160GB Classic 6th Gen Pauisng And Skipping Songs

I have a 160gb 6th generation that bought in Aug 2008. Just a couple of days ago my iPod started pausing and skipping songs by itself. I did some research and found out this a problem for this model. Does anybody have any ideas to correct this problem? I'm going to the apple store today but I have a feeling they are going to say "nothing we can do about it". My AppleCare warranty ended last month and I spent $350 plus tax on this iPod I want it to last longer than this.

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I have 160gb of music on my Classic, 6th Gen (I think) I've just bought it. Is it possible for it to play my songs in a random order, one or two from different albums?

I have 160gb of music on my Classic, 6th Gen (I think) I've just bought it. Is it possible for it to play my songs in a random order, one or two from different albums?

To add to what Stonerock has mentioned, you can either create Playlists in your iTunes Library, containing exactly what you want, and then Sync them to your iPod, or you can use the iPod Classic's On-The-Go feature.
Reading between the lines, I'm going to assume for now that you want to be able to create your preferred listening list while "out and about" - so not near your iTunes library. (You have posted in iPod Classic, after all.) You can do this with the On-The-Go Playlist.
Look in the Playlists menu on the iPod. It probably contains the Recently Added, Recently Played and other pre-made Playlists that you see in your iTunes Library. At the bottom of the Playlists list, is the On-The-Go showing 0 Songs. Scroll down to it and press the Select (centre) button. The screen will give you instruction on adding songs to the On-The-Go Playlist.
Basically, if you press-and-hold the Select (centre) button, while highlighting a song, the song title will blink as it is added to the On-The-Go Playlist. Try it, then go back to Playlists/On-The-Go and notice that it will now say 1 Song. (Note, you cannot add a "now playing" song to the On-The-Go Playlist.) Repeat this for every song you want to have in the list. You can also look in the Albums menu, highlight the album title and press-and-hold that to add the complete album to your On-The-Go Playlists with one press. So if you add the two albums to your On-The-Go Playlist, you can then listen to just those two albums.
To shuffle the songs, turn on Shuffle on your iPod. Either, go into Settings/Shuffle and press the Select button to toggle between Off/Songs/Albums, or on the Now Playing screen, press the Select button three times to reach the Shuffle option, where you use the scroll wheel to move between Off/Songs/Albums, press the Select button to activate it.
Having added songs to the On-The-Go Playlist, go into it and notice the list of songs and options to Save Playlist (New Playlist 1) or Clear Playlist. If you use Sync to manage your iPod (and that really is the best way by the way), the next Sync will transfer any unsaved On-The-Go and any New Playlist Xs that you have, back to your iTunes Library. You can even remove any song from the current On-The-Go Playlist by highlighting it (in the On-The-Go, obviously) and press-and-holding the Select button.
If you need assistance in creating a Playlist in your iTunes Library, please ask.

Does iPod Classic 6th Gen support a headphone remote for pausing/playing, adjusting volume, and advancing the track?

I know that the 7th Gen does support this feature, and my iPod video (5th Gen) does not.

The listing for Apple's EarPods
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD827LL/A/apple-earpods-with-remote-and-mic
under Compatibility, shows it supporting back to "iPod classic 120GB (2008)."
The official list of iPods does not actually name iPods after the 5th gen model by a "gen" name, but if you look at the list
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1353
it is clear which one "iPod classic 120GB (2008)" refers to. There is an earlier "iPod classic" ("6th gen") model from 2007 that is apparently NOT supported by the EarPods. But it's possible that Apple's older headphones with remote control works with it.

