Itunes for windows with ipod nano

I recently purchased an ipod 4GB nano. Music is loaded and the ipod is set to manual mode. Today I was playing music and paused a song, when I returned from lunch and tried to continue the song the screen & song are frozen. I cannot get the ipod to turn off by depressing the play pause button.
I need assistance in getting the unit to turn off. Any help would be appreciated.

Try Resetting your iPod. Toggle the hold switch off and on a few times then hold down the MENU and SELECT (centre) buttons for five or ten seconds until you see the Apple logo appear then the menu button to go to the normal display: iPod isn't responding it appears to be frozen

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