Front Row strange behavior

Hello, there.
I have recently bought a 27-inch Core i5 iMac to replace my old 2.66GHZ Core 2 Duo 20-inch model.
As I try to use Front Row with my new Apple Remote (it worked before with my old iMac), everytime I roll down the lists (Artists, Songs, ...) it rolls back automatically to the Artist which is playing, not allowing me to select another Artist or even roll down more than three lines. What happens?
I have also paired the remote on system preferences but it didn't resolve the issue.
Can anybody please help me?
Thanks in advance,
Diego.

Thanks a lot for answering my topic.
Yes, I did install the 10.6.4 update and the all the content works perfectly within iTunes, which is the latest version (9.2.1). About the scrolldown on Front Row, even if I use the Apple Wireless Keyboard or the Remote the software does the same thing as I wrote on the first post of the topic.
Is there anything that I can do to solve this?

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