New iPod wont work when I plug it into previous craddle

Ive had a 4th gen iPod for a couple of years and this Christmas I recieved a new 5th generation iPod as a gift. I put the new iPod on the old craddle (it didnt fit as snugly but apparently it did charge it) but nothing shows up on the screen, its not synching up w iTunes or anything, the screen is blank. Do I have to do something to it or to my Mac for it to substitute my old iPod for the new one and have the comp recognize it?
Please help - Thanks in advance

If your old craddle hooked up via Firewire? If so, that is the problem. All newer iPod use USB2 only for data trasnfer and no longer use Firewire to update. However you can still charge from a Firewire port as you have discovered.
Patrick

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