Ipod 5th gen stuck in recovery mode.

When i plugged my iPod in it would turn on to the apple logo and then switch off again.
i held down on/off button and home, it then told me to connect to iTunes. usually when it does this i restore it and it is fine.
I plugged it into my iTunes and it will extract the software, then start restoring it.
after about 5-10 seconds of restoring it it switches off and iTunes gives me an error message.
I have had error 8, -18 and also one which was 2000 and something that i can remember off the top of my head.
How do i sort this?
I have updated my mac software to the new OS X yosemite to see if that helped but it hasn't.
Thanks in advance for any replies.

Try restoring on another computer. Thgose error numbers are not listed here:
Resolve iOS update and restore errors - Apple Support

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