Ipod touch needs to be connected to itunes but wont restore.

this is the second time its done this now, i cant remember how i fixed it last time, and its really annoying me now. on the ipod screen it says i need to connect the ipod to itunes, when i do it says restore so i click it and it says it cant because of the software update server cannot be contracted. i've tried to look on the itunes site, but theres no help and is crap.

can not get into ipod
If you can't remember the Passcode, you need to restore the device from the computer it was last synced with.
Follow the instructions for putting the device in recovery mode >  iPhone and iPod touch: Unable to update or restore

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