IPOD NANO 4GB Can't read disc

We tried to update the Nano with new songs we had downloaded. Kept getting message "Can't read disc". Tried to restore Nano to factory settings. Downloaded iTunes 7.0 and updated iTunes. Got the following message after iTunes updated: "The iPod "Shannon's iPod" could not be restored. An unknown error occurred (1418)."
We purchased this iPod September 5, 2006 so it is not very old. Does this error mean we need to take it back to where we purchased it and get another one or send in to iPod for factory repair or what? I don't know what to do with this. Can anyone help or give me some direction?

Kept getting message "Can't read disc
was that the message referred to in the following document?
"Disk cannot be read from or written to" when syncing iPod or "Firmware update failure" error when updating or restoring iPod
or was yours saying something different?

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