After recharging shuffle(second gen 2 gb) it played the song from the start

Question

after recharging shuffle(second gen 2 gb) it played the song from the start instead or continuing from the last song played. I put 500 song on the shuffle, then I listen to 200 roughly on and off for 3 days (1 hour here, 1 hour there etc.).But now I have to recharge it then when I turn it on, it start at number 1 song and not 201. Even though with 500 song itunes says play time roughtly 1.4 day, so roughly 30 hours, and the charge last roughly 12 hour (give or take a few, depending on volume, skip etc...) maybe I would have been better with a 1 gb. so i don't have to skip to the last song I played before I recharge it.
Beside that, so far I love my shuffle, I have been going thru different mp3 players, this one is great except for that little problem.
any idea or suggestion would be appreciate to help maximize my ipod experience
Thank you

Answer 1

Hi Jello2208,
unfortunately it's normal behaviour for the iPod shuffle to reset the playback position to the first song whenever it is synced.
A safe way to avoid this is using the USB power adapter for charging instead of connecting the iPod to your computer.
If you don't have a power adapter, try this: In the iPod settings in iTunes, deselect the option to open iTunes automatically when the iPod is connected. Now whenever you connect your iPod to your computer just to charge it, make sure that iTunes isn't running, and don't start it while the iPod is connected. This way no sync will happen and hopefully the playback position will survive.