I am trying to make a very simple macro to turn my tv and receiver off at the same time. I have made several other macros without difficulty, and this macro works to turn on the components however when I use the same macro to turn the units off the TV turns off but the receiver turns off and then automatically turns back on. What am I doing wrong?

Did you perchance learn the "POWER" key from your receiver's remote?

yes I did learn from the remote

OK, after looking at the manual for your receiver, the remote is very similar to the one for my STR-SL7. Since the green power button is *not* a macro on my remote, I can only assume that you learned the command by "pressing" the button instead of "holding" it until the RM-AV3000 finished learning.

When you just "press" the button during learning, the RM-AV3000 captures it as a non-repeating code. During macros, the RM-AV3000 repeats such codes *three* times.

Judging from my receiver, it is blind to infrared commands for a second or so after receiving the power-on command - thus it ignores the AV3000's repetition. However, the unit is still instantly responsive after powering off, so it responds to the repeated commands by turning on again.