Bose Soundock - No sound with Mini Ipod

Greetings, purchased Bose SoundDock yesterday. I have two ipods - a Mini and a Nano. The nano works well in the SoundDock, but the Mini will not -- even though it plays fine with earphone headset. It shows that it is running and charging but no sound. I have tried all troubleshooting suggestions in the manual. When the nano is connected to the Soundock the remote works well. When the mini is conncected, only the pause/start button and the fast reverse/fast forward buttons work. The Off and Volume buttons do not, yet they work fine with the nano. The mini is model M9804LL and is running version 1:41. Help.

I know this may sound stupid but I know my ipod mini will not work properly when I have a "jacket" on the ipod and try to place it in the sound dock. It does not seat properly. So just make sure that the Mini is place and seated properly. Hope it works

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I was wondering if you can help. I bought a Bose soundock yesterday and I cannot hear the music on my ipod mini (however, the other ipods that we have work (ipod nano)). All other functions are working (fast forward, charging, etc.)
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http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/index.cfm?page=Video/directory.html
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Exclamation point and folder and nothing else
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