When you plug in USB Flash Drive on back of your hisense smart tv usb port and hisense smart tv is not recognising usb then you need to make sure that it is connected properly and USB drive is formatted to fat32 or exFat the format which is supported by Hisense smart tv or else usb will not be detected on hisense smart tv.
Why Hisense tv Not Recognising USB?
If USB Flash drive is not formatted in supported format or if usb flash drive is incorrectly plugged in with loose connection or you are not inserting usb flash drive in correct usb slot or it can also be due to damaged or corrupted usb drive as well.
Fix Hisense Smart tv Not Recognising USB Flash Drive
Follow below simple troubleshooting tips and solutions to fix usb hard drive issues on your hisense tv.
Perform Soft Reset
First, you need to try restraining your hisense smart tv and perform soft reset, and to do that -> Unplug power cable of hisense smart tv and wait for 60 seconds and plug back power cable of hisense smart tv and then turn it on and then plug back usb drive and check, your usb drive will be detected now.
Remove and Plug Back USB Drive
If you have already plugged in usb drive to hisense smart tv, then remove the usb drive and disconnect it and connect the usb flash drive correctly into the usb slot on the back of your hisense smart tv without any loose connection and then check.
Format USB to exFat or FAT32
Before connecting your usb drive to hisense smart tv, you need to format your usb flash drive with correct format which is supported by hisense smart tv and then plug in usb flash drive to hisense smart tv.
Update Hisense Smart tv
If your Hisense smart TV is not updated to the latest OS version or software update version then you need to update it to the latest version, sometimes, due to software or firmware issue, you may experience some kind of technical issues and it is always recommended to update hisense tv to latest version.
Corrupted USB Flash Drive
If the connected usb drive is corrupted or damaged then usb flash drive will not read and in this case, you need to insert any other available usb drive and then check if the other usb flash drive is reading or not. If another usb flash drive is reading then there is an issue with the usb drive and it is likely corrupted.
How to Watch USB on Hisense Smart tv
To watch files or movies or photos from your USB on Hisense tv, you need to plug back usb cable on back to your hisense tv usb slot and hisense smart tv will automatically detect files on usb and it will ask to open files and watch usb data on hisense tv.