Video Output on iPod Classic

I recently upgraded from my older 30GB iPod to the 120GB iPod Classic. The gym I have a membership at has TV's built into all of the machines, and with my older iPod I could easily hook it up for video out. With the iPod classic, it simply keeps telling me to insert my video device (it shows a picture of the bottom plug, when the cable is a standard 3.5mm video plug). How can I get this to work?

For anyone else with similar issues - Apple removed that functionality in the iPod classic and you can simply buy Apple's cables to make it work.
Sadly, I cannot use it at my gym anymore, but at least there is a solution for the rest of you!
Here is the necessary cable in the Apple store:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB129LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDA0OQ&mco=MjE0NTAzOA

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