Hellllp! hi i just got an ipod classic 80 gig. i tried to put music on through real player, it did not work.A freind of mine put music on for me. I then tried to put more music on ,again, through real player this was a bad move because when i ejected from real player all my music was gone.once again i placed my ipod into the computer and it said that all my music was still their, while in fact it wasnt im freaking out that theirs something wrong with the ipod (or me?)

Hi, now, when you restored your 80 gB classic, did you upgrade the firmware to 1.1.2?
If so, do not.
I refuse as my firmware 1.1.1 works the ipod great and the only trouble started (twice) on trying to update the firmware.
Try a hard factory reset:support.apple.com/kb/HT1339

Then, charge fully with AC charger (this was recommended to me twice in an Apple store)

After wards, use USB to connect to your computer and do not allow it to upgrade to 1.1.2

(See incidental article about ipod touch: rupertgee.wordpress.com/2007/12/02/downgraderestore-ipod-touch-firmware-to-version-111-using-os-x/ this might even work on ipod classic - you've got nothing to loose); also have a look at Apple's updates: apple.com/support/downloads/

This seemed to work for me:

1. Download latest version of iTunes
2. disconnect from internet (I did this by removing my wireless adapter).
3. Put iPod into disk mode (hold select and play until display says "disk mode" at the top).
4. Connect iPod to computer
5. You should be prompted to restore, click yes.
6. Message will appear saying can't connect to internet, do you want to restore to latest version "2.0.1" instead? (Something along those lines).
7. It should start restoring and work this time.

Hope this helps.

You probably have "automatically syn my music to ipod" option turned on. That means, whenever you plug it in, the ipod synchronizes with your itunes library. If you have no music in your library, the ipod will delete all the songs on its hard drive. Be sure to turn this option off in the future.

You need to format the ipod like a harddrive. Right now it is probably in fat32 (32 meaning 32 bit = 4,000,000,000 bytes of data, or 4 gb.) Try reseting your ipod in itenes.

Try a different set of headphones the ones you use might have become faulty....

Go into settings, EQ, and try out some of the EQ settings.

i have a lot of white lines that cover half of my screen , everything else is normal ...it happened while i was charging it overnight.. i have no clue what went wrong.

It's not advisable to use anything other that itunes. It changes the music so it plays on your ipod.

Start with these five simple solutions: Reset, retry, restart, reinstall, or restore
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/

If that all that didnt work, then i suggest you contact apple or your dealer for more assistance or repairs.

If you need more asistance, let me know. Good luck.

try resetting to defaults and then updating to the latest software then download your music after that.

This sounds like the "white screen of death" that some ipods suffer. Try plugging in your headphones and see if you can still hear the clicks when turning the clickwheel, aslo if you can get a song to play.

There are a number of different solutions that people have done to solve this.

One is to keep turning the ipod on and off until the battery wears down completely, then reconnect to your PC or wall A/C adapter.