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All returns are subject to a 10 restocking fee and buyer pays return shipping. The BaofengRadio US warranty is only available to users who purchase directly from BaofengRadio US using our online checkout system. Protect yourself by purchasing only through the links on this page. We will walk you through process of setting up your product step-by-step. Baofeng Uv 5R Programming Cable Free Programming OfIt is better to pay a little more for FTDI then pull you hair out with frustration with anything that is using Prolific. 73 Harry K7ZOV Alan KE4NU: 8 February 2014 at 22:17 UTC If you download the live cd from chirp, burn it to a cd youll have pain free programming of your uv-5r. At prices less than 50, radio amateurs (including veterans and newbies) are scarfing up these radios. See my postings or check out PD0ACs blog for more information. Baofeng Uv 5R Programming Cable How To Program ItAlso very frequently, the new owner of such a radio finds that they cannot figure out how to program it. Baofeng Uv 5R Programming Cable Software Which IsOf course, the solution is use the programming software which is often helpful (and often not). The really gnarly problem that usually surfaces is getting the programming cable to work. It appears that many of the cheap Baofeng USB programming cables use a clone of the Prolific PL-2303 chip that is not supported by the latest Windows driver. This Miklor web page does a good job of explaining the driver problem and giving some helpful advice. Actually the Miklor site has tons of information on these radios, so check it out.) Ill also note that the same cable can be used to program a Wouxun radio, so the same remedies apply. Using the info on the Miklor site allowed me to get my BaofengWouxun cable working with my old Windows XP computer. When I bought a new notebook PC, it came with Windows 8 installed, which I later upgraded to Win 8.1. ![]() I started using the Chirp programming software, an open source application that supports a wide variety of radios. I have found the supplied Baofeng and Wouxun software to be, uh, well, crapware. It can be made to work but it is a pain.) While the Chirp software is not bug free and is in perpetual beta, it basically works well and does a great job of supporting a wide range of radios. I noticed that the Chirp Cableguide recommends the use of programming cables with an FTDI USB chip. I found this one on Amazon for 19, a little more expensive than the cheapo cables but not bad. I plugged it into my Win8.1 computer and it started working immediately. I did not load any drivers, Windows actually did its job and took care of it for me. In minutes, I was programming a variety of Baofeng and Wouxun radios. Success My strong recommendation at this point is to use the Chirp software and get a FTDI-based programming cable. ![]() Bob K0NR Bob Witte, KNR, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from Colorado, USA. Contact him at email protected. Responses to Solving the Baofeng Cable Problem Stewart VA3PID: 8 February 2014 at 18:17 UTC The other advantage of FTDI cables is their cross-platform support: theyll work on Linux and OS X. Prolific work mostly under Linux, but are a horrible fight under OS X. There are knock-off versions of both types of these chips, but Prolific seem to be the ones most commonly pirated. Harry KZOV: 8 February 2014 at 19:00 UTC Prolific chips and software have some serious issues with Windoz 7, 8 and 8.1. This is not a Chirp issue. Prolific seems to work with XP, however for years of running HRDDM780 and having the program just stop.I blamed the HRD program. I was wrong. Now I am using nothing but FTDI in all my systems I can leave HRDDM780 on for days (a test I have done) and never once loose com with any radio. It is better to pay a little more for FTDI then pull you hair out with frustration with anything that is using Prolific. Harry K7ZOV Alan KE4NU: 8 February 2014 at 22:17 UTC If you download the live cd from chirp, burn it to a cd youll have pain free programming of your uv-5r.
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