IPod Touch 2G Playback Has a Mind of It's Own

Hi, I'm having a major problem with my iPod Touch 2G 4.2.1. I'm using headphones with built-in playback control, Nuforce NE-7Ms, great headphones for the price, by the way. With these headphones plugged in, music randomly starts, stops, skips, fast forwards, etc. So, I did some tests to determine the problem. I tested a different pair of headphones with no built-in playback control and had no playback issues. I then tested the Nuforce NE-7Ms on a different iPod (Nano) that supports playback control from the headphones and also had no problems there. This leads me to believe that there is either a problem with my iPod Touch's headphone jack or with the firmware that is causing this. No problems with the headphones from what I can tell. The obvious solution is to use headphones without playback control, but I like my headphones and paid a decent amount for them, so I'd rather not. Anyway, I'm wondering if anyone has had a similar issue or has any advice. Thanks.
EDIT: Out of warranty, by the way.
Message was edited by: LGom09

I would try in this order:
- Resetting you iPod
Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restoring from backup via iTunes
- Restoring to factory defaults, also via iTunes.
I also confirmed that they should work per the manufacture's website.
http://www.nuforce.com/hp/products/ne7m/index.php

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