Charging my new ipod nano

Just got the ipod nano for a gift. Got it all set up and all went well. Bought a 5 way dock that we could connect it to our receiver and play it. That works fine but was supposed to charge it and after 4 hrs. it was dead. Then we connected the other cord and plugged it into to the wall, and it will charge. However we thought it would charge thru the receiver without being plugged directly into the wall. Now we took it up north and played it in a portable dock player, which our married kids use to play and charge theirs up there. Well ours would play but not charge. The message, accessory not compatible with charging ---came up. Dang is the only way to charge to bring the cord or puter with us??????????????????? Help me, I know nothing bout Ipods and have been all over the site, and cannot find the answer

You get "Charging is not supported with this accessory" if you plug an iPod nano 4th generation, iPod touch 2nd generation, or iPhone 3G into an older accessory like some speaker docks, a Bose SoundDock I, some FM transmitters/car chargers, and some built-in iPod car adapters.
Scosche (among others) offers adapters that allow you to use the new iPods with older accessories:
http://scosche.com/products/productID/1667
http://scosche.com/products/productID/1695
http://scosche.com/products/productID/1694
The reason for the charging issue? The new iPods only charge from "USB power" while the older accessories only provide "Firewire power". "USB power" is 5 Volts on pin 23 of the 30 pin iPod connector and "Firewire power" is 12 Volts on pins 19 and 20. Aha, now you see the problem.

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