120 gig refurb ipod classic - random restarts

i got a refurbed ipod classic about a month ago and it's been randomly restarting for the last two weeks now.
it also will randomly skip songs, which seems to be a problem a lot of people have.
i at first synced the ipod with my computer, but turned that off, restored the ipod, and manually added my library. it is still randomly restarting on me (mostly while listening to audio books, podcasts, or after i disconnect the ipod from my computer).
it's pretty annoying.
the hard drive seems to click pretty loud when it restarts as well... should i just bring it back to an apple store and get a new one?

If your iPod simply won't play some songs and is fine with others, that (for me) usually means the ID3 tags in the files themselves are corrupt. In iTunes, right-click (or click and hold on a mac) and select "Convert ID3 tags". If I know the song info (title, artist, album, track numbers, etc.) I'll usually take it all the way down to v1.0, then view details and enter any information that might not have been carried over from the conversion. After that, both iTunes and my iPod play the affected songs just fine.

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I bought a 120GB iPod Classic just over a year ago (Apr 2009). While playing, it would randomly reboot/restart. Sometimes it would work for hours, sometimes it would restart every few minutes. After living with this for months, I went to the local Apple Store, did the Genius Bar thing, and they gave me a new iPod.
The new one does the exact same thing.
Am I facing a known, "gotta live with it" issue with these iPods? I rely on the iPod in my car for long drives. I almost through it out the window last weekend when it kept restarting while I was listening to an audio book on a 4 hour drive.
And yes, I did all the recommended steps - restart, reload, reinstall, etc, etc, etc. Multiple times.
Thanks
Jim

If your iPod simply won't play some songs and is fine with others, that (for me) usually means the ID3 tags in the files themselves are corrupt. In iTunes, right-click (or click and hold on a mac) and select "Convert ID3 tags". If I know the song info (title, artist, album, track numbers, etc.) I'll usually take it all the way down to v1.0, then view details and enter any information that might not have been carried over from the conversion. After that, both iTunes and my iPod play the affected songs just fine.

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I have tried updating IPod, re-installing ITunes and restoring IPod
Any Ideas??? Apart from buy a new one but from what I can guess seems like a software issue.
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I was having the same problem.
I have an i pod classic 80GB (with the wheel) I think it's 5th generation
I would start a Sync, it would sync 2 or 3 songs then stop or hang up, which did not interfere with any other function, so I would not say it froze.
Once I ended the sync by clicking on the X next to the sync progress bar at the top of the window, I ejected the ipod and then plugged it in again. Then I selected my i pod under Devices in the menu on the left-hand side of iTunes. Clicked on the summary tag. Clicked on "Manually manage music and videos" Clicked ok and apply.
When in manual mode, you cn drag songs from iTunes to the device icon in the sidebar. Once I downloaded the song or songs or album that was causing the problem, I then unselected manual load, and everything else was able to sync normally on automatic mode.

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Sometimes this works. Otherwise you will have to wait for an updte to the car system or the iOS on the iPod
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset the car system
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

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When I connect my iPod classic to my computer and it starts syncing, i notice that it seems to be syncing apparently random songs from my music library, and an apparently random number of them too. For example, today I plugged in my iPod and it said it was going to sync 69 songs, and all of them were already on the iPod. Plus, I don't think the play count changed at all, not that that should matter at all. My iPod is set to sync according to the songs that are checkmarked. How can I get rid of this seemingly random syncing?

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1960179&tstart=0

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Try here > Apple - Support - iPod Troubleshooting Assistant

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Hi,
When I sync and then eject my iPod classic 120Gb, immediately after rejecting (after the progress bar has gone all the way to the right) the iPod reboots...
This seems harmless, I'm having no other problems, I'm sure this isn't supposed to happen, right?
Any ideas, anyone?
TIA
Kevin Pitkin

I forgot to add that usually after I get some songs to sync then I try syncing again, it will end up erasing everything off the iPod and I have to start over.

IPod classic randomly restored on its own and now wont connect to itunes..

