IPod 80gb and Alpine CDA-9883 Car Stereo

I just installed an Alpine CDA-9883 stereo with a direct connect to an iPod. I plug in my 80gb and the stereo simply says, "Searching," and never changes. My wife's 4gb nano worked perfectly with it. I have read about going back to previous versions of the iPod software by restoring the factory settings. This did not work as my iPod came with version 1.2.1. I am pretty frustrated and do not know what to do, any suggestions?

I have tried reseting the iPod while it was connected to the Alpine. I contacted Alpine today and the customer service person said most of the 80 gb iPods have not been working. Their software/firmware simply does not work with these decks. He basically said my iPod will not work with the deck and I might contact Apple in hopes they will update the software to make it compatible. It is really frustrating since the stereo and the box have ipod compatible all over it. Thanks for your help and let me know if anyone has heard anything else or something from Apple.

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