The third iPod failed. I

The third iPod failed. I brought this unit home. Connected it to my G4 and loaded 4.7 G of music. Everything seemed normal. The unit played well, and operated flawlessly. Two days later, I attempted to listen to some music and found the iPod dead. It was fully charged. Didn’t seem right. That evening I plugged it into my G4. Noted that it started to charge. After a couple of hours I noticed its screen was cycling between the Apple logo and blank screen. Also that iTunes had not opened. The Mac did not recognize the iPod. Attempted a hard reset of the iPod but nothing. Took it back to the Apple store the following day. The unit was dead when they opened the box. I could not get it to respond so it just sat and cycle itself until the battery went dead. The folks at Apple plugged it in and it worked OK for them . They used the wall plug to charge the unit. We discussed that the problem could be with my G4. However, the G4 is new and my old style iPod had no problems with it. Once again Apple replaced my iPod. I am getting good at opening the iPod box and installing music. After installing the music I charged the iPod for several hours using the wall charger. After charging I found it played fine. The next morning it still worked. Later that morning I flew to Tampa, Fl and used it for three hours with no problem. The following day it still played OK. Maybe the fourth time is the charm…..of course I have not attempted to recharge the unit