Ipod no longer playing songs

On Monday a friend and I went to go see a movie, during which a surprise thunderstorm rolled in and drenched a portion of my cars interior while my sunroof was open at a slight angle. As we left the theater, I ran to my car, shut it up, and proceeded to dry the wet part of the interior out with a towel.
My Ipod, (a black 5th gen 60g), which sit on one of those fm transmitter cradles, was not wet and did not appear to sustain any damage, (hence why I did not think twice to try to use it), however since then it no longer works properly.
In appearance, the device seems to work correctly, all the songs are still there, menu navigation is intact, and it even claims to be playing whatever song is selected, However, the song never actually begins playing, and the timer never counts past 0.0 seconds, even after leaving "playing" for more than 30 min, it doesn't make any song progress.
I've done a manual reset, did a restore, reformat, you name it. It still syncs properly even, so I'm not sure what to do. Any ideas?
-Creo
Custom PC   Windows XP Pro  

Honestly, I was hoping it wouldn't come to that but if it does, it does I guess. I was hoping it was just a setting or something first.

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