60Gb iPod won't play songs with bitrate 80kbps or less

Hello,
My 60Gb iPod will no longer play songs encoded with bitrates of 80kbps or less. I think the problem started after I upgraded iTunes to v7.0.2(15) and the iPod to v1.2.
If I try to play one of these songs the iPod screen goes black, then the Apple logo appears, and after about one minute the main menu reappears. This happens every time, whether I select the songs in the "Songs", "Artists", Albums", etc. categories, or if one of these songs are encountered in a playlist.
It also happens whether the files have been bought on the net from eMusic, encoded in iTunes from my own CDs, or from any analog source. I have a lot of old lo-fi jazz recordings which I have encoded in mono to save hard disk space, and these songs played OK before the upgrade.
There seems to be one exception, however: Podcasts seem to play OK.
I have tried the soft reset on the iPod (the "menu" and "select" buttons for 6 seconds).
Any others having this problem?

Pity, I needed the bass boost in the headset.
Hope this will be fixed in the next upgrade, then.
yeah, it's not an optimal workaround.
perhaps try keeping an eye on the following document:
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if the "mono mp3" document shows up in it again, perhaps check to see if a better workaround (or a proper resolution) has been announced.

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