IPod Classic 80Gb keeps restarting

Sorry if this has been raised / answered already. My new 2 day old iPod (version 1.02) just restarts (goes straight to apple screen) when I select a song. Also Coverflow shows artwork and album name but artist is just a series of !'s, 1's and 6's eg. !116!!116!
I have tried resetting it but that doesn't work and the iPod won't mount in iTunes or Desktop. It just says connected then immediately restarts, it does this over and over, making it impossible to restore.
Everything was working earlier this evening until I connected to my Mac to add some new content.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

downgrade firmware to 1.0.1
http://spr33.co.uk/wp/archives/downgrading-apple-ipod-firmware-102-101

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