Problems playing Audio Books

I have purchased and downloaded 2 audio books from iTunes, when I try to play them back I select 'Audio Books' on the iPod and then get a message saying "No Audio Inputs" and I cannot access the audio books. Any suggestions?

Unfortunately, I have so many audiobooks I can't utilize the Audiobooks option under Music tab for the iTouch. In order to transfer an audiobook I want to listen to I create a playlist containing the book of interest and transfer by checking the corresponding playlist.

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