My Iphone 4 won't connect to itunes - it gave me a message about not recognising my iphone

I'm going on a long trip tomorrow and I wanted to download audiobooks to listen to - my computer won't recognise it
Any help would be much appreicated.

Hi there JazzakhgS,
You may find the troubleshooting steps in the article below helpful.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
-Griff W. 

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