IPod turns off when i plug in a 1/4 inch jack.

Whenever I plug in a headphone jack into the ipod it turns off!
I can't use my iPod.
Has anyone had this problem?
This is my 4th iPod in a year.

A 1/4 inch jack won't fit into an iPod, I assume you mean an adapter to go from 1/8 to 1/4 inch?
The iPod headphone jack has a feature that pauses Playback when the headphone jack is pulled out. Sometimes certain jacks inadvertently activate this feature due to minor differences in jack design.
You may be using a Mono Jack Adapter (which has only one Black band) or a Stereo Jack Adapter (which has two black bands). Either one could be causing this problem.

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