Kenwood DNX/DDX - iPod Classic behaviour

Does anyone have a Kenwood DNX 7200 (7120) or DDX 7029/8029 and an iPod Classic?
I've just done a review of this using my 5.5G Video iPod (80GB) and aside from an otherwise fantastic interface, it doesn't go "back" up the menus once music is playing - i.e. if I'm in a list of albums chosen from an artist, I can't then go back up.
Does the Classic do this?

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