My iPod classic will pause itself automatically and I have to keep pressing play.

It started about two weeks ago and it's so frequent I can't listen to music now.

Are the headphones plugged all the way in meaning the white part of your headset (or whatever color they may be) is flush with the body of the iPod? The iPod has an autopause feature that kicks in whenever it no longer detects the headphones.
If that isn't the case, have you tried a hard reset? To do this, first make sure the hold switch is in the off position, then press and hold both the Select (Center) and Menu buttons together long enough for the Apple logo to appear.
Otherwise, a restore of the iPod in iTunes will be your next step.
Restoring iPod to factory settings
B-rock

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160gb iPod Classic will pause for 3-5 seconds during playback

Hello. I heard from a few people that they are having similar issues to this. Whenever I listen to my ipod for more than 20-25 mins, it will stop playing during a song for about 3-5 seconds, then it will resume playback. I've tried power cycling it, restoring it, the whole 9 yards, but nothing works.
I am considering bringing it back to the apple store now. I remember back in the good old days before the iphone came out and there were barely any people buying apple products that their customer service was spectacular. Now I heard they are pretty anal about replacements. I know that they like to see the error occurring before they can do anything about it as far as a replacement goes.
Does anyone have similar issues with their ipods? Anyone get a replacement from Apple? I will greatly appreciate the help guys. Thanks again.

I have a similar issue; mine only happens every so often, but has occurred even when i'm not touching the ipod.
Mine, however, will stop playing for 3-5 seconds just like yours, but if I touch the iPod, it will resume playback. This makes me think that it's connection error, but the thing doesn't pause - the play icon at the upper-RH corner of the screen is still there.
I thought it might be software related until I touched it and it resumed playback. I also ran the battery down/restored it, but it did it once again.
I bought the AppleCare plan for it, so I'll just have to take it down to the local Apple store and see if they can do anything about it.
Does anybody think this could be anything other than a hardware issue?

HT1386 I can't get my iPod Classic to sync with iTunes. My iPod Classic is up to date, and i have downloaded the latest version of iTunes. When trying to sync, it gives the message "The iPod "Brad D's iPod" cannot be synced because it cannot be found."

Do I have to un-install and re-install iTunes or do I have to restore my iPod Classic (I don't want to lose everything in my music library)?

Clicking sounds from an iPod that has a hard drive for storage is not a good thing. It usually means the hard drive is faulty. That is the likely reason for getting an error during the attempt to Restore.
If you use a Mac, you can try putting the iPod into Disk Mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1363
If it goes into Disk Mode, connect the iPod and instead of running iTunes, run Disk Utility. Does the iPod appear in the Disk Utility sidebar? If it does, select the iPod device in the sidebar, not the volume indented below the device (if there is one). Go to the Erase tab. Set the Format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Name does not matter. Click on Security Options and choose to write a single pass of zeros over the entire disk. This serves as a good "stress test" for the iPod's hard drive. Back on the main window, click Erase.
This takes longer than a regular erase, but you should see steady progress. If it errors out, or stalls for a LONG time (like hours), the hard drive is likely to be faulty.
If it completes successfully, quit Disk Utility, run iTunes and try to do another Restore

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I have never used this--on my ipad it says I have an account with icloud and that I can syn all my devices but there is no app for icloud on my ipad.
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Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I have tried as you suggested, and when opening the "purchased" apps some have the icloud logo next to them, but I only have "OPEN" against "Find My iPhone". When opening it up, it goes through the same routine; needs to be updated before proceeding, and wouldn't update because I don't have IOS8.
Anything else I could try, or am I doomed!
All of your help is much appreciated, thanks

My ipod classic will sync with my itunes and it shows me all the songs have been downloaded. however when i disconnect it i only have 50 songs present on my ipod. in the settings it still tells me 15 GB is being used up. what do i do?

my ipod classic will sync with my itunes and it shows me all the songs have been downloaded. however when i disconnect it i only have 50 songs present on my ipod. in the settings it still tells me 15 GB is being used up. i have dowloaded nothing onto it but music. i cant find the rest of my songs on it. what do i do?

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HT1320 If i have music and movies on my ipod classic from an old computer and hook it up to another computer that i have ownloaded new music and movies on,will this delete or cause loss to any of it ?

If i have stuff on my ipod classic from an old pc and hook it up to a different pc which has different stuff downloaded on it,will this cause my ipod(and or)my pc to delete my music & movies off my ipod(and or)pc?

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If I help out a friend & download a free app (through my iTunes account) on their new iPod Touch, will their device automatically be added to my itunes device list (and they can see all my contacts, pix, music etc)?

If I help out a friend & download a free app (through my iTunes account) on their new iPod Touch, will their device automatically be added to my itunes device list (and they can see all my contacts, pix, music etc)?

Just wondering, what context is this in?
First up, is your iTunes account part of an iCloud account?
Secondly, if it's a free app, why don't they just download it? If they are having trouble finding it on the App Store, but you can find it easily, you can share the link for it via email with them, and if they view that email on their iPod they can just tap the link and it will open the App Store to that App for them, so they can download it themselves.
If you were to go to the Store settings pane and sign in with your iTunes account, that should only provide the possibility for download items from your iTunes account, such as purchased apps, music and movies. However, if you signed in, downloaded the app, and then went back and signed out of the account again, there shouldn't be any access apart from the app you downloaded. This is provided you sign in using the Store section of the Settings app, not the iCloud section.
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Howdy applebyusmc,
If you are having an issue with syncing your iPod classic there are a few things I would suggest to correct your issue. See the steps starting here -
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