• Reviews around driver (3.04 of 5)

    BTECH PC03 FTDI Genuine USB Programming Cable for BTECH, BaoFeng, Kenwood, and AnyTone Radio

    • Worked without any funky driver messing about - at least once I got it firmly seated
    • the driver was ready for this USB programming cable the second I plugged it in
    • This works, no drivers, no fuss
    • It said no driver needed but didn't work as stated
    • However, I do NOT know that the cheap cable works or if it's driver is as easy to find/install
    • I think it would have been more accurate to say that you'll never need drivers other than the authentic drivers for authentic FT chips!
    • The computer installed the wrong drivers when I first plugged it up
    • It's worth the few extra dollars than the cheaper cables that you spend hours trying to find a compatible driver.
    • I downloaded the proper driver for this cable on
    • Downloaded the latest drivers and plugged it into my radio.... and it worked great.... unlike the cheap one I had purchased a couple years ago.
    • is some mysterious driver issue on my primary Mac
    • No issues with trying to find the proper drivers.
    • Had to do many many hours of researching to find the right driver and how to install it
    • Great quality construction, drivers loaded automatically on Windows 7 and Chirp sucked down an image without any fuss.
    • On all three, the OS found the drivers it wanted to use, and the cable worked for Chirp and the radio.
    • It does the job, driver installs very easily and works the first time, no frustration at a good price
    • It is the only cable that I've found that has compatible drivers (self loading) for windows 7 to 10.
    • Had trouble getting a driver off the web
    • There was no nonsense about downloading and installing obsolete drivers as was needed for earlier versions of this same cable
    • It worked perfectly first time with the Windows 7 driver installing without and issue or jiggery pokery
    • No Driver Issues
    • nice silicone feel and build quality- works without keying up the radioUPDATE:6/8/15keys up radio if you unplug it, Win7 does not find driver, overpriced
    • Windows installed the correct driver from the get
    • Worked the first time I plugged it into USB port, plug and play, self installed the drivers.
    • This worked out of the pack without the need to install any dubious drivers and worked first time with the radio.
    • In short, if you are looking for a cable to program your Baofeng radio and you are using a computer with a newer and updated operating system, this is the cable to buy since you can get the proper updated driver from the chip manufacturer.
    • Plugged in and after a short interval of download for the correct driver worked like a charm
    • Connected to my radio and computer, no drivers to worry about, could not be any easier
    • 4 stars because it required finding the right driver
    • I had some issues with a discount cable and getting the right drivers
    • Cannot get to work with windows 7 the drivers were not compatible.
    • THEY GIVE THE WRONG DRIVER
    • Unless you like installing old drivers over and over
    • I would rather pay extra for the convenience of not having to chase down an obscure driver to enable a connection via a substandard cable of suspect quality
    • Like it says genuine FTDI cable means no driver issues and no headache of trying to get your cable working properly.
    • No muss, no fuss, no disabling/jury-rigging the Windows anti-tamper mechanisms to keep an out-of-date and buggy driver loaded.
    • The cable wasn’t plug and play as described but did work with my windows 10 laptop after finding the right driver and changing to com 4
    • Windows 10 immediately recognized the cable and loaded the correct driver
    • This cable is the genuine article and with the correct driver installed works flawlesly.
    • The drivers work, but it will not connect with any of my 3 BaoFeng Radios (2 UV5Rs and 1 BF8HP)
    • No extra driver download or fixing bad drivers
    • Even after downloading the proper drivers I have not been able to get the computer to communicate with either of my UV-82's
    • No drivers to preload, no trouble using it to program the radio.
    • Windows found the com port and installed the correct drivers automatically.
    • Works well with Win 10 and no messing around with Prolific drivers
    • The prolific driver caused endless blue screens on my pc
    • I plugged it in and in no time the right driver was
    • I needed to download the proper driver but at least it was easier than a close cable.
    • The following is for Yosemite users1) disable driver signing:sudo nvram boot-args="kext-dev-mode=1"reboot2) rename the factory OEM driver to disabled
    • Works great, licensed drivers this time for ftdi chip, big improvement.
    • This worked out of the pack without the need to install any dubious drivers and worked first time with the radio.
    • Instructions included with the cable made it easy to download and install the correct drivers on my computer
    • Not like other problem cables and drivers.
    • - Windows 7 Professional immediately identified cable and loaded appropriate driver.
    • Zero driver problems on windows or linux
    • Apparently the drivers for old Baofeng cables no longer exist or won't work.
    • The drivers are also confusing for this cable
    • Cable does not work - did not download driver.
    • It does the job, driver installs very easily and works the first time, no frustration at a good price
    • Be aware that, if the computer you wish to use for programming has an ARM64 Processor, you will not be able use this or any other cable I have found as there are no ARM64 compatible drivers for the USB to Serial chipsets.
    • No problems with com port installation, it just found it's proper driver itself online and all I had to do was find the port number
    • If you are buying BaoFeng, Tenway, Mirkit or any UV5R clone this cable is a must have, unless you like manually installing drivers on your computer.
