John et. al.: I'm completely confused now. I bought one PC03 FTDI Authentic Genuine USB Programming Cable for BaoFeng, Kenwood, etc from Amazon, which said, Sold by: BaoFeng Tech for $20.46

The cable, which doesn't have any ID on it anywhere (except for a USB symbol and something else near it which I don't recognize) was supposed to be the correct cable to use in programming a pair of new Baofeng F8HPs.  With my Windows 7 machine, I got the  "Radio did not respond" message about a dozen times. I've pushed that cable in so hard I surprised it didn't come out the other side.

I realize I'm not the brightest crayon in the box, but does this sound like a cable issue, HT, user or a driver issue ( I've tried several times to manually install a driver with no luck)?  The BaofengTech instructions with the cable indicate the cable was supposed to initiate the proper downloads,  and it was supposed to be a snap.  Can someone lighten this poor fool?

DR Yocom
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DR Yocom

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