iPod Shuffle Music Distorted

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iPod Shuffle Music Distorted

I got an IPod Shuffle for Christmas and I downloaded music and it worked fine for about an hour and now the music sounds distorted (can't make out the words on songs, although you can hear music...). Is this is a hardware problem or do I need to reset/reload?

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Posted on Jan 12, 2008 8:43 PM

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deggie

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Jan 12, 2008 8:45 PM in response to garyin94010

Try a different set of headphones first, if that doesn't change things download the Reset utility and run it.

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Feb 1, 2008 4:21 PM in response to deggie

I'm having the same issue on a 1st generation shuffle. Running the reset utility does not appear to solve this issue.

From my post on the same issue at iPod Forums ( http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?p=1211599#post1211599):

+My uninformed guess is that this is an issue with the audio encoding. You used to hear this kind of frequency distortion on early (bad) MP3 codecs.+

+The problem described in the original post is not an issue with the headphone jack. It is rather like a karaoke effect where you kill the vocals by eliminating any signal in the "center" (instruments are panned right or left).+

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rcoreyst

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Mar 10, 2008 10:06 PM in response to BradGreen

My mini was distorting music (couldn't hear words) so I upgraded and had the same problem again with my new nano. Turns out it was my nike earbuds. I had had them for a while, then they died on me! At least I know! Using the earbuds that came with my nano, I have no more problem, of course I have an extra mini!

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