New iPod randomly skipping songs

Ok - mine too, but mine appear to be only the frequently played songs. My ipod is an older model. Here's my story:


I have a lot of songs on my ipod that I don't listen to often. I put them on there because DH likes them and when we travel, we listen to "his" music and mine - shuffled through the little car speaker adapter thing (I'm so technical here!). Anyway, I noticed that when I'm listening to the ipod and I want to skip over a tune that I'm not in the mood for or don't necessarily like, I'll hit the skip button, find one I want to hear and stop...the ipod automatically keeps going until it gets to the next song that hasn't been played as much. It won't let me choose and listen to the more frequently played songs, only those that are on the less frequent list. Even if I choose to just listen to the album, it skips the entire album. Is there a setting somewhere that I can adjust this so I can listen to what I want regardless of how many times it has been played? If I create a new playlist that has just my songs on it, will that take care of the problem? Its driving me nuts! I have been through itunes on the computer but can't find any settings that relate to this. Can any of you help me out? Thanks so much!!! Kim

Just bought mine and it's doing what everyone else is complaining about. C'mon Apple sounds like a recall to me. Mine is also making an odd buzz and click sound inside the unit. Not the click from scrolling but like the processor is clicking which I don't think is good. Uggghhhh back to the store w/ this one tomorrow and get an 80GB I guess.

I've just listened to my iPod today and its been skipping randomly, about three times today.

Now do not mix up the random skipping issue with the music which always skip at a known point. These are two different causes.

One, the random skipping issue, is definately a device bug issue.

Two, the fix point skipping on a track is due to the recording (or compression) of the track by iTunes, most often, a re-record will solve this problem.

The former problem is the one which is driving people crazy! Guys, do not pay good money to let them tell you its a norm, or whatever they are trying to make you think. Go bring the defective iPod to a retailer and ask for a Refund... (funny why they don't mention that as a last R in their troubleshooting methodology)

I got a 120Gb Classic yesterday and I've already noticed that it skips randomly as well. Really annoying because I had an old 30Gb iPod video and it never did this and I had it years before some cretin stole it.

Also there are a few songs that play for a few seconds then stop and the iPod returns you to the menu like the song has ended. This didn't happen with the same song on my older iPod and it's the exact same file!

Looks like this is a rampant problem with the new 120GB iPod Classic. I get the same thing happening for my songs. It randomly cuts off some songs, regardless of file quality or even what number the song is on any given playlist... it's just random! It's gettin' me pretty peeved! Now I don't wanna load anything into this iPod because I might return it. Dang!

I hope Apple fixes this with a FIRMWARE UPDATE, or else I'm REFUNDing this sleek-looking piece of portable machinery!

Feel free to add another TWO to this list. Spent all last weekend sorting out the music on my new 120GB. 3 Seconds. Skip. Replacement. All THIS weekend sorting music. 3 Seconds. Skip.

Fine playing off the iPod in iTunes, try sticking some headphones in it and using on its own and...2...3...skip.

Ridiculous.

Looks like getting a replacement isn't a solution. That only leaves us with waiting indefinitely for a firmware update or getting a refund.

My old 80gb classic didn't have this problem and it's just the same hardware with a bigger HD and the genius playlist feature. Is it that difficult for Apple to fix this?

I just received a new 120gb iPod as an insurance replacement for a 30gb classic that got swiped. I've tried a number of times to sync it with iTunes, but all it does is freeze everything up, copy a few songs across, freeze up again, then display an error message saying I'm not allowed to copy things to the iPod hard drive. Anyone else having/had this problem?

Having the same problem as well.

Particularly annoying cause I listen mostly to long podcasts and it'll skip in the middle of a good story.


This is the third iPod I've had to return in 3 months.

Awesome.

Another Ipod Classic 120Gb with random skipping here. Really annoying.

It's been nearly 1 and a half months since the problem was reported. Where's the firmware update Apple?

count me in! REALLY annoying especially with a 40 minute podcast that just jumps to the end. This forum is getting huge. Can they solve this?

I just wanted to chime in and say that I was having the same problem with my 120GB Classic. It feels better to know that I'm not alone!

When I first got my 160gb it was doing the same thing. Apple just gave me another which did the same thing. The only thing that stopped it was right clicking on the song or whole cd and choosing "convert to mp3".After that just delete the previous song or songs. I just made a note of which songs where skipping when I was listening to my ipod. I have my "convert to mp3" set at 160 kbps, I think you can change that to your preference under the edit menu. The songs haven't skipped since.
I think the problem has to do with songs not imported by itunes. I still haven't got all of mine though cuz I have over 8800 songs on my ipod. Hope this helps.

I have the classic 80G and it skips too.