If you look carefully at the new charger plug, it is not a standard 3.5mm stereo plug, but has 4 sections rather than 3. headphones pick up the audio, but the 4th ring tells the ipod it is a charger/transfer dock plug and to go into "usb mode"
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If you look carefully at the new charger plug, it is not a standard 3.5mm stereo plug, but has 4 sections rather than 3. headphones pick up the audio, but the 4th ring tells the ipod it is a charger/transfer dock plug and to go into "usb mode"