3.1 Volume Control Strangeness

After docking/undocking my Touch the volume is turned all the way down. This happens even when iTunes isn't running. If I dock the touch w/ the volume control displayed, the volume control disappears for a second and then reappears and it's just a fraction above off. When I undocked it the volume control auto-adjusts to off.
Has anyone else had this happen?
Message was edited by: Dunkin'

I did further troubleshooting and isolated the problem to the iPod's interaction with the dock itself. When I use the cable without the dock the volume doesn't reset. The dock is the last generation (came out about the time of the 5th gen iPod classic). I have a brand new dock that I will try next.
I also found that turning off, then back on the keyboard clicks in the settings makes them audible again. If the new dock doesn't fix the issue it will be very annoying to have to reset the volume and keyboard click every time. Simply not using the dock would work, but is an unacceptable workaround.

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