We have three in the family. What a coincidence that all of them failed after the last iTunes update. None of them will sync properly and One of them won't play any more.
I never throw anything away and brought out of retirement a couple of old Sony 2GB walk persons. This got me thinking and I did a bit of research. Argos are doing a 160 GB MP3 player. About ÂĢ135. Of course all the iTunes contents can be dragged and dropped. Problem solved! Apple have really shot themselves in the foot IMHYCO.
Anyone else affected or is this all Greek to you.