1G Shuffle not recognised on iMac

Hello and thanks for looking at my question; I'm sure it's an easy one for you gurus. 
I recently bought a 1Gb 1G Shuffle on the refurb store for £39. The first time I used it I connected it to my TiBook (10.4.8 & 7.0.2) and loaded it up with some Podcasts from iTS. I've now connected it to my iMac G4 (Both the keyboard hub and USB2.0 hub) and although it is recognized in Apple System Profiler and the lamp shows blinking orange which I take to mean that OS X is mounting it in to iTunes.
Why can't I see the Shuffle in iTunes or the Finder?
My Nano and my wife's Nano both work on this account with no problems.
Both the TiBook and iMac are authorized to the same iTS account but I have only one DRM file so far it's all ripped CDs and Podcasts in my library.
VMT
mrtotes

After some searching found the
iPod Shuffle Restore
Utility (link) which given that the
Shuffle worked fine on my TiBook was not my first
thought. Anyhow it is now working on the iMac but
connection remains intermittent (but I guess that
could be a USB Hub issue - no way can I connect it
direct to an iMac G4 USB port though as the ports are
too close together). 
mrtotes
Get a USB extension cable!

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