Universal Dock Problem

I have the 8GB iPhone, and it had been working great in my older Universal Dock, the 2005 model. I get a message about "This Accessory is will not work with the iPhone" when I dock, but it works fine.
The problem is, recently the remote has stopped working when I have the iPhone docked. The remote works fine when any iPod is docked, just not when I have the phone in there.
It used to work... anyone have an idea?
8GB iPhone 1.1.1

Try pairing it. Read the following Apple Tech article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA23708?viewlocale=en_US

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