Shuffle always starts at same song when I turn it on (1st gen)

My Shuffle always starts at same song when I turn it on, even if I have it set to the shuffle setting. In other words, everytime I press play on my shuffle, the same song starts as the lprevious time I started the shuffle.
Is there a way to change that?

I haven't tried restoring it yet. I thought there
might be some trick or button combination to reset
that.
Nope.
What are the 5 R's?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303940

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