IPod classic alarm doesn't 'beep'

manual reads
"Choose a sound Choose Tones or a playlist. If you choose Tones, select Beep to hear the alarm through the internal speaker. If you choose a playlist,
you’ll need to connect iPod classic to speakers or headphones to
hear the alarm."
I select Tones, then Beep, and the iPod comes on with a notification when the alarm time comes up, but no 'beep'.
Running firmware 1.0.1
Anyone else having this problem?

A restore (with upgrade to firmware 1.0.2) fixed the problem.
One note, I had used carbon copy cloner to backup my ipod first, but upon restoring my backup, the alarm stopped beeping).
Restored again, and manually copied my music and files, and all is good.

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