I bought two sets of the BAOFENG BF-888S radios. How do I get all four to work together?

Baofeng BF-888S Constant Static/Open Squelch??

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There isn't one

https://www.miklor.com/BF888/888-Manual.php

forum here. The reviews and observations are not good.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Baofeng/comments/hd1sfp/factory_reset_baofeng_bf888s/


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It means it is receiving a signal. It is good to read the manual when you first get it, and then again after you have used it a few dozen times.

BaoFeng BF-888S

https://baofengtech.com > BF888s_Manual

PDF BaoFeng BF-888S ... Lights red during transmit, green when receiving a signal ... you that battery needs recharging. Alert tone will sound and Red LED will blink.
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The CLS has preprogrammed frequencies. The Bao can be user programmed. If both are Uhf, the Bao must match the CLS unless one of the CLS frequencies is already in use in the Bao. So, are you already using CLS and adding radios? You need the actual frequency and tone code. If you do not understand, contact a dealer like us, local is even better! Channel 1 is only an indicator, not a frequency. [email protected]

1. Make sure both radios are transmitting and receiving on the same frequency (no repeater offset).
2. Either turn off CTCSS tone or make sure both radios are set to the same tone on both Tx and Rx.

The usual problem is an incorrect driver for the usb/serial chip in the connecting cable. Windows installs the latest driver but clone chips need an older version. There's good advice on these pages:

USB Cables and Drivers for Microsoft XP, Vista, W7 & W8
http://www.miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php

Baofeng BF-888S
http://www.miklor.com/BF888

make sure you guys are on the same chnnel

Frequency is not the issue. Power is. Also check to be sure you haven't set the squelch controls to too high a level which would reduce the range.

Your radios could be programmed with subaudible tones (CTCSS) or digital code squelch (DCS) which the new radios do not have. They can be programmed for it, you need to find out what tone/code you are using.
It could also be that your existing radios are programmed for a "duplex" repeater channel, with different transmit and receive frequencies. The new radios might be on the "repeater output" frequency so they would not activate the repeater.
Both could be the case, missing tone and duplex frequencies.
I would check the programming of the new and old radios, especially for tone/code squelch.