My nano 5th generation, plays a little music stops and reboot. the videos play without a problem, what can i do?

my nano 5th generation plays a little music, then stops and reboots. only when i play music. it does this each time i play music, the videos plays non stop, no problem. what is the problem? .....PLEASE HELP!

Hi maryboneapart,
If your iPod nano is restarting itself while playing music, I would suggest trying each of the steps in this troubleshooting assistant, checking after each one to see if the problem continues:
iPod nano (5th generation) Troubleshooting
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/nano5gen/
Cheers!
- Ari

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