Ipod 5g Song skipping problem

First posting on the forum so please bare with me.
I have recent updated my ipod firm ware to 1.1 since i purchased the radio head phones. It would seem since then and having read a number of other posting there may be a problem with this update. That said the other postings suggest turning off the album art which seems to fix the problem. Im not using this in the songs that have problems.
I have already reset and restored. both have not fixed the problem.
The only time the problem seems to go away is playing podcasts. Other wise every song or album plays for a random time then skips to the next track.
I also get a high pitch scratch as the music is playing and then skips to the next song..
Can anyone help??????
Mini Mac   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

After hours of reloading it would seem to have solved the problem.
Thansk for the help
Now i need to sale the radio ear phones on ebay.

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