Direct broadcast satellite television equipment replacing method and device

The invention discloses a direct broadcast satellite television equipment shifting method and device. The shifting method comprises the steps that the encryption serial number and the encryption card number of equipment needing to be shifted at a user side are determined, and base station information corresponding to destination address information is determined according to the destination address information sent by the user side; the base station information is bound with the encryption serial number and the encryption card number to enable the base station information to correspond to the encryption serial number and the encryption card number; the validity of the location area where the equipment at the user side is located is verified through the corresponding relation according to the base station information, sent by the user side, of the location area where the equipment is located, and whether the location area where the equipment is located is located in a legal direct broadcast satellite television service area corresponding to the equipment or not is judged; when a verification result shows that the location area where the equipment is located is in the legal direct broadcast satellite television service area, the configuration information of an encryption card of the equipment is updated according to the corresponding relation.