It has to play more than 25 songs !

OK My daughter bought me a shuffle for my 50th. So after a bit of pfaffing about I created a playlist of a couple of hundred tracks. Sync the Shuffle whith laptop no problem. So why will it only play about 25 songs ? Probably just being thick but if anyone could help I would be grateful.
Joe

i know exactly what you're talking about, 250 songs and yet my shuffle manages to play the same 30 or so over and over with a random one throw in every now and then, what's up? my last shuffle did the same thing but not to this extent and i could fit even less on that one
shuffles suck at shuffling but i do love it

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