Moreover, you can use the aforementioned INZONE Hub in order to update the firmware of your wireless gaming headset.
6. Mobile phones could also interfere with the noise cancellation feature of the INZONE H9. Therefore, you can try moving your phone further away.
If you are in an area with a lot of smartphones being used, then you can try moving to a less busy space to prevent any potential interference.
7. If you decide to use the INZONE H9 when riding in a bus, car or another vehicle, then you may still hear noise depending on the surrounding environment.
8. The noise cancellation feature of the INZONE H9 Wireless Gaming Headset is mainly designed to block not external noise in the low frequency ranges. It is not as effective if there are high pitch noises, such as when someone is talking.
9. While noise cancellation work well with blocking out low frequency noises, it won’t completely mute it from your ears. Therefore, you can try turning up the volume of the headset to cancel out the rest of the noises.
10. It is also important to note that this feature may not be effective, and may even be counter intuitive, if you are already using the headset in an environment that is already quiet.