If an IR Code is learned properly, such as volume, then it should keep sending as long as the button is pushed. In a macro there is no way to "hold that button down". So what I do is put repeated links to that IR Code to extend the length of it. Example, the volume on my DVD is a lot lower than my Dish 501, so in my macro that turns the DVD on I have about 25 links to the Amp Volume that brings the level up. When I go back to Dish 501 I use another 25 links to volume that turns it down.

Some people that know the structure of the IR codes can add to it to make it a longer send. On the regular Pronto forum you can do a search about extending the duration of a button press, and get all kind of answers. Most of those will pertain to the 3000 also.

Archer