MY SHARP 1216 IS JUST BLINK H THEN 4 AND I DON'T KNOW WAT 2 DO

You should be able to reset the system by unplugging it.

What do 2 blinks and a picture with no backlights?

go to radio shack and buy it the SATTELITE PRO NEW VERSION, is excelent.

God bless you

I see so many here with no sound/nopicture issues:

ISSUES:

1. IF sound main fuse/s are good.
2. If no power or standby check main fuse, standby power supply and any signsof damage you can see---burnt parts etc.
3. almost all these sets the troubleshooting involves checking voltages on the main power board to narrow down theproblem.
4. Be safe and if you do not know what you are doing don't open the set.

Answers to issues:

1. RE:fuses---if a blown fuse is found get a good replacement(not the genericones like Radio Shack). Many fuses are special even aside from amperage--Don'tput a higher rated amperage fuse in the set for any reason.

2. RE: power supply in set: if total dead aside from main fuse the set uses astandby power supply that runs 7/24 and a main supply (some are combined andsome not.

Here aside from checking fuses you want to examine all the filter caps on thepower/standby to see if any are puffed up or buldged up in some fashion--Iattach a photo of a good one---top should be silver metal and PERFECTLY flatand have no brown material coming out on top or bottom.

What happens in the standby area is they use caps with too low a voltage rating(saves money) which causes them to fail in a year or two---the standby runs7/24 and the heat dries out the caps and they fail.

3. Trouble shooting consists of the above and then at some point you have to buyand try a board to see if it fixes it or not.

4. Safety first--no TV set is worth getting injured or even killed over.If set is opened at least look for puffed up and bad caps like in thisphoto.

You will need to find the brand of unit you are trying to use the Universal remote on then get out your instructions for your universal remote look for the code of your product. Don't have the Instructions Go to Walmart and Buy a New remote for 10 bucks..........

go to the sharp site and download the appropriate driver for your operating system.run it and that's it

there are 2 scews behind grill piece that runs above the door and control panel. loosen and you'll be in business..

I'm afraid you can't. Those are RCA outputs for the TV. If you could use the RCA output from the 1216 to the TV and free up the coax on the TV, it might work. Your "TV" selection would be the VCR and what ever you hook the 1216 to would be your reciever in. I really don't have much faith in that working but, you could try.
Dave

www.sharp-usa.com

It is hard to say without first looking at it.