IPOD reboots when playing AAC format material

Bought the G5 IPOD two weeks ago and everything about it is great except... it will not play any AAC formatted material. I copied my purchased iTunes music and audiobooks to the IPOD and every file causes a reboot at some random point during playback. I purchased an audiobook and ripped it to my iTunes using the current recommended rip methods (Join tracks into one session, change extentions from m3a to m3b for bookmarking capability)and if fails as well. The only way to get audiobooks or spoken word to work on the IPOD is to import in the mp3 format. Podcasts, music, photo, etc. all work as expected. Ready to return the IPOD for a refund if this can't be fixed. Is anyone else having a similar problem and if so what was done to correct it. Thanks! -JeepSc8

These are the ‘standard’ fist steps to this type of issue:
Try Resetting Your iPod to correct this problem. It may take several attempts.
If that does not solve the problem, then Restore Your iPod and put the music back on your iPod, from iTunes.
Post back if the above did not work for you.

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