Charging My iPod: Do Not Disconnect...?

Everytime I go and charge my iPod, I get the message onscreen warning me of a low battery -- I am fine with that -- but I do not get the icon on screen with the picture of the battery with the lightning bolt through it with the message "charging" at the top of the screen.
Mine just says:
"iPod"
With a big red blinking circle with a line through it, and below that it says:
"Do Not Disconnect"
Why am I not seeing the charging icon...also it takes longer than 6hrs to fully charge the battery; I do not know if the above problem is why it's taking so long or there's a problem with the iPod.
I just bought it almost 2 weeks ago, so it is still new.
So, what is going on?!
Michael

When you charge your iPod, do you charge it from your computer or do you charge it from a wall outlet? When you charge your iPod from the computer, it takes about 4-5 hours to charge (at least mine does). However, when you charge the iPod from the AC outlet it normally takes one and a half to two hours.
If you ARE charging it form an AC outlet and it still takes five hours then you probably have a bad battery.
Prof.

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