Itunes will open, but my ipod doesn't appear on the screen

i plug my ipod in and itunes pops up, my my ipod stuff doesn't! i wait for a bit, but my ipod is kind of frozen and it doesn't have that little sync icon in the corner. i disconect it and try to turn it off, but its frozen, so i leave it overnight and its all normal again. why does it happen?

You might try resetting the iPod. If that doesn't help, you might need to restore it. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60983
Hope this helps.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

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