Perhaps it hasn't died cos, when I hook it up, I can see it under Itunes, and go in to a play list on the Touch, and using my laptop, actually play music from that play list. Like I say, I'm doing this from within Andy's IPod, under devices from within Itunes, so not playing the tracks from the Itunes Library, but from the play list on the Pod. I still don't know why the Pod appears to be dead, I've had eyes on it, and been told there is nothing on screen, and pressing the power button, volume up and down buttons, and home button, makes no difference! - Andy