Ipod Shuffle First Generation - Keeps Pausing

I've had my iPod shuffle (1GB) for over two years now and recently (as in the past two days) it has started to pause midway through songs. The pauses are random - sometimes close together, sometimes far apart. I have tried restoring the iPod and reinstalling the software - but nothing seems to work.
If anyone could post some ideas to solve the problem I would greatly appreciate it. Thankyou.

You can check the songs to see if they have issues, but you may just be at the end of your battery life.

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the first tracks in my shuffle-playlist are my new podcasts, at second place is my current audiobook, sequentially the music is listed.
the podcasts and audiobooks are marked with the tag "not play while shuffle play". so that works fine. if a shuffle my songs, it only plays the music.
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how can i go back to the first track on my ipod
shuffle 2nd generation?
the first tracks in my shuffle-playlist are my new
podcasts, at second place is my current audiobook,
sequentially the music is listed.
the podcasts and audiobooks are marked with the tag
"not play while shuffle play". so that works fine. if
a shuffle my songs, it only plays the music.
but if i want to go back to the beginning of the
list, because of listening to my audiobook or
podcasts, it won't work unless i skip to my hundreds
of songs or reconnect it with my computer. even if i
turn off the ipod it won't start from the beginning
of the playlist.
that ***** a little bit. is there a trick, to go back
to the first track?
imac
g5 2,1 ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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