An apparatus, system and method includes an action manager to receive a manual action selected by a user and an action console coupled to the action manager to present via the action console a user interface specific to the manual action selected by the user. In one embodiment, a method for recognizing user speech in an audio signal received by a media system includes canceling portions of the audio signal associated with the ambient audio output and applying speech recognition processing to an uncancelled remainder of the audio signal. A pair of link brackets connects the lower frame to the upper frame for pivotal motion of the upper frame with respect to the lower frame through a limited range of motion between a forward tilt limit position and a rearward tilt limit position.