My ipod screen shows a usb and itunes

My Ipods screen is stuck on the screen showing a usb and itunes symbol. I have reset it and still nothing. It does not show up on My Computer, or device manager or Itunes. I try to restore it on itunes and it gives the message that there is no ipod recognized or once it popped up that the ipod was passcode protected, I cant clear the screen to use the passcode. Help!

You'll need to connect the device to iTunes and restore it. If iTunes doesn't recognize the iPod still, try manually placing it in recovery mode first and then performing the restore in iTunes. See this article for instructions on putting the iPod into recovery mode.
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See Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
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Take your time... Pay particular attention to Steps 3 and 4.
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Alley_Cat I tried a new micro usb, as a last ditch effort before giving up entirely... SUCCESS! How strange the other micro usb charges my iphone via griffin iTrip perfectly, but wouldn't work with apple TV. Perhaps there are different kinds? Even more bizarre than Apple not including it in the box, is that they don't even SELL micro USB's on the Apple australian online store (or at least they didn't when I checked a week ago). Now that is stupid.
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