Itunes/ipod help needed!!

Question

Not sure what the problem is....my ipod has started shutting off by itself when i skip through my songs. I usually have it on shuffle when this happens. Doesnt happen on every song, it can be every 50...100....or 5 songs. It will shut off and then turn back on by itself. I at first thought it was something wrong with the ipod. I then got a brand new ipod and it still does this. Anyone know what the issue could be? Is it itunes maybe? THANKS!!!

Answer 1

Greetings!
I recently received an iPod nano, and was experiencing problems of the nature listed in this forum. Last night I stumbled across a solution, and in fact, downloaded 234 files to my iPod this morning!
I am using a Toshiba Satellite laptop that runs Windows XP Home.
Here is the solution as I discovered it;
Concerning Quicktime, I discovered that the laptop was trying to use two installed and runing copies. One for Quicktime, and one for Quicktime for Windows. One is the standalone type, the other is the one that comes with iTunes.
After downloading iTunes w/Quicktime, un-install Quicktime, and go back and get the stand alone copy, and install that. You should only have ONE iTunes and ONE Quicktime running.
I am not going to describe the second part of the solution, as it may be slightly different for each OS. Here is the link to the instructions for Windows;
Using MSCONFIG to troubleshoot conflicts in Windows
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302538
Follow the instructions to the letter. In my case, the laptop was already running as 'Normal Startup', so when I followed the instructions, everything worked perfectly, with one exception. While trying to figure out how the iPod/iTunes/Quicktime thing, I had the iPod plugged into the laptop. Don't plug the iPod into the computer until you have learned and are familiar with iTunes.
A note for those that aren't aware of it, when iPod is plugged into the computer, and the menu choice in iTunes, 'sync ipod' is clicked, iTunes will transfer whatever files are in the iTunes Library to the iPod automatically.I accidently transferred three REGULAR SIZE music files to the iPod, and they took up the entire memory of the iPod. mp3 or similiar is a must! Hope this helps!
Paul