Nano scrambles album pics and won't play vids music or pics nothing works

i bought this ipod brand new about a month ago from apple. It has messed up three times since. What happens is that it just stops working. I can't view any pics, video or listen to music. my cover flow turns each album cover to rondom colors all scrambled up. At the main menue when i go over pics, music or video it shows me the picture. but it won't play anything. When i reset it and put everything back on it it works......for a week or two. I think i will return it but if there is anything i could otherwise do please say so
thanks!!!!!!!!

It just happened to me the same! I bought it two weeks ago and this is the first time i have a problem with it. I was listening to music and suddenly the sound stopped and i wasn't able to see any of the pics, videos... anything. The menu and everything else seemed to work though.
I reset it and now it's working perfectly again but i don't know for how long.

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