My Ipod says connect to computer to restore Ipod

I bought a new 80 GB video Ipod at the end of June. It worked fine for the first few months and I was really enjoying it. Then all of a sudden a screen came up that I have never seen before that says connect to computer to restore Ipod. I connect it to the computer and the computer doesn't recognize it as an Ipod. I thought at first it was because it wasn't charged but then I charged it and it still wouldn't make a difference. Now it won't do anything. I have tried everything that I can think of and what is listed on the website. Please can you help. I want to try and fix it without having to send it back because I currently live in China and it is very hard and expensive to send things back. Please help me figure it out.

Have you had a chance to look at this troubleshooting page? Have a look at the bottom section that covers what to try if restoring doesn't work, it may be of some help: iTunes has detected an iPod in recovery mode - Use iTunes to restore

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