IPhone 4 no longer playing music in dock

Hi,
My iPhone 4 has stopped playing music through any of my Apple docks. My friends iPhone 3 plays music through the same docks ok so the problem doesn't lie with them. My iPhone 4 charges in the dock Ok but just doesn't play music. I suspect this could be related to a recent IOS upgrade - I'm currently on 5.1
Has anyone else experienced this or know of a solution?
Thanks!

Hi hockeymom11!
So it looks like you have a couple of issues here, let me address them individually. If you have a backup in either iTunes or iCloud, you will want to apply that backup to your iPhone in order to get your contacts back. The article informing you on restoring from your backup can be found here:
iCloud: Restore your iOS device from iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521
As far as the songs go, you will probably want to try deleting all of the songs off of your phone and resyncing them onto your iPhone.
The car stereo issue is a little more intricate, and has a whole article to itself outlining troubleshooting steps. You can find that article right here:
iOS: Troubleshooting car stereo connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3581
Hope that helps, and thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
Cheers,
Braden

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