Ipod classic keeps randomly pausing

It seems to only happen when I'm moving, but yet I can never get it to pause if I shake it willingly. I've tried reformatting and reinstalling, but the problem persists.
Any way to fix this, or should I head to the mac store?

It has nothing to do with you walking, it's a bug. The same thing happens to me if my 160GB iPod is perfectly still (e.g. sitting on a desk connected to my stereo).
I'm actually happy to see I'm not the only one, though unfortunately I don't know of a solution. Please file a bug report with Apple, like I just did, so maybe they will fix it as I'm certain this type of issue can be solved via firmware:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html
Thanks,
Raul
P.S. Here's my post complaining about this back in April, search forums for "ipod pauses" and you'll find more:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=10978432&messageID=6990036

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