Wont show up in Itunes or My Computer

Just bought a 3rd generation Ipod touch, when I went to sync it with my itunes account i got the message "Itunes coud not connect to the ipod "mikes i pod" because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the Ipod before it can be used with Itunes"
However the ipod whenever I turn it on just shows the image of the usb cord and the itunes logo. I've tried doing a hard reset/reinstalling itunes but nothing worked. The ipod won't show up in itunes devices or in my computer. What else can I try?

Bad news that worked to get it into recovery mode but half way through the update it stopped and gives me the same message again "Itunes coud not connect to the ipod "mikes i pod" because it is locked with a passcode. You must enter your passcode on the Ipod before it can be used with Itunes" how do I get by that?

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