Issues w/ Music when cover flow?

eh am I the only one having this problem...I'll be in cover flow, select a song (it could be any song) and my touch will stop playing and go straight to the main menu? I have a week 38 and while I love it to death ... I'm ready to throw it across the room. At first I thought it was a compatibility issue w/ the format of my music, but it's happened when trying to play songs purchased from itunes ... oh and beh now my time and date settings are all screwed up! Any other 38s having similar issues? Any fixes?

I have a week 38 8gb Touch and haven't had either of the problems you mentioned. I use Cover Flow almost exclusively to browse my music on the Touch and it works great. The time and date have not been out of sync either. Not sure if you havea defective unit or perhaps a software issue? Have you tried powering down the Touch by holding in the sleep button and then turning it back on?

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