Audio book restarting at random points after pausing

I'm playing an audio book and when I pause, or even rewind, it starts in a random part that I've already listened to. Even stranger is the time showing played is "live" and where it should be based on the time I've listened already.
Example - I listen for 2 hours, press pause - unpause and it begins to play from a random spot in the beginning and yet the time still shows the 2 hours has passed. I then fast forward and it keeps restarting in roughly the same place, and the time played keeps showing it moving forward.
I've reset by hand, restored by iTunes, and downloaded a new version of the book and still having the same problem. Any ideas?

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Hi everyone, I've just got a BT Youview DTR T2110 box, liking it mostly so far. However, whenever I pause anything then resume it there's no audio for anywhere between 2 and 8 seconds. The video starts instantly on resumption but not the audio. This is exceedingly frustrating!! Is there some thing wrong with my box?
I'm scratching my head at this as the BT box is a Humax box. I've had a couple of Humax PVRs in the last few years, and this box is to replace a JVC tv which had a Humax box integrated within the tv. That was a great product until it simply decided to die recently. I've never had this audio problem with any Humax product before, why now?
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