    • They all require extra drivers and steps to work with CHIRP.
    • This cable uses a genuine FTDI chip and the proper drivers so there is no problem with your computer not being able to recognize it when you plug in into the USB.
    • All I can say about this one is it works fine with the right driver but the driver did not install automatically on my machine (I believe I was using Windows 8.1 at the time).
    • No crazy driver installs
    • Wasn't happen when I tried the previous USB programming cables, finding the right drivers and getting them to install properly was a headache, but these new FTDI cables have eliminated the problem and work fine with Windows OS or Linux
    • This works, no drivers, no fuss
    • The driver was already in the computer, no problems.
    • I didn't need to mess with driver issues like other cheap cables.
    • With the cheeper cables, I read forums, how-to's, downloaded various drivers, nothing worked
    • No connection issues, high quality, works flawlessly once the correct drivers are installed
    • Utilized it for a UV-82HP.It performed perfectly with Windows 7.They were correct as advertised: "No Driver Issues - No old drivers needed
    • I had to go to their website and download the correct drivers and manually change them
    • The ONLY issue when using this cable is that it does indeed require drivers, easy to find
    • no useful purpose and a Win 10 driver update for peripherals such as this cable does not help my Win 10 machine find or use this programming cable.
    • Plugged it in, no drivers required worked perfectly with CHIRP for programming my radio.
    • This was plug and play on my Windows 7 laptop....drivers loaded no problem, and it works great!
    • I installed the driver and the cable works as it should on my Baofeng UV-5R
    • Plugged cable it and Windows automatically downloaded the appropriate driver
    • Once I had the proper driver (not a fault of B-Tech, but Windows 10), the cord was recognized immediately and I was able to program my Baofeng UV-82s (and Wouxon) without any issues.
    • I went looking online and found that this was the best possible replacement as it uses authentic chips and native drivers
    • Plugged it in and a driver loaded automatically that didn't work
    • No need to hunt down drivers like with counterfeit cables.
    • Loaded proper driver right off with absolutely no error messages.
    • Save yourself the headaches of Prolific drivers/counterfeit FTDI chipsets and buy this cable instead.
    • This one worked fine after I hand-downloaded the driver for it
    • The driver is available for a free download and the entire process took me less than 5 minutes.
    • No hassle, no drivers to download
    • Once the right drivers were installed, this cable performed well.
    • I dislike nothing, great quality driver
    • No driver problems, and works with all my Baifeng radios.
    • After hours of trying to make it work and find the correct driver I have finally made it work.
    • even if it did work required downgrading a driver to a 10 year old Vista driver
    • Easy to use and no need to "downgrade" drivers.
    • You have to reload your obsolete drivers, which is a very fiddly job.
    • Finding the correct driver is critical to getting this cable to work
    • No prolific driver nonsense to worry about
    • That finally worked, and when I tried the cable again, on a healthy Windows 10 install this time, it worked perfectly, installing the cable with no fuss and no effort on my part to identify proper drivers
    • No drivers needed and worked right away after plugging it in automatically
    • No prolific driver nonsense to worry about
    • To make sure you have the right drivers buy the official cable.
    • Works out of the box without any weird driver issues
    • Finding the correct driver is critical to getting this cable to work
    • It detected the cable and automatically loaded the correct drivers
    • Bought a UV-5R that came with a knock-off cable and had no end of problems using it (drivers, ports, etc.).
    • This cable worked out of the package, no problems with bad drivers
    • No driver problems, and works with all my Baifeng radios.
    • If you have a Baofeng, this is the cable you need with correct chipset and driver
    • With this cable, Microsoft loads proper driver without having to use other methods to get a radio connected
    • No driver issues!
    • No more driver rrors, no more connection problems
    • Wetting the contacts before you insert them into the radio ( I'm not kidding they actually suggest putting water on the plugs and shoving it into your radio) Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers using vista drivers CRAZINESS!!!My new BF-F8HP would not recognize the cable even when forcebly held in to make contact and trimming the plastic
    • I bought this to use with one of those cheap Baofeng radios so it really wasn't worth the extra money....assuming the cheap cable actually works once you have the right driver
    • When finally was able to install the proper driver the product works fine.
    • Programming it from the computer wasn’t easy, I needed to do some looking around to find the correct drivers
    • Plugged in, Win 10 installed proper drivers.
    • NO problems at all, drivers for the usb port were apparently in the chipset in the cable, all worked flawlessly
    • No problem downloading the necessary drivers.
    • It's nice to know the latest driver is available there.)Work perfectly once I realized it wasn't quite plugged in all the way
    • No driver issues, no shenanigans!
    • Plugged it in - windows 7 pro installed the proper drivers - worked great with my UV 82s and chirp.
    • This is a copy that does not have the proper drivers.
    • The driver showed an error and indicated the same error I received with another old or counterfeit Prolific device.
    • This was plug and play on my Windows 7 laptop....drivers loaded no problem, and it works great!
    • and I replied with a lengthy e-mail detailing step by step the question/answer dialog with the support dept