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From the Apple website:

1. Download and install the latest version of iTunes if you do not already have it installed.
2. Open iTunes, and then connect your iPod to your computer using the USB or FireWire cable that came with your iPod.
3. After a few moments, your iPod will appear in the Source panel in iTunes.
4. Select your iPod in the Source panel and you will see information about your iPod appear in the Summary tab of the main iTunes windows.
5. Click the Restore button. You will be prompted with one or more restore options that may prompt iTunes to automatically download the latest iPod Software. The 4 possible restore options are:
6. • Restore Option 1: Restore – Restores with same iPod Software version already on iPod.
   • Restore Option 2: Use Same Version – Restores with same iPod Software version already on iPod even though a newer version is available.
   • Restore Option 3: Use Newest Version – Restores with the latest iPod Software available.
   • Restore Option 4: Restore and Update – Restores with the latest iPod Software available.
7. If you are using a Mac, a message will appear prompting you to enter an administrator’s name and password.
8. A progress bar will appear on the computer screen indicating that the first stage of the restore process has started. When this stage is completed, iTunes will present one of two messages on screen with instructions specific to the iPod model you are restoring.
9. • Restore Instruction 1: Disconnect iPod and connect it to iPod Power Adapter (typically applies to older iPod models).
   • Restore Instruction 2: Leave iPod connected to computer to complete restore (typically applies newer iPod models).
10. During the stage 2 of the restore process, the iPod will show an Apple logo as well as a progress bar at the bottom of the display. It is critical that the iPod remains connected to the computer or iPod Power adapter during this stage. Note: The progress bar may be difficult to see since the backlight on the iPod display may be off.
11. After stage 2 of the restore process is complete and the iPod is connected to the computer, the iTunes Setup Assistant window will appear asking you to name your iPod and choose your syncing preferences similar to when you connected your iPod for the first time.

Hacking Your Ipod To Make It Cooler! – The most amazing bloopers are here

1. Toggle the Hold switch on and off.
2. Press and hold the Menu and Select buttons for at least 6 seconds until the Apple logo appears.
3. When the Apple logo appears, release the Menu and Select buttons and immediately press and hold the Select and the Play/Pause buttons until the Disk Mode screen appears.
4. Connect the iPod to your computer; the screen on the iPod will change and say “Do not disconnect”

To get out of Disk Mode just Reset the iPod.

This is a great how to video showing you Rockbox on the iPod 5th generation. Try it out and see if it works for you.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Rockbox is a free software replacement for the firmware held on various forms of digital audio players (DAPs). Rockbox offers an alternative to the host device’s operating system firmware (in many cases without removing the original firmware) which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functionality to DAPs which are not present in the original OS.

If you get this message on you iPod, and iTunes will not find “your” iPod but finds a iPod connected with the name “iPod” in the left menu bar of iTunes, and the iPod restore will not work. (iPod locks up. Will not connect to computer.) How to fix iPod that says use iTunes to restore. Try the steps below.

I received this error message when I plugged in an FM Tuner or FM transmitter that would transmit across the whole FM band 88.0 to 107.0.  It plugged into the iPod Plug not the headphone jack, it would also charge the iPod when it was plugged into the wall or car plug. I could not get my iPod to work until I did the steps in this post. After it was done the FM Tuner worked and the message has not come back yet.

But there are many reasons why you might get this message.

This error does not always mean you iPod is Dead or Fully Broken.

Please check the comments, other people have fixed this issue in different ways. If you had this happen to you and you were able to fix it please post, how you got the error and how you fixed it (did you plug something in like me?). We are just trying to help people so their first reaction isn’t my iPod is BAD and run out and buy a new one.

1. Eject or Unplug the iPod from the computer
2. Uninstall iTunes from the (click Start, Settings, click Control Panel,Add or Remove Programs)
3. Reboot the computer
4. Download a new copy of iTunes form the Apple website
5. Install the new copy of iTunes
6. Plug the iPod back into the computer