IPod nano "corrupted."

So I just got the new iPod nano for my birthday last week. And today while it was charging, I turned my computer off and unplugged the charging cable thing, and the iPod froze or something and the screen stayed to "Connected Eject Before Disconnecting" and its still like that and wont turn off. When I plugged it back in, a pop up from iTunes says it "appears to be corrupted", so I clicked "Restore" but it doesn't work. I have no idea what to do..
Please help!

Same thing happened to me today, less than 1 week old, try moving the little switch on the bottom to the right then to the left, then you have to press the centre button and the menu button at the same time and hold them down until the ipod switches off, then let go. When it switches back on try connecting it to your pc and it should be working fine. It worked for me but I rang the store and told them of the problem and they offered a replacement, i'm going to see what its like over the next couple of days.
Hope this helps.

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