I have a 6th gen nano and windows 8.1. Itunes does not recognise my nano anymore. I have tunes to download

I have a 6th gen nano and windows 8.1. Itunes does not recognise my nano. I have tunes to download

B noir
Yes that is correct
Okay. Have you tried a complete uninstall of both iTunes and all the other related software components and then a reinstall? If not, try the instructions from the following document:
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

My ipod nano 6th gen synced and then i go to use it and there isnt any music on it?

my ipod nano 6th gen synced and then i go to use it and there isnt any music on it? but when i plug it in to itunes it says there's music on it..

you have to press quite hard to get the headphones in
dont be afraid it breaks

160GB ipod classic 6th gen cant be recovered by itunes 12

My 160GB iPod Classic (6th Generation) cannot be recovered by iTunes 12. I plug the iPod into my Macbook Pro and it shows up in Finder. Then an iTunes message appears: "iTunes needs to prepare your iPod for recovery. Please leave your iPod connected." Then it is says that it is preparing my iPod for Recovery and then that dialog window closes and the iPod screen is a flashing Circle with slash and the line "Do not disconnect." under it. At this point the iPod is not visible in the side bar in iTunes 12 and this message goes on with no progress. I have left it for a while doing this and there is no change. After a while I'll disconnect and it if I try again the same thing happens. I have a dual-booted computer with both Mac OS Yosemite and Windows 8.1 and on the Windows 8.1 side iTunes is able to restore and set-up the iPod, therefore I know the iPod, the USB, and iTunes are all working. All my music is on my Mac side though, so I need to get this working on the mac side. I need help getting iTunes 12 on the Mac Side to restore my iPod.
Thanks in advance for help!

disk utility is normally correct. you can try putting ipod in disk mode and control + click > get info on the ipod. see what the capacity is and it should have the 160 GB. in disk utility you can try verify disk. I would try to return the hard drive.

My Ipod Classic 120GB crashes all the time while using it, there is an Apple that comes up and it restarts and sometimes a miscolored screen. It randomly pauses and skips songs as well.Help?

Not sure why it does this but it has been for the past few year and I'm finally getting tired of it. Any way to solve this problem? It randomly skips and pauses songs and if its doesn;t it last about 10 minutes or so and then freezes with an apple on the screen and also a miscolored apple on the screen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Does the iPod get overheated after 10 minutes?
Do the iPod Disk Diagnostic, as posted earlier by tt2, it wont solve your problem, but help in troubleshooting.

My ipod 6th gen wont sync new songs ive uploaded and when i try to update it i get error message 1436

my ipod 6th gen wont sync new uploaded music and when try to update version 1.2 it comes up with error message 1436

Did you already have a look at this article? iPod: Cannot restore or update in iTunes with error 1415, 1417, 1418, 1428, 1429, 1430, 1436, or 1439

Why does my nano make a multi note sound and skip songs

When hooked up to a memorex ipod stereo, my iPod Nano (6th gen) VERY frequently will begin playing a song (while on shuffle/all songs) and after a few seconds or sometimes after a minutes or so the stereo will emit a multi-note sound and skip to the next song in the rotation. VERY ANNOYING to say the least. Is there anyone out there having this problem?

If it only happens when using Memorix iPod stereo, you need to contact their tech support.

Nano 6th gen- voice over during songs

I have a nano 6th gen and during songs the music will fade and a voice over will interrupt and name the song and artist then will start skipping through the song. It will then repeat the name and artist then start listing the folders I have set up in Itunes. I have tried turning the ipod on and off but the problem is persistant. Any ideas on how to fix this issue? The ipod was bought new, not refurbished and isn't more than 1 1/2 yrs old.

I can't help you, but you are not alone!!
The same thing happens to me. .its been doing ti for a month now
So annoying!
No idea why its happening or how to fix it

Why does my ipod keep freezing and skipping songs?

I have the 80GB Ipod Classic, and for some reason it keeps skipping songs, for instance, whenever I go to look under a certain artist or a playlist of even just under "songs" I'll pick one and then it will skip one or two or ten, and there are some songs it just doesn't allow me to listen to anymore. Only on my ipod though, not on itunes. It also keeps freezing and will sometimes just stop in the middle of a song and skip to a new one. I've tried resetting it, and leaving it alone for a few days and letting it charge and leaving it off. Nothing seems to work.
What can I do?

