My ipod nano 3rd gen keeps restarting. Never has worked sence bought new two years ago

Help please i would like to use this ipod

Thank you for your help, much appreciated
Summary screen has 5 options
Open iTunes when this iPod is connected - ticked
Sync only ticked songs - ticked
Convert higher bit rate songs to 128kbps AAC - not ticked
Manually Manage Music - not ticked
Enable disc use - not ticked
On the Music tab I have ticked the big sync music box at the top then in the box under that have selected the radio button for Selected playlists, artists and genres. There is nothing else ticked in that top box. In the boxes underneath I have only got ticked items in the playlists box
On the Podcasts tab I have ticked the big Sync podcasts box at the top and have it set to automatically include all unplayed episodes of selected podcasts then in the box below that I have ticked the podcasts I play on this iPod
On the Audiobooks tab I have ticked the big Sync Audiobooks tab at the top and have selected the radio button for selected audio books. The in the box below that I have one or two books from my library ticked at any one time.
On the Photos tab I have nothing ticked.

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