IPod with colour display frozen in 'hold' mode

My iPod with colour display has frozen whilst in 'hold' mode. Toggling 'hold' does not unlock 'hold'. Screen remains frozen despite following reset steps and searching he forums. Anyone got any suggestions or links for me to check out please ?
Thanks, Jeff

The reason I asked about podcasts is that I experienced that problem for much of a year and it was finally fixed with one of the recent updates to iPod and/or iTunes. I also found that Reset may take 10 or more attempts. I know it's a pain, but, just keep trying for a long time. Another thing that may work is to just leave it sit for a day or so until the battery goes fully discharged, then do the Restore.

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