Reauthorize DirecTV Receiver?

I have Dish but sometimes if it has been unplugged for a while it drops out. Then Dish has to reset it. Maybe same type of thing.

WyoTraveler wrote:
I have Dish but sometimes if it has been unplugged for a while it drops out. Then Dish has to reset it. Maybe same type of thing.

yep, it would be interesting to know what this deauthorization means.
my first thought was the situation when you buy a used receiver you should always check to see if they will authorize its use and that the previous owner didn't leave a big bill due.
bumpy

If you haven't used your service for a bit they shut it off. With us it's simple phone call. They know my mobile number and turn it on when I call. It bugs me I'm paying for something they shut off though.

This happened to my older DIRECTV SAT RCVRsjust about every time I unplugged them or lost power. Just call the 800 number and have your acct number handy... Sometimes they ask for the CARD number so have that handy as well.

They also can be reset on the DIRECTV web page...

I placed an info page on each SAT RCVR I was taking with me on camping trips.

One trip we stopped at was out of range of cell phone service so we had to drive to a place where the cell phone worked. When we got back to the camp site the SAT RCVR was working fine haha...

ALOT of folks thinks they are doing something illegal by moving their SAT RCVR around. We always told them what we were doing and never had an issue with that... The only thing that ever happened to us was we would lose our local TV service whenever we got out of our home ZIP CODE area.

We would use the local BROADCAST NETWORK then to pick up the local HDTV NATIONAL BROADCAST from the local towns using the OTA BATWING antenna...

We eventually just stopped bringing along the SAT TV items from home as most we wanted to watch was the NCIS local TV shows anyway etc... This was all in high def mode already coming from the local towns and too much work setting up the SAT TV items... Was always afraid someone was going to run off with the SAT DISH as well when we left it unattended.

Roy Ken

Thanks all!

This happens often in RV's. if the unit is active then every few days it re-downloads an authorization, if it misses a download or two no problem but if it goes too long,, It can no longer decode the new authorization.

The authorization also comes with new codecs, codes and such used to un-encrypt the TV signals. Each authorization/update packet comes with enough codes for the next few weeks,, but if you leave it off too long, the last codec will be too old and thus you need to call DirecTV and have them send you a master pack,, This is encrypted with your ESN, and basically uses the "Out of box" codecs (which the receiver never forgets) to reset it to current set.

Why do they do this?
In my storage space is a CoolSat 500, This is basically useless now days and never did work with DirecTV but I used to get SOME services with it, It is a multi-band (C and KU) receiver capable of receiving Dish, Direct, Bell Shaw, and C-Band stuff.. Given the proper programming, alas, That was when it was new, The unit can not accept the proper programming today.

I used to use it to watch NASA channel, which is not encrypted.

But there is a newer model that can do dish, And the one I have can be modified to do DirecTV and back in I think 2006 (or 7) There was a man at Quartsite selling the very model I have, along with a CD, you mixed 'em up with your computer and you had all the Dish Channels for free (Well, 500 bucks he charged) for about a week till the codes changed. (Oh, he left in the company of a couple of official looking gentlemen and he was wearing a lovely matched pair of stainless steel braclets from what I heard, They also took his entire inventory).

There is a constant battle between Dish, Direct and the other Sat providers and the pirates. This is why the encryption.

Oh, if anyone needs a sat aiming device, that coolsat is kind of good at it,, about all it's good for now days, but it can aim a dish as easily as a Dish receiver. (And Dish is as good as professional sat finder meters like the Bird Dog). (And it cost way less than a BD too)

Years ago I learned that I need to keep my RV receiver plugged in and hooked to the house antenna. I let it go all winter like that and it never needs to be re-authorized.

Every month, when you pay your bill, Directv sends a signal to each of your receivers re-authorizing them for another month. The receiver does not need to be turned on to receive this signal, merely plugged in and hooked to the antenna is enough. If the receiver is unplugged, or not hooked to the antenna, long enough it will miss the re-authorizing signal and de-authorize. It thinks you didn't pay your bill.

A simple click on a button of their website, or phone call to them gets another re-authorization signal sent to that receiver.

It drops out about very 2 weeks or so. I keep a link to the re-authorise page in my DirecTV folder on the iphone, so its only a few clicks to wake it up again.

Bobbo wrote:
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Every month, when you pay your bill, Directv sends a signal to each of your receivers re-authorizing them for another month .

ah, that makes sense. I used to unplug my receivers at one house when I was away for 3 weeks and it got to be a pain to re-up them.
bumpy

SCVJeff wrote:
.. I keep a link to the re-authorise page in my DirecTV folder on the iphone, so its only a few clicks to wake it up again.

Yessir.