Available space incorrect

My 30gb iPod is reporting the capacity and available space at 27.8gb. I currently have 2172 songs on my iPod. iTunes reports the available space at approx 13.5gb. I recently applied the latest updater to my iPod with hopes that this would correct the problem. It did not. I have also restored my iPod back to factory defaults and resynched my library using iTunes.
How do I correct this? It sure would be nice to see how much capacity I have left without having to dock my iPod.
Thanks to anyone who can help.

No, the ipod will not display how much
remaining memory is on your ipod.
Yes, it does.
The available space number is not use for check
how much remaining space you have.
Yes, it is.
My numbers always stay the same:
Capacity 55.6 GB
Available 55.5 GB

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