villadude Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Hi guys, I'm hoping somebody here can help or point me in the right direction to getting my tv fixed. I've got a 47" LG LE5900 LE tv, it's about 3 years old. Up until last night it's worked perfectly, I tend to use it most of the time watching movies that I've downloaded onto a USB flash drive memory stick, by plugging it into one of the USB slots on the back of the TV, I rarely watch terrestrial TV.Yesterday, I watched a movie, switched off the tv for an hour or so, turned it back on to watch another movie via the USB port again and it's stopped working, when I go to the input menu, nothing shows up, doesn't register anything being in the USB port.I've taken the memory sticks out, turned the tv off, unplugged it, reset it to the factory settings, nothing.. It just doesn't register that there is a memory stick in either of the USB slots at all. There's nothing in the tv manual to help me.I spent hours last night on google trying to find an answer, looked on various forums, but can't find anything anywhere that records this USB port problem with LG's. I did find one post on a forum about a Sony tv having the same problem, and it was suggested that the USB ports were "maybe burnt out". My TV works fine when I watch my normal satellite TV via the HDMI port, the problem is only with the USB port. I've tried four different memory sticks in both ports, the sticks all work fine in my laptop, but aren't registering in the TV.Anyone got any ideas as to what may be the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted September 19, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2015 I had to, for some inexplicable reason, format the usb-stick i wanted to use for timeshifting with the NTFS filesystem for my LG to pick it up. Worth a shot maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Tried that Tegis, but has made no difference.For the time being I've hooked my TV up to a spare Blu Ray DVD player via a HDMI port. I can watch my movies now, but the picture quality is nowhere near as good as when I plug it direct into my telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Are you running the latest firmware upgrade? Failing that it could be burn out. All though you may of only owned the set for 3 years this particular model was manufactured back in 2010. Treat yourself, Time for an upgrade me thinks pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted September 19, 2015 Author Share Posted September 19, 2015 Yep, got the latest firmware upgrade. Can't afford a new telly at the moment I'll be getting it repaired or making do with it until it conks out completely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Have you tried a different USB drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 Yes, tried four different ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 It's beginning to sound more likely that the board the sockets are mounted on is dickie.If the HDMI port on the same side is working, the USBs could be on their own card. A computer repair shop might help.Got one of these. Good picture, nice telly, should have been set up for ages.Gradually the net features have ceased working, the BBC player freezes and Youtube stopped working a few months back.LG didn't impress on failing to sustain updates on a supposedly future proof TV. It'll be remembered when we choose our next set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Have explored a few options but no joy pal, can only assume it's some kind of burn out. You could always try LG Suport as a last minute tip of suggestion. Sorry. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted September 21, 2015 Author Share Posted September 21, 2015 Thanks fellas, I've got the wife to arrange a local 'engineer' to pop out and have a look at it, today hopefully. I live in Thailand so have no idea what the price would be to get it fixed? Kingman, I did email LG Support the day it stopped working, but have yet to get a reply off them :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Get a Samsung next, they're **** great and will play any format you chuck on a flashdrive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 (edited) Edit: I can't read, oops. Edited September 21, 2015 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted September 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2015 Get a Samsung next, they're **** great and will play any format you chuck on a flashdrive So does the LG. His problem is it's broke, not that it won't read the file. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted September 22, 2015 Author Share Posted September 22, 2015 The TV engineers round our way are clueless and don't want to touch it, so my missus rang up LG Support here in Thailand in the end, and they're saying because I bought the TV in the UK, the parts needed could well be different, and probably unavailable. So, I'm waiting for a service engineer from LG to contact us to arrange an appointment to come to our house and look at the TV, because he's coming from Bangkok we've got to pay 300 baht (about six quid) for his petrol, lol! The only problem with this is I could be waiting for weeks for the guy to turn up, Thai's are not renowned for their urgency or time keeping. So, I'm using my Samsung DVD player with USB port for now to watch my stuff, the only problem with my player is any new films with the Cinavia copyright thing on them pops up, which is a pain in the arse as my TV didn't do that. I'll have to use my laptop to play those movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 Can you not enter a code for that model to unblock it? Bit like unlocking a pal regionalised dvd player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villadude Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 (edited) I have no idea?How or where would I enter such a code, if I knew what that code was? Edited September 23, 2015 by villadude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Have a peep http://www.ideerapp.com/get-rid-of-cinavia.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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