My ipod keeps pausing by its self

my ipod keeps pausing by its self and i cant get it to stop. It usually does it when i am walking with it or if i change the volume but it will just play normally if i leave it alone. I dont know what to do to fix it and it is starting to get annoying because when i change to a diffrent song it will keep pausing by its self.

It might be, for some reason, that your iPod is just really, really sensitive to movement. I noticed that in an earlier post you mentioned that if you just leave the iPod alone, it plays fine, but when you're moving with it, it pauses.
I do have one question for you, though. When you say your iPod "pauses" does the symbol on the screen physically change from the triangle (play) to the double lines (pause) or does the music just sort of hang?
Try this:
Create a playlist (either an on-the-go playlist on the iPod, or a playlist in iTunes and then update it to the iPod).
Set the iPod down on a table, select the newly created playlist, and press play. Let the first song of the playlist play for about 30-45 seconds, and then try to pick up the iPod and walk with it. See if it still skips as much.
Also - What kind of iPod is it? Is it every song that does this, or is it a handful of specific songs that cause the problem?
CG

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