2nd gen sound problem

I just got a new 2nd gen touch and it will play a song all the way through, but on the second song (or video), the sound disappears after 2 seconds. The ipod still shows that it's playing the song, but without sound. The same goes for video. You can watch the video, but no sound. Switching between the two appears to fix it, but this can't be right. Anyone else have this problem??

I'm also having this issue. Both video and music. It doesn't happen for every song or video, just some.

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I'd prefer not to reset it because the only things i've heard is that makes it worse.
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Apple if you are reading this I hope you guys come to your senses and fix it, lots of people have the same problem with 2nd and 3rd generation IPODs. It is annoying but I have faith that you will fulfill these requests. THANKS!
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