IPod Classic pauses

I have 2 iPod Classics (160gb), one I keep at work and the other I use on the run. Both devices start pausing on the same playlist and the same song, the back light illuminates, and I have to unpause manually. As the music continues to play the iPod will continue to pause. The longer I play, the more it pauses. When I play the same playlist in my iTunes, there is no pause. I have tried re-syncing both iPods but the pausing continues. Can anyone help?

If this is always just one song, then I would suspect the song. Where did you get the song?

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Try the 5R's here > Apple - Support - iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
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I'm having the same problem. I updated my ipod in itunes and now my car's usb deck will not recognize the ipod. It had been working for years without a problem. I emailed kenwood and they said apple pushed out an update that is causing compatibility issues with car decks. They suggested a "soft reset" which did nothing. Kenwood told me to contact Apple and Apple wants me to pay for support. Guess I'll surf around this forum till I find a way to revert back to an older version of the ipod software.
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Dear Mr. Lapteff,
Thank you for contacting Kenwood USA Corporation. We value you as a Kenwood customer and appreciate the opportunity to be of assistance.
I understand you are having an issue with playing back your Ipod. If you recently updated your Ipod to the newer iOS4 software version we recommend attempting to soft reset the Ipod and attempt reconnecting to your head unit. The available updates from Apple have caused some issues with connectivity. For information on resetting your Ipod we recommend visiting www.apple.com.
Please feel free to contact us again with any additional questions.
Steve
Product Support Representative
Kenwood USA Corporation
Area: Car & Home
Topic: Troubleshooting
First Name: andrew
Last Name: lapteff
Email: [email protected]
Product Model: KDC-MP342U
Zip/Postal Code: 19128
Subject: Ipod won't play via usb
Body: After working perfectly for years, my Ipod will not play on my KDC-MP342U for the last 2 weeks. The KDC-MP342U just flashes, "reading" but never syncs. I tried resetting and restoring my Ipod, but I still can't get it to work on my deck.
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Andy Lapteff:)

80 gig iPod classic pauses songs randomly

So, I recently ran into a(n) annoying problem I had hooked up a aux cord to the ipod and when "locked" the ipod pauses randomly, knowing that it might be a connection problem I plugged my Bose earphones and it randomly pauses also. Any ideas?

When you are listening to your iPod it reads data into working memory and then shuts down the hard drive when the buffer is full and plays back from memory. Before the buffer is completely empty the drive starts up again to read in some more data. There's a trade off to be made in this algorithm between battery life and occasionaly running out of data and it's possible that the classic firmware leans too much towards battery life. It's probably fine on a moderatly used disc, which isn't fragmented and where every sector reads on the first attempt. As the drive gets older some sectors may need two or three passes to get a good read. If one of these sectors is called at the beginning of a read cycle then the buffer may run out of data before a successful read leading to a pause. If the same track will play again without interuption then it's proably nothing too much to worry about but if a particular track rountinely causes problems that's of more concern.
If you want to investiage the health of your iPod's hard drive read on....
*Diagnostics Mode*
Take your iPod and place your right thumb on the centre SELECT button and your left on the top MENU button. Press down both thumbs for about 6 seconds until your iPod reboots. Immediately move your left thumb around to the rewind button |<< on the left and hold this down together with SELECT for a further 6 seconds. Your iPod should now switch into Diagnostic Boot mode. Press MENU for *Manual Test*, then select *IO > HardDrive > HDSMARTData* to reveal your stats. For comparison here are mine for my 2 year old 6th Generation Classic:
Retracts: 889
Reallocs: 12
Pending Sectors: 0
PowerOn Hours: 2202
Start/Stops: 894
Temp: Current 24c
Temp: Min 10c
Temp: Max 50c
Take a note of your results. When finished press *SELECT & MENU* for 6 seconds to reset the iPod again.
With modern disc drives sectors are no longer marked bad by a disc scan, if the SMART firmware detects a sector it has trouble accessing it will attempt to invisibly reallocate it to a spare area of the disc.
Note that I've only 12 remapped sectors and none pending. To help explain what the numbers mean here is an extract from the Wikipedia S.M.A.R.T. article:
*Reallocated Sectors Count*
Count of reallocated sectors. When the hard drive finds a read/write/verification error, it marks this sector as "reallocated" and transfers data to a special reserved area (spare area). This process is also known as remapping, and "reallocated" sectors are called remaps. This is why, on modern hard disks, "bad blocks" cannot be found while testing the surface – all bad blocks are hidden in reallocated sectors. However, as the number of reallocated sectors increases, the read/write speed tends to decrease. The raw value normally represents a count of the number of bad sectors that have been found and remapped. Thus, the higher the attribute value, the more sectors the drive has had to reallocate.
*Pending sector count*
Number of "unstable" sectors (waiting to be remapped, because of read errors). If an unstable sector is subsequently written or read successfully, this value is decreased and the sector is not remapped. Read errors on a sector will not remap the sector (since it might be readable later); instead, the drive firmware remembers that the sector needs to be remapped, and remaps it the next time it's written.
Large numbers of Reallocs or Pending Sectors would suggest your drive is failing and that you may need to repair or replace your iPod. Check your stats after another attempt to update your iPod. If the numbers increase that again points to hard drive failure. While it won't be good news at least you'll know it isn't some random software problem and you can decide what to do next.
tt2

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So, I got my iPod classic about 5 months ago. Every once in a while, it will pause in the middle of a song. This usually happens soon after I lock or unlock it, and if I touch the wheel, but also happens if I let it play without touching it.
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Has the iPod/Philips dock combination ever worked?
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I found an article that can help you troubleshoot when an iPod becomes unresponsive or the screen goes black:
iPhone, iPad or iPod touch: Not responding or does not turn on
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3281
I would go through all the steps listed there, and the issue should be resolved by the end.
Live long and prosper,
David

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I have a IPOD classic late 2009 160gb ... Only my play/pause buttons doesn't work ? Do I need to replace the click wheel ?
May try DIY due to cost
Just wondering if anyone's had this fixed how much it costs
Or if it's another problem before I order parts

I have found the solution for myself for the above. I use a specific scripting program which is accessed by Control A. To pause it, you need to use Control B. not sure if this would work for any other application but it resolves my dilemma after hours of trying!

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Hi there,
I've had this iPod classic for I think roughly 3-4 years now, but recently it's started to pause itself, sometimes every few seconds, requiring me to take ipod out of pocket, unlock, press play.
It's always locked while in my pocket, headphones aren't loose and I've connected iPod to iTunes and restored to mfactory defaults but still the problem remains.
Oh, and when it's connected to my speakers at home, it play's totally fine. Won't pause at all throughout a number of hours, yet in my pocket (this morning especially) it must have paused about 2-3 times each song.
Help is greatly appreciated

Sounds like the headphone detect mechanism has gone faulty. You might want to consider a third party repair service.
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My iPod classic keeps pausing randomly, every 1-4 minutes. It happens in my car when it's plugged into the auxillary jack and when I use headphones. When I am listening with headphones, it sits flat on my desk and doesn't move at all and it still pauses.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1320
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