4th gen shuffle battery, no lights or charge My 4th gen ipod has not been used for some time, I have a new usb to jack cable for charging it.

The shuffle shows no signs of life, no lights, when I plug it into the wall or computer(different docs, different computers). I left it to charge for a few hours, but nothing.

I followed some instructions on the trouble shooting pages of ipod shuffle... bla to nop avail.

Is the battery shot? Or are there solutions out there..
It sounds to me like a hardware issue, and you will probably do best to contact Apple.

I assume you have, but I would check the old cable (if it is still around and functioning), just to make sure that doesn't work as well. There is always a chance the new cable is somehow non-functional.