My Nano won`t play my tunes

can anyone help.. I can get playlists up and when i press play it just keeps jumping back to playlists......?

have you try resetting the ipod? if that doesn't work, try restoring the ipod on itunes.
good luck!

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I have exactly the same problem. It`s so annoying.
I did a little bit research on this discussion board and this problem seems to be known for quite a long time. It`s confusing me Apple is not able to fix that prob or give customers quick introduction to resolve the prob.
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