Interfacing IPOD Nano 3rdGen to other items

I have no problems connecting my Nano 3Gen to my computer with iTunes and it syncs perfectly fine but I've tried to connect it to other equipment like a brand new clock radio with an iPod dock and to an exercise equipment that had a iPod interface cable. When initially connected the Nano will wake up (screen turns on), it will charge while connected, but the item I'm connecting to will not recognize the Nano to function with it.
I can't find any setting that might be preventing this. Does anyone know any reason why the Nano will not interface with other equipment?
Thanks,

How you delete content from your iPod depends how you have it set to update:
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If you are updating manually, connect your iPod and when it shows in the iTunes 7 source list click on the chevron (the little triangle) to the left of the iPod icon This will display the various icons for the iPod itself, Music, Movies, TV Shows and Playlists. Click on Music and you'll see the usual song list. Find the files on your iPod that you want to remove, highlight them and delete directly as above by pressing the delete key on your keyboard.
To select multiple items such as all the songs in an album, click on the first track in the list hold down the shift key and click on the last track to highlight the selection. Then press the delete key.
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