IOs 4.2.1 from 4.2 on Ipod Touch 2nd Gen my car wont read my ipod

I just updated the 4.2.1 update on my ipod touch 2nd gen. I recently had the 4.2 update and it worked perfectly with my car. Now my car wont read it. I am trying to downgrade to any other ios in order to listen to my podcast. All the options online are for previously jailbroken ipods and i had never jailbroken mine. can anyone help me.

Thank you for your constructive response. I also have lost all my music after upgrading to 4.2. The official Apple solution is to sync again with the "computer you usually use to synch". That is quite impossible, since I am traveling away from home where the desktop is that is the usual sync connection. All I have with me is my MacBook Pro, which is also authorized for iTunes, but contains different music. The iPod Touch (2nd generation) shows about 4 gb of audio content, but starting the "Music" application gets a "no content" message.
Let's cut the unhelpful posts about forum rules and user agreements and focus on help for what is clearly a common problem for those who have upgraded. Thank you.

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