my shuffle is blinking orange and won't charge

If it shows in iTunes, try restoring it.

Blinking orange means "do not disconnect." It may or may not be fully charged.

If you have the shuffle set to Manually manage music or Enable disk use, the light will blink orange until you eject the shuffle. This is because, with those setting, the system has continuous access to the iPod (as a "disk"), so the iPod is technically "in use," even if it is just sitting there.

To eject the shuffle, there is a small eject button (it has a triangle with a line under it) next to the shuffle's name in the iTunes sidebar (under DEVICES). Click that button to eject the shuffle. If the battery is fully charged, the lighit should turn solid green (not blinking). Not blinking means "OK to disconnect" it from computer.

Thank you it looks as if it is working now. I'll know in three hours.

Thank you very much for this info. It helped, my shuffle kept blinking orange and it was because of that disc setting, took it off and it immedately went to green. Thank you very, very much.

Now that I hsve ejected it, it is solid orange, is this now charging?

Yes, solid light means OK TO DISCONNECT. Orange color means it is currently charging. It should eventually turn green (when the battery becomes fully charged).

Thanks ! It worked !

Thank you so much-I would have never figured that out because I don't know how I got there in the first place! Thanks again!

I have the same problem. I disconnected it with the computer and try to charge it using an adapter, i left it all night and when I woke up it is still in solid orange. I tried to listen to music but it does not work. I remember before it came like this, when you open the iPod there is a green light and it blinks whenever you change the music you're listening to but in my case it doesn't have a light anymore. Do you have an idea on how can I fix this? It's been months and I can't fix it.