IPod Playlists are shuffled but aren't shuffling....

My playlists show as shuffled on iTunes. However, they don't shuffle on my iPod. I recently cut my iTunes over to my iMac from Windows XP. Any ideas? Thanks!

I am also having the same problem. If I hook my IPOD up to my car stereo, tell it to shuffle, then disconnect, all my playlists are shuffled. If I try this with ITunes, the playlists appear shuffled on the IPOD menu, but when I start playing one, the songs start to play in order. I don't know what I am doing wrong.

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