I use linux and had this problem but I have found that it was the cable.

apply some pressure to the top of jack and push it towards the the back of the radio.

I found over time that the cable was so cheap that it needed to be replaced.

I bought new cables off of eBay that have the Baofeng sticker on them, they work great, no push needed

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Jim Unroe <rock.unroe@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:39 PM, DJ <djnrf@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I received this new radio today. I tried to use my old (August last year
> NewOld version) and had the same 'could not connect with radio'. It
> did nothing, but the new Daily download version not only does the same,
> but it also keys up the transmitter when attempting to clone, and still
> fails.

Probably the device driver, not the software.

http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

Jim KC9HI
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