Connecting Nano to Harman Kardon amp

Dear audiophiles,
I just purchased a new Harman Kardon stereo receiver HK 3385. It is designed to use with an iPod and comes with the audio/composite-video cable to connect the two devises. Upon connecting it up I discovered that the volume needs to be all the way up on the Nano to have normal volume come out of the stereo speakers.
This receiver is rated 80 watts x 2 driven at full power at 8 ohms
The speakers are Onkyo HS-15 from 1980's 45 watt max, 20 watt rated each speeker; 8 ohms.
I use them in my work shop.
Q 1. is it normal to turn the Nano all the way up when connecting to a stereo then control volume with the amp's volume control?
Q 2. does this hurt the Nano/drain the battery too fast?
Yes I will get a powered doc when I figure out what I am doing here and look into what is available.
Q 3. any recommendations on an ac powered doc?

Hope it is ok that I move this up to current viewers. My questions and the answers to them should be interesting to others as well.
I have pursued the powered dock and people seem unhappy with what is available to buy right now.
A retired electrical engineer came into our store the other day and I asked him. He said the out put voltage was on the order of one volt peak to peak for what that is worth.
He said he thought that running it at full "volume" setting would be a bad idea without a powered dock.
He had no experience with a Nano however.
I have since cut back a bit on the setting but it must still be near full blue bar to get much punch out of the system.
He said he thought the dock would help significantly with the volume problem.
The whole reason I bought the nano is to take music to my work shop so I don't have to have a computer in that dusty environment. I won't be using the nano for much else. So please forgive my persistence here. I don't want to ruin a new Nano battery in a few uses.
Is this truly hard on the battery?
Will the dock help improve volume?
Which one is good?
Barking in the night.

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