3g ipod language selection, contrast,, reset settings

Recently if I don't use my 3g ipod for a couple of days when I boot up my ipod I get the language selection screen, my contrast has been set at a really low level, and also all of my menu settings have been reset.
Do you guys think it's the battery or is my hard drive messed up?
Thanks!

Nice avatar, Lyssa. Good advice, too, although it's really just a workaround for the real problem. I've been trying to wake the thing manually each day but sometimes I forget. This empty playlist will work until I can fix the problem. Does anyone else have a suggestion?
By the way, if you're wondering why I don't just use the iPod every day it's because I'm giving it away and have a different iPod I use myself. I used this one every day for almost three years and now I'm giving it to my mother so it's just sitting on a shelf until I see her next. I want to wow her with all of the iPod's coolness but if the thing resets all the time like a dumb Windows computer, she won't be impressed.

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