Skips from playlist to shuffle mode?

I don't know whats going on. I'll be playing a playlist and the next thing I know I hear hear this weird little noise and then the nano goes into shuffle mode? I've had the nano for about to 2 or 3 months did it a few time in the begining but now it's doing it more. Does anyone know whats going on? Thanks.

I sounds like either your "shake" feature or your "shuffle" feature is turned on. I had a similar problem and couldn't turn off my "shake" feature. Someone else on this board helped me fix it. Make sure both of these settings are turned to "off":
main menu ---> settings ---> shuffle=off
AND
main menu ---> settings ---> playback ---> shake=off

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If you keep the entire iTunes folder as it was and you're still using the same platform, you'll be able to keep all your playlist and metadata.
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Just curious why when you have songs and playlilsts on the IPod it doesn't just sync with the computer? It only syncs from the computer to the IPod not visa versus.
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Skips from playlist to shuffle mode?

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