Need to charge IPod in car

My 5th Gen IPod Nano plays in my new car's MP3 player. But it does not charge. The reason is the car's MP3 Player is only compatible with IPod Nanos Generation 1, 2 and 3. I have 5th Generation.
Apple support advised I get the ISimple ReVolt Charging Adapter model IS710.
I bought this charger and connected it per the directions - one end of the IS710 into my car's MP3 cable and the other end into my IPod -but my car's MP3 player would not play my IPod's music. I received a message from the car's panel that my IPod is not connected, even though it was. It also seemed that the IS710 adapter did not fit securely into my IPod. But it still would not play even when I held it in securely.
I looked at the box the IS710 came in and it stated that it was compatible with IPod Nano 4th Generation. It did not mention any other generations. I have IPod Nano 5th Generation. Is that the problem? Any advice?

I realize I posted in the wrong forum again, so I just posted this question in the I Pod Nano 5th generation section. However, if anyone in this section can help, I would appreciate it.

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Need to charge IPod Nano in car

My 5th Gen IPod Nano plays in my new car's MP3 player. But it does not charge. The reason is the car's MP3 Player is only compatible with IPod Nanos Generation 1, 2 and 3. I have 5th Generation.
Apple support advised I get the ISimple ReVolt Charging Adapter model IS710.
I bought the ISimple IS710 charger and connected it per the directions - one end of the IS710 into my car's MP3 cable and the other end into my IPod -but my car's MP3 player would not play my IPod's music. I received a message from the car's panel that my IPod is not connected, even though it was. It also seemed that the IS710 adapter did not fit securely into my IPod. But it still would not play even when I held it in securely.
I looked at the box the IS710 came in and it stated that it was compatible with IPod Nano 4th Generation. It did not mention any other generations. I have IPod Nano 5th Generation. Is that the problem? Any advice? I need to charge this IPod Nano in the car while I am playing its music.

Apple support advised I get the ISimple ReVolt Charging Adapter model IS710.
Since Apple recommended this product, call them back & tell them about your issue with this product they recommended.
Your other recourse is the contact iSimple Customer Service at 866-788-4237 or the number listed in the documentations you have.

So, what, I can't charge iPod without a PC - using a wall or car charger?

Hey, hopefully you guys will be more useful than Apple's support line, saying that Apple won't support non-Apple accessories (that is, basically, everything... since Apple didn't even provide a charger with the iPod to begin with). Basically (and even specifically) saying that Apple doesn't recommend using anything but a computer to charge.
That means no charging at work, no charging in the car, no charging whenever it's "convenient"... only charging when iPod is connected to a computer. That's the predicament I'm in now.
If I plug iPod into any device that starts iPod up as a disk device (MSD driver), it'll start charging. If I don't plug it into something that initializes it as a disk (i.e. a 5vdc USB charger), it won't charge. If I plug it into a powered hub without a computer, it doesn't charge. If I plug that same hub into a computer (keep in mind, it's still getting power from the adapter here), guess what? It charges.
What, the crap. Why did Apple do this? Most of the reason I chose to finally buy an iPod (even though I'm plenty happy with my other MP3 players) was because of the plethora of innovative third party add-ons. Now I can't use a charger? What gives?
Or is there really something wrong with my iPod? I've tried several USB chargers that work with my other USB devices (my Pocket PC, my phone, etc), that don't work with iPod. Strangely enough, Google revealed that nobody else seems to be having a similar problem, or if they are, that it's because the USB charger is underpowered (which, while is understandable for my cheesy Chinese USB device chargers, is not the case with the powered hub).
Thoughts?

