5 orange lights when plugged into usb, and music will not play.

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5 orange lights when plugged into usb, and music will not play.

About a week ago my 2nd gen shuffle stopped working-think it was a jogging/sweat realted issue. At the time it had no ligts and was not recognized by iTunes or the computer.

Today the lights came on for the first time in 1.5 weeks and it was recognized by iTunes. I brought it up to full charge, music is showing on the ipod, but when I try to play-nothing happens.

Each time I plug it into the USB cable I get 5 slow flashing orange (more than 2 seconds, less than ten seconds) then it goes green.

Any ideas? Thanks...

iPod shuffle

Posted on Sep 26, 2012 11:30 AM

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planb77

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Sep 26, 2012 12:04 PM in response to tannat

The orange blinking lights just indicate that your iPod is communicating with iTunes and should not be disconnected.

Are you sure you have music and other content synced to it? What happens when you try to play music on the Shuffle when it is disconnected from the PC?

B-rock

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tannat Author

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Sep 26, 2012 12:11 PM in response to planb77

Well-it is showing music on the device under the device tab.

Funny-I just ran diagnostics on it, and although the device is recognized under iTuens, and I can send music to it, it is failing a synch test.

The shuffle will not play music when connected to iTunes, and it will not play music when disconnected to the computer.

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planb77

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Sep 26, 2012 1:15 PM in response to tannat

What happens when you try to play music with the iPod connected and appearing in iTunes? What about when it is disconnected from the computer?

B-rock

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tannat Author

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Sep 26, 2012 1:20 PM in response to planb77

Nope-not playing music in any situation. Not when connected and appearing in iTunes, nor when disconnected from the computer. Green light showing always.

Thanks for your help B-Rock...

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