While the Accenda employs the latest state-of-the-art in speech recognition, it will nonetheless have difficulty recognizing instructions if two people are speaking at once or if there is other background noise. Before training Accenda to recognize your voice instructions, please be sure the room is reasonably quiet and lower the TV volume.

The closer Accenda is located to you the better the chance Accenda has of hearing and understanding your instructions. This is especially true in a noisy room. Remember Accenda is trying to understand what you are saying over the sounds coming out of the TV. In general, you will have best results when Accenda is between 12 and 36 inches from your mouth in a quiet room, and between 12 and 24 inches in a noisy room. You may adjust this somewhat with the microphone sensitivity switch. For best results, you should try to hold Accenda at the same distance from your mouth during training as you will when you are using it and train Accenda in the same room as your entertainment system . You may use the external microphone for optimal voice operation.

If the television or receiver sound is very loud, you may need to hold Accenda less than 12 inches away, or talk louder than normal for Accenda to be able to hear you.

Please remember to speak the same when you are training Accenda as you will when you actually are using Accenda, and hold Accenda the same distance from you when training as you will during normal use. If, like many new users, you speak unusually clearly and slowly during training, Accenda may not recognize your instructions when you later speak normally. For consistent results, speak naturally at all times! As with all voice operated products, you will achieve the best results with practice.