Nano for Alpine Car Stereo

I have the Alpine KCA-4201 Interface Adapter For Ipod installed with the proper head unit. Ipods and Ipod mini's seem to work fine, but when I plug in my Nano the head unit reads the song files, and you can tell the song is playing on the head unit, but no sound comes out. This seems to happen ONLY with the Nano. Is there some sort of software update? Or does this Alpine unit not support the Nano? Anyone...??

I've had my nano for over three months now, and I'm beginning to realize that, after meeting a few other nano owners, each nano behaves differently, as if it has its own personality?
I had an iPod interface connected to my car stereo a month ago. My nano has no problems hooking up. When my friend plugs her nano in my car, it needs to be reset, every single time. She did a full restore, using the latest updater, and the same thing happens. To test things, I did a full restore on my nano, using the same updater, and no problems.
So, it appears that no two nanos are created equally...
Hopefully, someone may have an answer.
Gary

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