You have a better chance at pm'ing Google. I heard he's a member here.
Like Chinese arithmetic hard?
More info on bender cheese man...
I just programmed mine by hand for local stations. Tried the cable and it wouldn't recognize it so I gave up and haven't messed with it
trim the plastic back on the programming cable end.
I'd bet that it's not inserting fully, and no one likes half assed insertion.