I have an adapter picture on my ipod and it won't let me update it

i just got a 30gb ipod from my uncle..he basically gave me his. and previosuly the charging sector of the ipod was disabled making it impossible to charge. but it was repaired. i've just restored the ipod to remove some songs. and i was gonan add some of mine. but i look at the ipod. the screen has an image of an ac adapter with an arrow pointing to an outlet. i've hooked the ipod to the computer by usb and this computer has charged other ipods before. i plugged it in and nothing comes up. not even the thing that says if somethign in the usb prot was connected. please help.

When updating or restoring some iPods via a usb connection, it needs to be plugged into power via the charger to complete the process, and this is why you see that icon displayed. It's also why older iPods that required this step were supplied with a power adaptor as standard.
You may be able to complete the process via a car charger, or via a powered firewire port on the computer (with the required 6 pin cable of course) if you have access to either of those. Or maybe visit an Apple store if one is nearby.
Or you can try this.
http://www.bearsdriving.com/blog/archives/2005/10/youripod_tipo.html
Other than that, your iPod cannot be used until you complete this process.

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