I didn't even know about a video-out spec change (nor do I use video out, I just got my first iPod!)...
Just, what has me ticked is that I can charge any of my other USB-charging devices like my cell phone and PDA, by just providing +5v to the USB port like a powered hub does without a computer, or a cheap Chinese car adapter does. That's how I modified my cell phone's provider-branded data cable to charge the phone via USB - as it stood, it would only provide data through the cable and drain the battery even though the phone was being provided +5v into its USB circuit. I simply soldered a couple wires ("open source" hardware I call it - the connector simply unscrews and has all its contacts exposed to tweak with!). Easy fix.
But what I find with the iPod is that it's the only device that needs to be "forced" to charge even when it has 5 volts sitting right in front of it. Strangely (and sadly), I did a Google on the iPod dock connector and found on the iPod Linux wiki that there actually needs to be a resistor in place between a couple of USB pins in order to force the iPod into "charging" mode when connected to +5v. So basically, yeah, it will charge, but since my hub isn't an iPod charger, and the cheap chargers I have (that only provide USB 5v) don't have that resistor, I guess it was just ignoring it.
Great job leaving the consumer guessing, Apple. At least now there's a forum post on this (irritating) subject for those of us that don't associate "new device" with "new accessories" but instead find ways to make our old accessories work for the new devices. Guess it's to the soldering iron with me...
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Hi all.
Now this may sound like a stupid question, but here goes. I use my ipod every day to go for power-walks.
I'm not sure when the power is depleted and I don't know how to check for that (is there a way). but I've used it every day this week and I'm about to go for another power walk. So I figured it might need a bit of re-charging so I plugged it into my computer and it just kept saying "updating your ipod, do not disconnect". Then it said "safe to disconnect". Now I did NOT want to update my ipod, I wanted to make sure that when I went out, that my ipod would not go off on me.
So there are actually two questions here?
the first is: Is there a way to tell if it needs re-charging.
And second. Why can't I just plug it into the computer and it should say "charging".
In the past, I only re-charged it when I found out after walkking, that it went dead on me. So I knew I had to go home and plug it in and the thing goes "CHARGING".
And an hour later or so, it's all charged up.
Isn't there some way to do this 'BETWEEN CHARGES"???
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P.S. I used to post with a different user ID but it wouldn't accept it so I re-registered.

Hi, I have read the tutorials and no where does it answer my question. I really tried to find my answer believe me but I had to come back here.
I plugged in my ipod and went to ipd options. I then checked the little box that said "manually update songs".
Then I clicked okay.
so that option has been selected.
Two days later (I had maybe used my ipod for 3 hours total), I looked at my ipod to see the strength of my battery life and in the upper right corner, the battery has a little picture that indicates the following.
3/4ths of the battery is clear and one fourth of the battery is in black.
Does this mean I need more charging or I have 3/4th charge left. Does the black mean that is how much is left?
Also, and here is where I get completely lost.
I was told that if I chose manually update for my songs, that when I plug in my ipod, it would absolutely automaticlaly recharge. Even if there was a bit of charge in the ipod, I was under the impression that it would re-charge it fully. This did not happen.
I plugged in the ipod, the ipod said the words, do not disconnect" and up on my itunes screen it said "Ipod is Updated".
Now where am I being told that it is recharging.
I remember when I first bought this thing, I had to plug it into the computer and it took 2 hours to charge it up.
Now, when the thing goes dead on me, I plug it in and it takes 15 minutes. Am I crazy or something? or is something not right here.
I just went to ebay to buy a home wall charger. I first went to Radio Shack and it costs $29.99.
On ebay you can get it (generic version) for $.99 plus s&h.
Here's the link to what I mean.
http://cgi.ebay.com/For-Apple-iPod-Mini-Nano-Video-Home-Wall-Charger_W0QQitemZ18 0018872971QQihZ008QQcategoryZ48680QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Now, if I buy this home charging thing and I plug in my ipod, will it then re-charge it fully??? or do I just keep plugging it into my computer and hope for the best.
I guess I'm just not reading the little symbol in the upper right hand corner correctly.
I really did go to the tutorial but I can't find my answers.
Please somebody just answer my basic questions and I'll go away quietly.
Thanks,
Melody

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