Battery Issues - 5th Generation

Rec'd an iPod 80gb 4 my bday 12/14.. Not much of an instruction manual came w/it..LOL!! Charged the battery completely before 1st use. Took about 2 days 2 install everything & download songs etc... Battery indicator showed full charge, so I used it the last few days 21st-23rd to drain battery before next charge. Used a wall adapter to charge the unit until "Charged" icon was displayed. Disconnected and tried to scroll for a song & it decides to take a dump I plug it into my laptop & I am getting "Very Low Battery" went back to the wall adapter plugged it in waited until "Charged" was on screen, went back to the computer "Very low battery."
Im about 2 get on a plane 4 Europe & now have no tunes. For the unit to take a charge it should be on the "Hold" side in order to keep the charge!! I'm baffled & about to chuck my iPod out the window!!
Suggestions??
iPod 5th Generation Windows XP
iPod 5th Generation Windows XP
80gb Windows XP

Hi,
It might be that there is a driver problem on your PC so the iPod is not drawing enough current to charge fully. Some devices like the blackberry and other mp3 players actually say they are charging when in fact they are discharging! Perhaps you could try another PC with iTunes installed and see if you have the same problem - would at the very least rule out your PC.
I found this on Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB
The USB specification provides a 5 V (volts) supply on a single wire from which connected USB devices may draw power. The specification provides for no more than 5.25 V and no less than 4.75 V (5 V±5%) between the positive and negative bus power lines.[11] Initially, a device is only allowed to draw 100 mA. It may request more current from the upstream device in units of 2 mA up to a maximum of 500 mA.
I've got a blackberry and the charger is rated 5v 500mA. It has a usb connector for the power lead so I just unplug the standard usb cable for my bberry and plug in the iPod cable. This is exactly the same as the £19 AC chargers you can buy in the shops
Hope this helps.
Dan

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