Receiver deactivates every 30 days. Please suggest easy way to reauthorize it

Hello @natykarp 

You can easily refresh the authorization of the receiver by going to directv.com, sign into your account by clicking "My account" at the top right hand corner and clicking sign in, click "View My Equipment" when signed in, select "Refresh receiver" next to the receiver that matches the model and RID of the one in the shed, and click the orange "Refresh receiver" button. In a couple of seconds, service should be back on. You can also identify the correct receiver by looking at its label...

yes they will deactivate when they are not connected after a certain amount of time

to expand on what @Constructive said, without information from the satellite constantly, the receiver will eventually lock up as a safety procedure and become a "BRICK" per say (until it connects to the satellite). To prevent this from happening again, I recommend putting the SHED receiver inside your house and keep it plugged into the satellite. But, if you are fine with reactivating it, don't worry.

Thanks everyone, for your help!

The receiver needs to receive an authorization code from the sat  periodically, DTV does this so they a can disable it for non payment.