Hey guys
So last week i sync'd my iPod Classic 80gb and everything worked fine.
I've been away for the week and have used my iPod in a couple of different speakers/car transmitters/playstation etc and they have all worked fine.
Then when I got home today, the ipod says 'connected' but doesnt come up in itunes.
However, it does come up in my computer as 'steff's ipod' and shows that there is space being used on the ipod, even though it comes up as blank when i use it.
After I unplugged this it froze and once i got it back unfrozen, everything appears to be gone.
Now whenever i plug it in nothing comes up in itunes even though it says 'connected' however when i unplug it, an error then comes up in itunes saying it cannot sync with the ipod.
The first time i plugged it in it did come up with an error saying it was corrupt.
I've tried installing windows 7 updates, and uninstalling and reinstalling itunes but now itunes just freezees once the ipod is connected to the computer.
Now something similar happened to me a while ago and ended up killing my ipod, I had to go back to Apple and they offered me a refurbished one.
However that time it didnt restore on it's own, something just went wrong and it couldnt sync, but it started with the 'corrupt ipod' message so im thinking its something with my computer that's causing this (the guy at the Apple store did say that my PC caused the problem but i dont know how!)
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update- now it will come up in itunes and says it detects an ipod in recovery mode and to restore it.
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I just upgraded to a 120GB classic, my former iPod was a 4thGen 60gb. I've had it for just over 3 weeks now, and it's starting to act strange. Yesterday, it just stopped mid-song and restarted, and continued to do so. I'll get anywhere between 15-25 minutes of playtime, then it just restarts itself.
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EXACTLY the same problem I'm having with my 120GB Classic, and it's only about three months old. The problem actually started after a few days of owning it. Restarts are random...sometimes it will be within a few minutes, other times after a few hours.
When I restore the iPod back to factory settings and resync my library it will temporarily cure the problem. However, if I add/remove/change music in my library and then sync again it tends to cause the problem to rear its ugly head once more.
I have sent the iPod back to Apple but they could find nothing wrong, and promptly sent it back to me.
Thinking it was a possible problem with my PC (Win XP Pro) I decided to wipe my PC at the weekend. I also rebuilt my itunes library. Still the fault reoccured. The other night I ran a tool called MP3Val (http://mp3val.sourceforge.net/download.shtml) on the mp3s on my hard drive to check them for any problems. Some of them did have some problems and I used the tool to repair them. Once this was done I did the restore and resync. Worked fine again until next sync and then back to square one again...
This is driving me mental now. I do not want to have restore my iPod every other day. It takes 2 hours for a start.
Oh, by the way, I trawled through the net a little while back, hoping to find a solution. One temp fix was to set the backlight to always on, and the brightness down to the lowest level. This DOES stop the restarts occurring but obviously this shouldn't be the fix we have to live with.
I'm going to take mine to my nearest Apple store next week. I've emailed them and they said they would replace it. Hopefully this will be the case and HOPEFULLY my next iPod won't have the same problem.

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Yep, that's happening with my 160 Gb Classic, too. Sometimes it doesn't even go to the Apple screen, it just goes totally blank.
I want my 5G back.

IPod mini random restarts

Hello there, the subject says it all really.
Every so often my mini will just restart; it mainly happens after Ive left it a few or more hours, and when I return to use it, it restarts, today it even restarted halfway through a track.
Its so random, it sometimes happen every-time it triess to come out of standby, or it may go a week working perfectly
Ive done a restore [1.4] and that hasnt helped
So Im wondering has anyone else had or heard of this problem and if so what did you do?

ok there are to things you can try
first install the latest update
second run a virus scanner on the ipod the ipod should apear as a removable media drive in my computer on windows xp and a ipod icon on mac osx
if that doesn't work
run a disk check utility on the ipod if the disk cheking utility finds any thing wrong with the ipod it will let you know
if all else fails send a extensive letter explaining what happens to apple repair shop and send it in but it sounds like a damaged hard drive to me but without running a disk check utility like scandisk for windows or the disk utility for mac os x i really can't think of anything else
also check you settings you may need to turn of the sleep function in the settings menu but if that doesn't work to a
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Ipod classic 160gb restart over and over and over and over and over

Hi fellas!
I've received my first iPod this past wednesday (30th January) and i already have problems with it!
I plugged it to my laptop to sync a few more musics and itunes told me there was a new update for the ipod software. ok.... apple's update seemed good! (i mean, i've changed to mac in the summer 07 and never had a problem with it, i just use windows for gaming...)
After the download and update there was some error and the ipod disappeared from the itunes! i decided to restore the ipod and now it's on an infinite loop of restarting...
i've seen a few comments to leave the ipod drain the battery until it asks you to recharge, but whenever i connect it, it just begins the same hideous cycle all over again! All it appears is the apple logo like when you turn it on! i've also uninstalled itunes and installed it again (itunes 7.6) but nothing changed.
the ipod is not recognized by itunes or my computer, so i can't try to restore through the disk or change the file type.
I can also hear the disk inside stopping and restarting several times, like if its damaged and cant read past a certain point.
This is really undermining my trust on Apple!
Has anyone been able to solve this issue?
thanks...
Message was edited by: karpov_gangrel

UPDATE!
I called Apple technical service and followed all of their steps. Since none of them worked, they are sending me a package for me to put my iPod in and send it back to them. A replacement should arrive 1-2 weeks after i send it back and with my personalized inscription. I'll keep everyone noticed when it arrives.
So, the lesson to be learned here is:
If you're under warranty, try some of the suggestions in this forum and, if it doesn't work, call Apple right away. They will take care of you!
It ***** not no have the iPod for a few weeks, but i prefer to have everything in perfect condition, than spending those 2 weeks trying all kind tricky and shady solutions...

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Hearing clicking noise in the iPod is bad, a sign that the Hardisk cant read the boot sector.
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120 gig refurb ipod classic - random restarts

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