Duplicate address Book entries on iPod

Hi,
I posted this on the iSync and iPod forums and haven't gotten a response so I thought I'd post it here. So sorry for the extra posting but sometimes its difficult to know which fourm can be the best.
Hi,
Hope someone can tell me what I need to do to fix this.
I have a 3Gen iPod with my calander and contacts on it. The data on my iPod is the same as the data on my G4, except that the contacts on my iPod are duplicated. the data in address book is fine. There are a total of 483 cards in my address book on my G4 and 966 cards on my iPod.
How do I fix this?
Thanks,
Bob

Fortunately, I was able to restore my Address Book using time machine. AFAIK, Until this is resolved, you have to do a complete replace from the Mac Address Book, rather than a two way sync. Bummer.

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