Accenda Surfboard Voice Interactive Smart Universal Remote Control

Surfboard Voice Interactive Universal Remote
Your Remote Control That Speaks & Listens!

The Surfboard Voice Interactive Remote Control makes channel surfing easier than ever.

The Surfboard is easy to set up. The unique Surfboard Help button lets you program your remote without going through the complicated steps of other remote controls. Just press the HELP button and listen as the remote talks you through the automated setup.
This voice activated remote control is easy to use. Just put in four AAA batteries and you’re ready to surf. The Surfboard will listen to your commands. This remote is factory trained to respond to the sound of your voice. Surfboard will respond to common voice commands that make it easy to use right out of the box. Just say any of the built in commands: POWER, CHANNEL UP, CHANNEL DOWN, PREVIOUS, FAVORITE.
Surfboard reinforces remote operation by saying the commands as they are being used. You can easily deactivate for silent operation.
You can customize your remote commands. Surfboard is designed to fit your lifestyle. You can use the built-in voice commands, or you can create your own voice commands. You can also customize your viewing by using the surf function to view your favorite channels quickly and easily.
This remote control is smart. It can learn to control most new electronic components. The SURFBOARDTM features a comprehensive built-in library and it also has a powerful learner for new models that makes it obsolete proof. SURFBOARD also automatically saves your settings even when you change the batteries.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars When It’s Good, It’s Very Very Good…
I got this remote for my limited-mobility, aged mother. She was having troubles even with the Hy-tek Partner big button remote because she could not point the remote at the TV and press the buttons quick enough to change to a particular channel. With the Surfboard, it worked, most of the time.

The main problem is the voice recognition is “too particular”. When my mother was tired, her commands were said differently and not recognized.

Another limitation is the number of voice commands that the remote will learn: 12. This might be fine to control a TV only, but when trying to control a DVD too, at least 6 of those are taken (switch to DVD, play DVD, stop DVD, fast-forward, rewind, switch to TV). So this limits the ability to switch to a particular channel.

To have the Surfboard listen all the time without draining the batteries, an external adapter is required. I tried to use a generic adapter, but it didn’t work. (I called tech support and they said their adapter had special voltage regulating circuitry that most “generics” do not have.) So I ended up getting another Surfboard remote with the adapter from another vendor and this one will go back to Target. (Amazon/Target should offer the remote with the adapter…)

One other concern is the “bright” blue LED when the room is dark. When it’s bedtime, mother must turn the remote around from her bedside table because “old blue-eye is just too bright”.

5 Stars It works and its ergonomic
I’m mostly bedridden so I spend a lot of time watching TV and using the computer. At one point I was having aches and pains to the point that it was painful to use the remote. I already had a collection of different types, but none with VR, so I got the Surfboard.

The need for VR quickly passed, but I came to appreciate the ergonomic feel of this remote. I switch between this and a Sony universal remote and do not have any more repetitive stress problems

By the way, I found the recharger sold separately to be not worth the bother, because I do not use the sound feature except when reprogramming. Then I turn on the sound and follow the clearly spoken and simple directions.

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