I had this problem with my old 20GB classic ipod, it all started when I began using my ipod for my running trainings, every day it used to get worse freezing every 10 minutos or so, then I got ****** and bought a new 80GB classic Ipod, I have it for about 3 weeks now and guess what? It started freezing or skiping songs also. I did a test where I synced the same library on my both ipod and the songs being skipped on my new one wasnt being skipped on the old one, so its a problem with the song, then I though it could be any damage in the ipod HD but my new ipod has no reason to be damaged, the only impact that it might have recived is from my running trainings, but the impacts are really weak. Other test I did was trying to remove the song being skiped from the ipod, everytime I did that my ipod couldnt be ejcted, it kept showing me the following message "The ipod canot be ejcted because it contains files that are used by another aplication." I had to unplug my ipod without ejecting it.

IPOD FREEZING AND SKIPPING SONGS

hi,
i've had my ipod for about 6 years or so. just recently it's start to freeze and slow up on me. if i'm listening to songs and press the next song. it takes ages for the next song to come on or else it freezes. Also during some songs it skips on me as if part of the song is missing.
what to do? any help would be much appreciated

I had this problem with my old 20GB classic ipod, it all started when I began using my ipod for my running trainings, every day it used to get worse freezing every 10 minutos or so, then I got ****** and bought a new 80GB classic Ipod, I have it for about 3 weeks now and guess what? It started freezing or skiping songs also. I did a test where I synced the same library on my both ipod and the songs being skipped on my new one wasnt being skipped on the old one, so its a problem with the song, then I though it could be any damage in the ipod HD but my new ipod has no reason to be damaged, the only impact that it might have recived is from my running trainings, but the impacts are really weak. Other test I did was trying to remove the song being skiped from the ipod, everytime I did that my ipod couldnt be ejcted, it kept showing me the following message "The ipod canot be ejcted because it contains files that are used by another aplication." I had to unplug my ipod without ejecting it.

My new iPod Classic (6th gen) is completely frozen. Should I send it back?

My iPod seems to be defective. I just upgraded from my last iPod classic (4th gen) to the newest model for more space, so I now all the tips and tricks to reset and restore a malfunctioning iPod. I have tried everything: checked the hold button, reset it, connected it to various adaptors, connected it to the computer, but nothing seems to work. I bought it maybe two weeks ago, and I don't have the receipt (stupid move, I know), so I'm wondering, since I registered the product, if I can send it to apple for fixing or replacement. Thanks.

I'm an idiot. Thanks to anyone that was willing to help anyway:)

Ipod Classic 6th gen problems with HDD upgrade

I have a Ipod 6th gen and left it in rain. I got a red X the next week after having it in rice.
Ordered a SD Card for the iFlash with SD card adapter. I still get the red X. Why? I formatted the 64GB SD with FAT32. I dont know what else to do. I also cleaned the HDD ribbon cable with rubbing alcohol and flipped the connections but still no avail.

disk utility is normally correct. you can try putting ipod in disk mode and control + click > get info on the ipod. see what the capacity is and it should have the 160 GB. in disk utility you can try verify disk. I would try to return the hard drive.

IPod touch music crashes and skips songs

I've had this problem for a while now and it's truly getting annoying.
I will be listening to music and certain songs seem to cause the ipod to either skip the particular song or multiple,
and more and more often crash and send me to the home screen after skipping around 3 songs.
I've tried many solutions such as:
deleting certain album artworks
resetting the iPod
restoring the iPod
converting songs to 128 kbps
keeping all factory settings
turning off the equalizer
Even after all attempts, it still does this to me, I've even tried it on a second iPod touch, after returning the first and getting a second, and still, the problem persists with the new one. Which makes me think it is my music, but I don't know what would be wrong with the music as the songs that give me problems work fine on iTunes and my previous iPod shuffle.
My iPod is currently running the 8.1.1 version

I haven't distinguished all problem songs, (mainly because there are a lot) but the one's I have the only thing they all have in common are having been downloaded to the computer from a physical CD. That might be it. Would there be a reason songs downloaded from a CD would do that?

160GB Classic 6th Gen Pauisng And Skipping Songs

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