6th Gen Nano skipping songs

Hi all
I have a 6th Gen Nano that i recieved as a replacement for a 1st gen. It has been working perfectly until recently when i noticed that it started to skip some songs. It is not all songs that are affected but a significant proportion of them. The songs play fine through iTunes and are also ok on my iPhone 4 and also used to play fine on the Nano but not any more.
The songs affected come from different places (CD Rips, Amazon etc) and looking at the file i can see nothing that could cause the problem. I have created a blank itunes library and added the affected songs to it before syncing with my Nano but this still causes the same problem. The Nano has been wiped but this doesnt help. It is running version 1.2 of the software which i think is the latest.
I have taken it to the Genius Bar where it was wiped and some diagnostics run on it but this didnt help either. I paid for a replacement 6th Gen Nano (it was out of warranty) but this nano exibited the same problem with the same songs. I have been refunded the cost of the replacement but still have a very tiny brick at the moment that i cannot use.
It seems that the Nano doesnt like some of the songs for some reason and when going through the sync process it doesnt sync all of them even though they appear on the iPod the mp3 file may be missing when i look at it in finder.
As the song plays in iTunes and on my iPhone it is perplexing as to why it doesnt on the Nano. Does anyone know of a way to identify if a song will not play on the Nano as at the moment i am putting them on there and seeing which work and which dont. As they used to work on there i am not sure what to do.
Any suggestions would be greatfully recieved.
Cheers
Simon

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