60GB 5G Ipod wont sleep

Question

Im unable to make my ipod sleep.
I have tried reseting and restoring it. keeping my finger on the play button does nothing. Ive tried adding sleep to the menu and using that but the backlight just turns of but not the ipod.
Im using the ipod with a Vista PA and use it in my car with an Apline car stereo (with ipod dock connector).
Its getting a bit frustrating now having to keep on charging it and having a charger in the car incase the power dies on it.
Anyone got any ideas? Ive tried everything i can find on the forums
  Other OS   Vista Ultimate PC

Answer 1

Hi dolphinit!
Also, you could try these things, and see if they make any difference with your not-turning-off problem:
-- Try toggling the Hold switch. Flip the "Hold" switch on your iPod (located on the top) back and forth several times.
If a "regular toggling" doesn't seem to do anything, try this:
1 - Connect your iPod to your computer.
2 - Now begin to rapidly toggle the "Hold" switch back and forth while your iPod is connected.
3 - After you've done that for a little bit, eject the iPod if needed, then disconnect it from your computer.
-- Try letting your iPod's battery drain out. Use your iPod enough that its battery finally goes completely dead, asking for you to re-charge it.
At this point, connect your iPod to your computer's USB port, or connect it to a charger, and leave it there for a couple of hours.
Now see if your iPod will turn off after trying that.
-- Also, try Reformatting your iPod in Windows if the previous steps don't make any difference.
To do that:
1 - Connect your iPod to your computer.
2 - When iTunes has finished syncing with your iPod, open "My Computer".
3 - Right-click on your iPod, and click on "Format". (IF your iPod is not showing in My Computer, make sure that disk use is not enabled i iTunes).
4 - Here, verify that your formatting settings are "Default", with the format set for FAT32. Also, make sure that "Quick Scan" is not selected.
5 - Then, click on "OK" to begin the formatting process.
6 - When this is complete (it might take a while), make sure to restore your iPod in iTunes again, so as to properly reload the firmware back onto it again.
-Kylene