So i bought a VX-354 from somebody and it worked fine up until i tried to reprogram it. I plugged it in using the genuine programming cable. It recognized the radio. But it asked for a password. I was never given a password. I tried to bypass it by adding -manu at the end of the target line in the properties. That didn't work. So i gave up. I decided i was going to call the person i bought it from and get the password. But when i disconnected the radio from my computer, the LCD screen said "ERROR_1". I cant do anything with it. I try to reconnect it to the programming software but it wont even recognize the radio anymore. I'vexz searched all over the web for a fix to this error or even what the error means but i find nothing. Can anyone help me out?
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VX-354 Shows "ERROR_1" on screen. Cant use at all.
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I tried that and it didn’t Change a thing.
but I did fix it! I clicked on “Basic Allignment” and it basically bypassed the whole password entry. Then I was able to go to the “password” option and it told me the password was 345678.Went ahead and changed that. Then when I clicked “Download”, it got rid of the “error_1” message and BOOM! Back to working order! Thank you for your suggestion though.
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