I got a new iPod classic 120GB, replacing my old 60gb. I loaded it up with my songs and stuff, and started using it, but after a while it skipped to next song halfway through a song. This happened a few times, and once the ipod even restarted itself (after displaying a low quality 8bit colour apple logo image). I then restored my iPod, and checked for latest software, and it seemed to be better for a while, but it just skipped a song again.
I'm pretty sure all the song files are mp3, but maybe some AACs. Songs that skipped played fine other times. iPod hasn't been dropped since I got it... I guess I have to take it to an apple center for warranty... Does anyone elses new 120GB skip songs?
Yep! I'm seeing the same problems on my new 120gb classic (see my other forum post about it). Random skips occasionally but quite regularly it locks up needing a hard restart.
I've told iTunes not to sync album art and this seems to have made the iPod a lot more stable, thou I've had two hangs since doing that so maybe I was just lucky for awhile.
Yep. This is my second one in a week. I'm trying to listen to a compilation by Boyz II Men and it's driving me crazy because not a single song will play the whole way through. The first one did this for a day and then just shut down totally so I took it back to the store. I look at the screen. It says the song is 3:32 long and 1 min or less in the thing skips to another song. I'm going to return it today, pick up a 3rd one and if the same thing happens I'm just going to get a refund. This is ridiculous. I never had this problem with the older version.
I have a 120GB iPod Classic and I experience the same problem. It will skip to the next song after a few seconds. If I go back to the song I scroll/fast forward to a later point in the song, it will play. I have tried deleting the songs from the iTunes Librabry and then adding them back and I have restored the iPod once and I still have the same problem. The songs play normally in iTunes and on every other device (between my wife and me have an iPhone 3G, 5.5 Gen iPod Video, 5th Gen iPod Video and 4th Gen iPod photo) except the new 7th Gen 120GB.
I Have Same Problem With New Classic 120 gb....
SInce The Day I bought.. Just Load About 10 Gb. Of AAC Files Ripped from CDs...
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IPOD Skip song RANDOMLY.. sometimes canplay 2-3 or 4 songs complete then it skip while plaing the 5th song. Sometimes it skip while just play first song sometimes can play nearly end of album but skip while playing track 9....it RAMDOMLY...
All File Complete can play on PC and even on Ipod(in case i re-play it again after skipping)
RESET RESTORED RE-RIP is NOT HELP
*but the only Solution i've found is..... "Don't Use COVER FLOW feature"...It's works!!*
My Classic 120 is skipping around on my audiobooks. I have yet to listen to a whole segment without it throwing me into some other book. I thought about turning off the shuffle but it just asks to turn it on. Any ideas?
I'm getting skipping left and right on my new 160gig classic and I'm fed up. It doesn't seem to matter whether I'm playing an mp3 or AAC file, whether it was downloaded from iTunes or Emusic, pirated, or ripped off a CD. It's completely frustrating and has me wishing I still had my old 80GB classic (or even a Zune
gasp!)
My best theory is that the Pod's resources are being allocated too heavily to maintain all the flashy eye candy Apple built into this latest edition. Forget reflective album art, forget scrolling album covers, forget stupid icons informing me which part of the menu I'm in, just play my damned music without skipping! If I wanted eye candy, I would've bought an iPod touch. I just want what Apple is famous for: fantastic products with awesome build quality! What happened? This is as bad as the mobile me fiasco!
I have noticed that the main problem is occuring with any songs that I have ever updated the files for. Those are the songs that stop playing midway through.
Well I took my iPod to the apple shop for replacement and (after 2-3 weeks, it was engraved...) I got a new one that works perfectly!
Considering apple.com.au sent me my engraved iPod within days of ordering, I'd say 2-3 weeks for a replacement is kinda slack... And not only that but the new one's laser engraving is off center! It's like there were a few spaces after my name when they typed it...
If you can get a refund and then reorder a new one I recommend that procedure over warranty replacement, particularly if your iPod's engraved.
My 4g pod started doing this after the 8.0 update. Music loaded prior to that is fine. It is especially prevalent with concert recordings and setting gapless playback. Very frustrating indeed.
Iv had my 120GB Classic since early September when they came out and iv noticed that it skips on a few song s but not many, though I do tend to listen to the same small selection of music! In my experience it has skipped at the exact same point in a particular song. as someone else has said on here, i can fast search through the song past that point and it will play the rest no problem. its like there is a speciffic marker in the song that it doesn't like. Pretty stupid if you ask me!
However, it happened to a Lost Prophets album first and the only way i found round it was to re-record the album in and its worked fine since. But since then iv found more songs that do it. Its really frustrating!!!!
I might look at taking it back then as i thought it was just my music. I didn't realise anyone else was having the same problems!