ITunes keeps cleaning my iPod

Hi,
I recently bought a new iPod Classic with 160GB and I've been having some problems with it from the beginning.
In random time periods iTunes starts crashing when the iPod is connected and as soon as I unplug the iPod it says "no songs available" (oddly enough you can still see the pictures in the cover flow of the opening menu). Then when I plug it in again and run iTunes it says I have to restore my iPod completely, becuase "an iPod in recovery mode has been detected".
This happened to me about 4 times now and I'm pretty ******. I don't know if it's an iPod or an iTunes problem.
Looking forward to your help,
thx

BenjoWestside wrote:
... as soon as _I unplug the iPod_ it says "no songs available" (oddly enough you can still see the pictures in the cover flow of the opening menu). Then when I plug it in again and run iTunes it says I have to restore my iPod completely, becuase "an iPod in recovery mode has been detected".
You are using the eject button to safely disconnect your iPod -aren't you?
Phil
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