ITunes ONLY plays through internal speakers, system plays through line out

I have my system setup to play through my stereo. I launched iTunes today and it gave me the "accept terms & conditions" as if I had just downloaded a new upgrade (I didn't - have been running 7.4.2 perfectly since Sep 10 2007). I agreed, iTunes starts up ok with library intact. BUT; When I press play, the sound started playing through my skype phone! I plug out the skype phone and it plays through the internal speakers.
I checked sys prefs and it's ticked for line out, and, surely, when I press the volume button it adjusts through the stereo speakers (as does everything else except iTunes now).
I tried playing with the skype phone settings but they were all fine.
Does anyone know what's happening here?
edit: strange - I quit iTunes and it asks me "keep new settings or old settings". I keep old, restart iTunes and it plays through the speakers again. There are no settings in iTunes to change output as far as I can see. I thought I'd leave this post in case anyone else comes across this. odd, but sorted ?

sorted itself on restart

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