IPOD Skipping to a random part of songs

Hi people,
I have a 5th generation iPod. Recently since installing the latest patch 1.2.1 I've noticed from time to time, my iPOD while playing a playlist, after completing a song will start the next song, (duh wait for for the problem ) but not from the start of it.
I have been unable to replicate this problem so I am unsure what the cause is. Sometimes it will skip tot he middle part of a song sometimes to the end. Clicking fast forward would skip to a random part of the next song.
Starting the song again will fix it, but I find this annoying as I turn my wheel lock on while playing.
Anyone know what's going on?
I have tried restoring my iPOD once but that did not fix the problem.
Regards,
Bobs_Pizza

Here's how to solve this problem for ALL songs
left click your first song [in your music library]
now scroll down to your last song, hold shift, and left click the last song
right click and click "get info"
click OK after the warning message [for editing multiple files at a time]
disable the "remember playback position" option
connect your iPod, and this should do the trick!
also, your iPod doesn't just remember that option from iTunes, it also remembers your EQ preset for certain songs and also volume adjustment for certain songs [-100% to +100% in case the song is too loud]

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