Charging using Universal dock

Hi,
I've bought an iPod Touch together with an Universal Dock (Apple branded). I have an old sector adapter that came with my old iPod (3 gen). When I plug the sector adapter to my iPod Touch, the batterie charges itself ok. But when I plug it to the dock, it won't charge my iPod. It works fine if I plug the dock to my computer through the USB connector, though.
Why cannot I charge my iPod Touch through the dock connected to the sector adapter?
Thanks.

I can charge my iPod touch if I put it on the dock and connect it to the USB port of my computer. It synchronizes well, no problem with that. What I cannot do is use my sector adapter (the one I plug in the wall) with the dock to charge my iPod touch (doesn't work either with my old iPod). But the sector adapter alone (without the dock) works fine to charge both my iPods.
I start to think that there is some electrical incompatibility between the French sector adapter (even if it's from Apple) and the dock that was bought in the US... Isn't the Universal dock the same device in all the countries?

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