IPod 60GB Color - Dock Connector Issue

I've just been given a 60GB Color Display iPod, and I'm having the weirdest problem.
According to the literature I can find, this iPod should be the same in all respects as the 40GB 4G iPods we already own. However, when I put it in my Bose Sound Dock, nothing happens. Similarly when I put it in a Dock Connector cradle.
However, if I unplug the cable from the Dock Connector cradle and plug it directly into the iPod, it works fine.
And, when I slot the iPod into my iHome alarm clock, it works just fine.
The natural conclusion is that there is something slightly screwy with the pins on the iPod connector, but I'd appreciate any other opinions before I go to the effort of returning the thing.
Thanks
  Windows 2000  

OK. I worked it out. The 60GB is ever so slightly bigger than the 40GB so it doesn't fit properly in the cradles, or in the Bose with the 40GB holder installed. Bum.

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