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I just wanted to say thanks to dimitracos for helping to get my update working thanks to his edited post in the thread and also to add some additional information.

Firstly this is speculation but it may be the case that if you use too big a USB key then the radio may not be able to read it properly, with sizes increasing all the time you can use Linux's gparted to partition the key to have a small partition instead of using th whole disk. I mention this because I've found in the past some live operating systems can get grouchy about booting from large storage devices. This may not be a requirement so ignore it unless all else fails when updating. Even though my key was 4GB I actually used gparted to make it a 32mb partition as a precaution.

Second I had actually formatted my USB key under Linux in case Windows was doing something like creating hidden folders. The ironic thing though is that I discovered I was right and used Linux to delete the hidden folder.

However because the update files were on my Windows computer I plugged it in to copy each update across. As soon as you plug the key into a modern Windows computer it creates the system volume folder and files and thus breaks the keys ability to update the radio.

So (thirdly) don't plug the key into a modern Windows computer or you'll get the error on update, or return to the Linux machine as I did and wipe out the system volume information folder again.

Some people may find using Linux daunting however, a live DVD is quite easy to use and the tutorials on the internet these days will make things relatively easy for a novice. Also it's soon going to be easier to get and use than trying to find an old version of Windows.

Also for the record since past posts and threads online say the radio can also be quite picky about the flash drive you use I figure I'd mention that the one I used was an old, used and navy-ish blue Integral 4GB USB key and this worked just fine.

Oh yes, and my iPhone 5 running iOS 9.2 works perfectly with the radio now so really happy about that after buying all the cables and then getting stuck with the update procedure.

Yes it does, and if I'd searched for the model number on the forums i'd have found this out.

One extra piece of information, the cheap eBay cable at £9~ worked just fine for me.